Athens Airport EES experience lately?

[u/Fast_Confection_9173]

Curious if anyone has experienced it in the last couple of days; trying to gauge what to expect. Thanks!

[u/___maria]

Not great, I went through on Friday and it took us around 1hr 45min to go through passport control alone (around 12pm). They were sporadically calling out different flights to pull people out of the line who were about to miss their boarding and let them jump the que.

[u/Fast_Confection_9173 → u/___maria]

Yikes!!! Wondering what 6:45-9 AM will be like.
Thank you.

[u/___maria → u/Fast_Confection_9173]

You could try checking the airport website departures the day before to get a rough idea of how many flights will be departing around the same time as yours. Might help in some small way, but ultimately you won't know till you're there. Best of luck!

[u/sigrunixia → u/Fast_Confection_9173]

Earlier in the day you should be fine, but give yourself an extra hour for wiggle room.

Like Maria, I flew out last Friday and spent an hour and a half in the passport control line. It was very, very busy (at 12:00 pm). However, that was also a day that many "last flights" of the season were leaving Athens. That may not be a problem for you these next few days.

[u/Critical_Roof4017 → u/___maria]

Yeah, that sounds absolutely brutal honestly.

[u/Kali_Dow]

We flew out last Friday-got there when the Air Canada folks started taking bags, so likely went through around 0945. Took us all of 15 min to get through. I really think it depends on the timing of your flight.

[u/mypoisontree]

Went through today at 10:30am. 15-20mins.

[u/lycheemartini21]

Flew out Saturday at 12pm. Line was 1 hour 15 min.

[u/fortalameda]

Heading out to do a multi island tour of Greece from the US next month, and using planes between islands, then on to Venice. Is EES required for flights inside Greece? What about before a flight to another Schengen country?

[u/___maria → u/fortalameda]

EES isn't required for flights within Schengen countries, or domestically once you're within Greece

[u/Decent-Piccolo-6176]

Complete shit show . One of the worst airports possible

[u/AlwaysTrying5131]

Easy peasy for us. In and out, no problem.

[u/Feeling_Zucchini_886]

Shame easyJet only allows bag drop 2 hours before departure

[u/enjoythesilence-75]

I went through earlier today. 15 minute wait in line. I have a Canadian passport but a very Greek name and they just let me through. Not sure why but others were being photographed and fingerprinted.