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Expert: - 12/8/2007


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I have flight from Riyadh saudi arabai to Athens(Grece) and 4 hours stay then flight to Tunis. in such case i need tranist visa to enter Grece?
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I am not an immigration expert (especially of other Greece's visa rules) BUT you should not need a transit visa if you are just going to transfer flights.  If you wanted to leave the airport, you might need one.  However if you plan to simply fly in, wait in the terminal, and then fly right out, it's tough to imagine that Greece would demand that you get a visa.

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Matthew Smith

Expertise

CAN: Airport Security (NOT immigration).
Airport planning and design. Airport development.
Airline pricing/yield/revenue management (NOT prices for individual tickets)
grant process
PLEASE STOP ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW LONG IT TAKES TO FLY FROM A TO B!!!
PLEASE STOP ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MUCH PARTICULAR AIRLINES WILL CHARGE FOR YOUR BAGS!
That's why your airline has a website!

Experience

Formerly Director of Operations at a small commercial airport.
Formerly worked for a state government issuing and managing airport development grants.
Formerly worked for TSA. (Not as bad as it appears to the average passenger.)
Formerly worked at an airport in planning and operations.
Also formerly worked as a Price Analyst for a wildly unpopular airline.
Currently teaching overseas until the job market improves.

Organizations
AAAE, AOPA, AzAA

Publications
Collegiate Aviation Review (2008)

Education/Credentials
B.A. English and Religious Studies, Hobart College M.S. Aviation Management Technology, Arizona State University --specialty is airport planning and design

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