On September 5, 1996, the ground-breaking ceremony of Athens International Airport took place. Construction work on the airport was completed 51 months later, in September 2000, five months ahead of schedule. After five months of testing, the airport was inaugurated on March 27, 2001.

EGNATIA ODOS SA
The modern Egnatia Road was built near National Road 2 which it replaced for the most part in the section
