Editing Economy of Greece (section)

== Transport ==
{{Main|Transport in Greece}}
[[File:Egnatia Odos.JPG|thumb|The [[A2 motorway (Greece)|Egnatia Odos]], part of [[European route E90]].]]
[[File:Canal of korinth greece.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Corinth Canal]]]]
[[File:The headquarters of the Greek railway organization.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Hellenic Railways Organisation|OSE]] HQs]]
As of 2012, Greece had a total of 82 airports,<ref name="CIAFactBook" /> of which 67 were paved and six had runways longer than 3,047 meters.<ref name="CIAFactBook" /> Of these airports, two are classified as "international" by the [[Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority]],<ref name="HCAA">{{cite web |url=http://www.hcaa.gr/content/index2.asp |title=Χάρτης Αερολιμένων |publisher=[[Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority]] |access-date=18 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005123633/http://www.hcaa.gr/content/index2.asp |archive-date=5 October 2011}}</ref> but 15 offer international services.<ref name="HCAA" /> Additionally Greece has 9 heliports.<ref name="CIAFactBook" /> Greece does not have a [[flag carrier]], but the country's airline industry is dominated by [[Aegean Airlines]] and its subsidiary [[Olympic Air]].

Between 1975 and 2009, [[Olympic Airlines|Olympic Airways]] (known after 2003 as Olympic Airlines) was the country's state-owned flag carrier, but financial problems led to its privatization and relaunch as Olympic Air in 2009. Both Aegean Airlines and Olympic Air have won awards for their services; in 2009 and 2011, Aegean Airlines was awarded the "Best regional airline in Europe" award by [[Skytrax]],<ref name="Aegean Awards">{{cite web|url=http://en.aegeanair.com/all-about-us/awards/ |title=Awards |publisher=[[Aegean Airlines]] |access-date=18 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326113327/http://en.aegeanair.com/all-about-us/awards/ |archive-date=26 March 2014}}</ref> and also has two gold and one silver awards by the [[European Regional Airlines Association|ERA]],<ref name="Aegean Awards" /> while Olympic Air holds one silver ERA award for "Airline of the Year"<ref name="ERA10-11">{{cite web|url=http://www.eraa.org/newsroom/news-releases/414-awards-for-binter-canarias-olympic-and-cimber|title=Awards for Binter Canarias, Olympic and Cimber|last=Shepherd|first=Lesley|date=24 September 2010|publisher=[[European Regions Airline Association]]|access-date=24 September 2010}}</ref> as well as a ''"[[Condé Nast Traveller]] 2011 Readers Choice Awards: Top Domestic Airline"'' award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympicair.com/en-gb/news---events/2451-olympic-air-take-tops-in-conde-nast-traveller-awards-.cmt |title=Olympic Air Take Tops in Condé Nast Traveller Awards |date=14 July 2011 |publisher=Olympic Air |access-date=15 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718110330/http://www.olympicair.com/en-gb/news---events/2451-olympic-air-take-tops-in-conde-nast-traveller-awards-.cmt |archive-date=18 July 2011 }}</ref>

The Greek road network is made up of 116,986&nbsp;km of roads,<ref name="CIAFactBook" /> of which 1863&nbsp;km are [[highways]], ranking 24th worldwide, as of 2016.<ref name="CIAFactBook" /> Since the entry of Greece to the [[European Community]] (now the European Union), a number of important projects (such as the [[A2 motorway (Greece)|Egnatia Odos]] and the [[Attiki Odos]]) have been co-funded by the organization, helping to upgrade the country's road network. In 2007, Greece ranked 8th in the European Union in goods transported by road at almost 500 million tons.

