OLYMPIC AIR review - Athens 🇬🇷 to Zagreb 🇭🇷
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- Опубликовано: 19 апр 2019
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Date of Travel: MARCH 2019
Airline: Olympic Air
Livery: Olympic standard
Route: ATH-ZAG
Aircraft: Dash 8-Q400
Flight Number: A3 3780
Miles: 673
Airborne time: 1h50m
Notes: None
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If you're in the UK, I hope you're enjoying the long weekend with great sunshine!
Wingin’ It! Paul Lucas Happy Easter bro
Hey Paul! Many thanks for putting all the efforts into your videos! I really like your reviews - really great stuff, so please keep 'em coming! Since you asked: I travelled on an ATR 42 once and thought there was a lot of rattling and strange noises going on. My worst experience however was on a 737-600 by Tunisair quite a while ago; hardly the plane's fault but the cabin was a mess with some of the paneling missing making some of the cabling visible from my seat... Happy Easter to you!
Hi Paul, happy Easter to you. Excellent video, did you know that the old original remaining fleet of Olympic is still lying abandoned in the old Athens airport. It can be seen on Google Earth and there's a few videos on YT of people exploring the area.
I don’t know how you dislike the dash 8 q400. It’s my favorite aircraft. It’s got a really nice design and look. I believe the best bit though is the amazing sound of those PW150 s
Regarding your nose bleed. I don't know about you, but I have sinus and it affected my nose. With the pressure differences and heat, I always got nosebleed as well.
Maybe you have Aerosinusitis like me.
Notice the same person that took Paul's assigned seat, was also cutting in line earlier at 3:54 minutes into the video.
The guys obviously an inconsiderate jack a**.....probably a yank : )
@@corkydukeII5898
Murikunts, bet you the jackass was from the southern states.
Maybe stop being such push overs and we wouldn't do it to ya.
Hello Paul nice video. Just some facts about Olympic, it used to operated 747-200s which were later replaced by A340-300s. Also it had an extensive amount of A300s and 737s, which at the time it shut down were slowly beinng replaced by A320s. When the company was shut down it was undergoing a Skyteam integration process, while Aegean was joining Star Alliance. Olympic Airlines as it was, supporting Greeks all over the world, were a threat to both Aegean and other Star Alliance members, thus it is said and later proved that there was background work done by them to shut down Olympic. This was proven as the company was sold to someone who is known to lead companies to banckruptcy and its most profitable routes were closed on purpose. It is really devastating to see what is left from a company with great international potential. We should not forget that Olympic had a 0% mechanical failure accidents record, and probably the best maintenance and ground service facilities and personnel in Europe. Again this is part because people who worked there knew that they were potentially protecting their own people and families! Sorry for the lenghty comment, hope you liked the facts. PS. The IL-62 was just one aircraft lease from Aeroflot, allthough remarkable, not really a true representation of the company's fleet.
Very interesting comment Giannis! Thanks!
@@AirFlightTravels Always nice to share info with other people, that they would otherwise not learn!
Great summary Giannis. I flew Olympic from Australia to Athens, as well all over Greece. Sad to see them reduced in such a way. Hope, one day, they come back but I’m not confident. I think the Olympic Airways livery is one of the best around.
0:10 “it’s really warm”
Wears long sleeve shirt jacket and long pants
I remember seeing a video of abandoned Olympic Air 747s
A link to one of them on Google Maps
Olympic Airways Boeing 747-200
Pergamou 25, Glifada 166 75, Grikkland
maps.app.goo.gl/zeCsaDKhNbCET3sT6
Vilhjálmur Árnason thank you so much I was looking for that on google earth
Bryan Westphal I have seen them in real life cause I come from Athens and there’s many of them
I remember flying the original 'Olympic Airlines' back in 2003 between London and Athens.
737-400 out, A300-600 back.
@PETER ZARI yeh, I was 9 at the time so I don't remember too much about it. It rattled a bit but was comfy enough that I got a bit of sleep on the flight back to London. I'd say it can't have had too long left in passenger service but seeing as Olympic Airlines only survived for 6 years after I flew with them . . . :P
Actually there is a connection every 15 minutes. There is a metro connection and a railway connection departing from the central railway station (Larissis Station)
My guess regarding the frequency of the Metro in Athens is due to "Austerity".
ivanoffw there’s a bus from the airport to syntagma (like the train) every 15 minutes except early morning and late night.
This was actually an Aegean flight operated by Olympic as a wetlease. That's why you received lounge access and a free checked bag. All domestic flights, as well as flights to Cyprus, are Olympic flights operated by Olympic (or sometimes operated by Aegean as a wet lease!)... And for those flights your star alliance status will not bring anything. The only status that will help you on 'real' Olympic flights is their own FFP.
Ah - that makes a lot of sense, thank you!
Wet lease?
Makes sense, however I don't understand how they need to lease an aircraft from.their own airline.
-Sam
You still get Star Gold benefit on Olympic is you Aegean Gold just not on other carriers
@@paulmadeja8550 its not really the same airline though. The same owner, yes, but not the same airline. Just like BA and IB for example - they are separate entities.
