Naval Air Station Keflavik The United States provided all the maintenance and operation of the airport through an American civilian contractor. American Overseas Airlines, followed by Airport Overseas Corporation personnel, operated the military portion of Keflavik Airport after its reversion to Icelandic control at the end of March 1947. In 1949, Iceland voted to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) among protests about the US militarizing the country, and the base became a Cold War base. Joining NATO required neither the establishment of an Icelandic armed force, nor the stationing of foreign troops in the country during peacetime. However, with the developing Cold
Athens International Airport Transavia France, TUIfly Belgium, Brussels Airlines, Aer Lingus, Air Transat and Scoot. Athens International Airport is the largest and busiest airport in Greece. By the end of 2017, it was the 27th busiest airport in Europe handling a total traffic of 21.74 million passengers. The table below shows passenger totals at Athens International Airport by country destination during 2017. A railway station is immediately adjacent to the airport terminal, accessible by an elevated walkway. Athens Metro line 3 and the suburban railway service Proastiakos run trains to and from this station. The airport is accessible by the Attiki Odos toll