I flew Olympic only once from Larnaca, Cyprus to Athens back in 1995. It was ok because it was a: "short hop." Service was fine, flight was uneventful, and my luggage got to Athens WITH me, which is something I'd heard that was an issue.
They were a joke. Everyone in Greece made fun of the airline, but then nostalgia set in after it was shut down. The best ever Greek airline is Aegean. They keep winning accolades. Olympic had a terrible reputation; people only like it because of 1970s nostalgia.
That was one of the fake bomb scare incidents that some people did those days without ever to find out who they are. And of course they add another excuse to the officials who shut down this great company.
It was a terribly terribly terribly-run airline, running on an outdated late-60s/early-70s business model into the 1990s and 2000s. And privatization couldn't save it. If officials didn't continue throwing Greek taxpayers' money at the airline (so that Australians could have subsidized holidays to Greece and well-connected people could get discounted flights to Tokyo), the free market may have forced OA to become a hub-and-spoke powerhouse OR wonderful Aegean Airlines would have been able to grow in the 1990s without the unfair competition from favored & subsidized OA. Officials didn't "shut it down"...they threw taxpayers' money at a company in debt, and that violated EU fair competition rules. You were okay with that? Imagine you trying to operate a grocery story, and you have competition from a grocery store across the street who's money but stays in business because your taxes are subsidizing it. You're okay with that? Everyone in Greece hated OA, until it shut down, then the fantasy nostalgia of a "great airline" kicked in. Give me a break. Good riddance.
@@John1212168 Yes it was a bomb threat. The Airbus diverted to Gander International but no bomb was found. I don't know anything regarding Olympic Airlines.
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I flew Olympic only once from Larnaca, Cyprus to Athens back in 1995.
It was ok because it was a: "short hop." Service was fine, flight was uneventful, and my luggage got to Athens WITH me, which is something I'd heard that was an issue.
They were by far the best Greek air line I miss them yasoo
They were a joke. Everyone in Greece made fun of the airline, but then nostalgia set in after it was shut down. The best ever Greek airline is Aegean. They keep winning accolades. Olympic had a terrible reputation; people only like it because of 1970s nostalgia.
Athens Johannesburg many times night flight
flown OA SYD/BKK RTN
SYD/ATH RTN
RIP OA 🌹 🙏
Does anyone know who was the captain?
yeah yo mama.
Yannis Monocytogenes .
That was one of the fake bomb scare incidents that some people did those days without ever to find out who they are.
And of course they add another excuse to the officials who shut down this great company.
It was a terribly terribly terribly-run airline, running on an outdated late-60s/early-70s business model into the 1990s and 2000s. And privatization couldn't save it. If officials didn't continue throwing Greek taxpayers' money at the airline (so that Australians could have subsidized holidays to Greece and well-connected people could get discounted flights to Tokyo), the free market may have forced OA to become a hub-and-spoke powerhouse OR wonderful Aegean Airlines would have been able to grow in the 1990s without the unfair competition from favored & subsidized OA. Officials didn't "shut it down"...they threw taxpayers' money at a company in debt, and that violated EU fair competition rules. You were okay with that? Imagine you trying to operate a grocery story, and you have competition from a grocery store across the street who's money but stays in business because your taxes are subsidizing it. You're okay with that? Everyone in Greece hated OA, until it shut down, then the fantasy nostalgia of a "great airline" kicked in. Give me a break. Good riddance.
De-planed? Is that even a word in the Oxford English Dictionary?
Correct word is: Disembarked
Well Sam have a look at that Oxford dictionary - North American
Disembark from an aircraft.
‘we landed and deplaned’
Ποτε έγινε αυτό;
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@@frankshapleigh2579 Ήταν απειλή για βόμβα δηλαδή; δεν ήταν όταν έκλεισε η Ολυμπιακή;
@@John1212168 Yes it was a bomb threat. The Airbus diverted to Gander International but no bomb was found. I don't know anything regarding Olympic Airlines.
@@frankshapleigh2579 OK thank you mate.
@ΧΑΡΗΣ Π. Μου φάνηκε περίεργο, λέω τι δουλειά είχε στο Gander αυτό..