Dude, Dash 8 Q400 are my favourite. They're props that look like a pencil, have good legroom etc.
Great video Paul. I have been admiring your work for years and I love it.love how you try nearly every Airline and makes a completely brilliant opinion on them.
I literally flew this exact flight last week while I was on vacation in Europe. I rather enjoyed Olympic Air and thought they had good service. Greetings from Texas!
Least favorite aircraft? Hands down it would be the CRJ200
Mike Pasquale Same! I usually get home on a spacious but small Embraer E190, but I had to start taking flights home with Delta Connection in small CRJ200. The exterior of the plane is cool, but the interior has to be the most cramped plane I’ve ever been in, and I almost always fly in small planes!
Hehe for me it is the complete CRJ Series, I cannot say way, but I don't really like them. Better a turboprop or an Embraer.
I’m just happy to be flying, regardless of the aircraft 😄
These reviews really are extremely well done and entertaining - thank you....youtube at its absolute best
I honestly can't wait to travel with a Dash 8 just to see if I can see what you mean.
Wouldn't mind seeing the wheels on the plane myself, that's kind of a cool little extra.
The thing does look quite dirty though.
The Rolling Troll try flybe, nearly all fleet is dash 8 , had a lovely experience once from edinburgh to manchester :) make sure get some earplugs cos its pretty noisy from the engine...
The feeling of flying a smaller regional bird will never get old for me :) The Dash 8 is fun, although I haven't flown Cathay 1st like Paul ;)
I never found a reason to fly FlyBe but I will when I can! I did fly an Embraer KLM City Hopper from Bristol to Amsterdam and an Air Canada Bombardier from Philadelphia to Montréal. The Bombardier was my favourite plane so far. Really pleasant.
The Rolling Troll, dash 8s are loud and generally uncomfortable
I did Southampton to Jersey for the day for £45 return out on FlyBe and back on Blue Island Aviation. The Dash 8 felt nicer than the ATR's (I went on 2 as the first had to turn back as a door alarm went off. It must have just been before the half way mark as turned back to Jersey rather than continue to Southampton and the whole flight was only 25 mins!).
"it's a really hot day"
WEARS a PLUSH VEST"
Hi, paul great video once again, super jealous how you fly around the world like this, my experience on the “dash 8” was in Thailand. I found the noise close to deafening on takeoff and found that the window seat gives you very little headroom. But due to the lower flying altitude the views were amazing. Keep up the good work buddy 👍
Hi Paul
Such a pleasure to view your videos. Keep up the good work. Sunday’s would not be the same without your blogs.
What a great video that is Paul! I really enjoyed seeing how flying is on Q-400’s around the world, and Olympic Air is surely a carrier that surprised me. Thanks for sharing!
I love the dash 8 Q400. Great for short hops. Great leg room and seats.
Paul’s my man! Great video! Love your videos as a fellow aviation expert
loving the episodes recently!
Yeah ATH my home airport! These dash 8 q 400 are amazing! Happy flights Paul!
* The metro situation is awful!
The Dash 8 is the main stay of the Air New Zealand domestic fleet so I see them everyday flying into and out of Auckland. Flown them quite a lot throughout both islands, and never had a problem with them myself, but to each his own....love the post and always look forward to your next adventure. cheers from NZ
Nice review again!!
Love the Q-400!, Great Video
Awesome trip report!
Hi Paul. Nice review as always. Last year I mentioned that if you have a Priority Pass you can save ‘upto’ 50% by purchasing a £6 voucher from Groupon in the UK. I was going to cancel mine and redo the Groupon thing this year but have since found that Priority Pass actually auto renew and take your money a month before your card expires! I knew they auto renewed but didn’t realise they took the money a month in advance. I phoned them and told them it was cheaper to cancel and then become a new member via Groupon and they offered 50% off or 2 free £20 passes (which I took). This may help some of your viewers that use the pass. I like bargains and it’s always worth a haggle 😁
I wonder how many times that bloke took somebody else’s seat??……great video Paul, cheers 👍🏼😊
Hello Paul.
A few comments... You complain about the metro, but the schedule is online and is known, so its every half hour and there is also the bus option, you need to make better planning, I mean even if it was every 15 min, it would save you just 15min. As about the light and the glass, I was wondering about it for Athens, but an architect told me its due to intense sun in Greece specially during the summer that will have greenhouse effect and they will need lot of energy for AC, plus Greeks hide from the sun during the summer. Another thing, please check your camera's shutter speed, its flickering a lot. Probably there is an option to avoid it. As about Aegean's lounges they are a shame, as the main operator, they should have something bigger. Check my previous flight, I filmed the other lounge. It gets easily overcrowded. I had a long flight from Riga to Munich with AirBaltic with the same aircraft, it was ok. At least it is more quite than some old ATRs and legroom is good. About the free meal, its a plus for the Greek airline, but Kosher and Veg food usually isn't the best option. Did you select vegetarian or they just gave it to you? As about the route map, I can see clearly that it is translated in English... As about the bag, you have to pay it, it changed I think 3 years ago. Thank you for the video I hope you find my comments helpful and not so judgemental.