Greece's [[Railways of Greece|rail network]] is estimated to be at 2,548&nbsp;km.<ref name="CIAFactBook" /> Rail transport in Greece is operated by [[TrainOSE]], a current subsidiary of the [[Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane]] after the [[Hellenic Railways Organisation]] had sold its 100% stake on the operator. Most of the country's network is [[standard gauge]] (1,565&nbsp;km),<ref name="CIAFactBook" /> while the country also has 983&nbsp;km of [[narrow gauge]].<ref name="CIAFactBook" /> A total of 764&nbsp;km of rail are electrified.<ref name="CIAFactBook" /> Greece has rail connections with [[Bulgaria]], [[North Macedonia]] and [[Turkey]]. A total of three [[suburban railway]] systems ([[Proastiakos]]) are in operation (in [[Athens]], [[Thessaloniki]] and [[Patras]]), while one [[metro (rapid transit)|metro]] system, the [[Athens Metro]], is operational in [[Athens]] with another, the [[Thessaloniki Metro]], under construction.

According to [[Eurostat]], Greece's largest port by tons of goods transported in 2010 is the port of [[Aghioi Theodoroi]], with 17.38 million tons.<ref name="Eurostat ports">{{cite web |url=http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/submitViewTableAction.do?dvsc=9 |title=Maritime transport – Goods (gross weight) – Annual data – All ports – by direction |publisher=[[Eurostat]] |access-date=19 October 2011}}</ref> The [[Port of Thessaloniki]] comes second with 15.8 million tons,<ref name="Eurostat ports" /> followed by the [[Port of Piraeus]], with 13.2 million tons,<ref name="Eurostat ports" /> and the port of [[Eleusis]], with 12.37 million tons.<ref name="Eurostat ports" /> The total number of goods transported through Greece in 2010 amounted to 124.38 million tons,<ref name="Eurostat ports" /> a considerable drop from the 164.3 million tons transported through the country in 2007.<ref name="Eurostat ports" /> Since then, Piraeus has grown to become the Mediterranean's third-largest port thanks to heavy investment by [[China|Chinese]] logistics giant [[COSCO]]. In 2013, Piraeus was declared the fastest-growing port in the world.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bellos|first=Ilias|script-title=el:Ο Πειραιάς ανακηρύχθηκε το ταχύτερα αναπτυσσόμενο λιμάνι του πλανήτη το 2013|url=http://www.kathimerini.gr/751193/article/oikonomia/epixeirhseis/o-peiraias-anakhryx8hke-to-taxytera-anaptyssomeno-limani-toy-planhth-to-2013|access-date=12 May 2014|newspaper=[[Kathimerini]]|date=30 January 2014|language=el}}</ref>

In 2010 Piraeus handled 513,319 [[Twenty-foot equivalent unit|TEUs]],<ref name="OLP Statistical Data">{{cite web|url=http://www.olp.gr/el/stats/viewdownload/7-/372------2007-2008-2009-2010 |title=Ενιαίος Πίνακας Στατιστικών Στοιχείων Ετών 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 |publisher=Piraeus Port Authority |access-date=19 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315031500/http://www.olp.gr/el/stats/viewdownload/7-/372------2007-2008-2009-2010 |archive-date=15 March 2012 }}</ref> followed by Thessaloniki, which handled 273,282 TEUs.<ref name="OLTH Statistical Data">{{cite web |url=http://www.thpa.gr/files/statistics/statistics2010en.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330221531/http://www.thpa.gr/files/statistics/statistics2010en.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-30 |url-status=live |title=Statistical Data 2010 |publisher=Thessaloniki Port Authority |access-date=19 October 2011}}</ref> In the same year, 83.9 million people passed through Greece's ports,<ref name="Eurostat passengers ports">{{cite web |url=http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do# |title=Maritime transport – Passengers – Annual data – All ports – by direction |publisher=[[Eurostat]] |access-date=19 October 2011}}</ref> 12.7 million through the port of [[Paloukia]] in [[Salamis Island|Salamis]],<ref name="Eurostat passengers ports" /> another 12.7 through the port of [[Perama]],<ref name="Eurostat passengers ports" /> 9.5 million through [[Piraeus]]<ref name="Eurostat passengers ports" /> and 2.7 million through [[Igoumenitsa]].<ref name="Eurostat passengers ports" /> In 2013, Piraeus handled a record 3.16 million TEUs, the third-largest figure in the Mediterranean, of which 2.52 million were transported through Pier II, owned by COSCO and 644,000 were transported through Pier I, owned by the Greek state.