I honestly think the Dash 8 along with the Twin Otters are the best prop planes as of now. I see them a lot in Canada especially for bush flying, which is why they were made. Great planes co pared to some other contenders (like the godawful Embraer Jungle turboprop or ATR 42. Jetstream is okay, but cramped.)
Least favorite: CRJ series aircraft
Most favorite: Embraer E175/E195
The newer CRJ's are okay
Great video man!
It's really hot here, which is why I have this thick padded body warmer on! Lol
Great video, I fly on the Flybe dash 8 quite a bit and don't have a massive issue with them. But you have far more experience of different similar aircraft than me.
Great video Paul.
Ah this takes me back. Did you know that the first Q400 flights for Olympic were leased from Flybe with Flybe crew. I was lucky enough to do the trip a few times on 2 week tours operating out of Athens. This was back before Aegean took over and when Olympic also used jets. Great fun!
wonderful flight review
Some great inflight views Paul. I do enjoy flying in the Dash 8 and, in particular, sitting towards the back where you get a good view of the landing gear. There's something cool and mechanical about it folding away and then smoking up on touch down.
Thank you for the review. My wife and I will be flying Olympic Air from Santorini to Athens in three weeks.
I flew from Mykonos to Athens in tha Short Skyvan in 1975. I think the one way fare was £10. After take-off, the pilot unfurled his newspaper and spread it across the windscreen to have a read!
Great vid man ❤️❤️❤️
Amazing tripreport!
That was a great video and a bit of an eye-opener. I seem to remember the days when Olympic were the medium haul carrier and Aegean was the small regional competitor.
Great video Paul used to fly olympic from athens to heraklion... gooing from heathrow. the connecting on through but have go direct now from Newcaste
Cool, great job 👌👌
Great review of Olympic Air Paul! Always wanted to fly on a turboprop, I flew to Santorini in December with Olympic/Aegean but sadly I flew on an A320. I am impressed by Aegean’s service though, it was outstanding for such a short flight!
4:25 What's your scale for quality/quantity of legroom? Would your neighbour share your opinion?
Great video and review. I hope you had time for a look round Zagreb, a truly great city. I was actually there earlier this month (April 2019) and I flew there from Heathrow on BA (its all on my channel!). By the way, I hope you didn't eat that roll and that your nose bleed cleared up ok. Looking forward to your next video.
These aircraft are a really bumpy (yet rather pleasant) experience, even in the calmer flights.
I've never travelled on a prop aircraft, which one is your favourite Paul?
Can't beat a JetStream for a true flying experience!
ATR is the only good one from what I hear.
Saab 2000 is awesome
Always good to see Paul he will eat anything
I love flying dash-8 Q400 they are so easy to fly and really fun too. (I'm an Air Cadet) 17 years)
Great video! I've never been on a dash 8 and hope to never travel on one! But I love Halva!!! 😍👍
Happy Easter, Paul! I fell ill late Thursday, so this was actually just what I needed. It's letting me get away in my mind and forget my misery for awhile. I get nosebleeds, too! however the cold aggravates them instead of the heat. Hope you were able to clear yours up right quick.
Worst plane I was ever on? That's easy! It was about 30+ years ago. I can't recall where I was going, but i'll never forget the plane! It was a Beechcraft100, a tinylittle 19- seater. There was only a curtain that separated the flight deck from the passengers. Not exactly confidence building to someone who was still pretty new to flying. Paul, I'm only 5'4" tall, but I bashed my head getting on the plane, bashed my head again getting off the plane, and literally had to bend double to get through the passenger cabin to my seat. That plane was noisy and vibrated so bad, I thought we were going to shake to pieces before we got to where we were going! Thankfully, I don't think there are any in existence any longer, so you don't have to experience that nightmare. Turbulance doesn't bother me, per se; it just annoys me, especially if I'm reading. It's like going over a bunch of potholes in the road.
Hey Paul!
I love all of your videos, especially those on small regional aircraft, and was wondering; what's the song that plays during taxi in this video? (It is playing at around 4:59)
Thanks!
I remember when Olympic used to fly to Montreal, my greek grandparents flew them every year to Greece round trip, it was always my favourite plane to spot landing at Trudeau Airport ( Dorval back in the day)
Cool Trip Report as usual Paul!
Didn't know Korean Air flies a 787 into Zagreb!
Flight to faro from dublin with aer lingus please do another aer lingus
Great video
Will there be one out of Zagreb?
I have to fly the Q300 from Invercargill to Wellington New Zealand (about 2 hours one way) at least twice a month and I hate it so much.
Arent you lucky.
It's an okay plane! It's irrational to dislike it but I get you can feel cramped (assuming that's the reason).
Paul I used to live in Athens and frequently travel back as the wifey is from Greece. When I lived there my station near my house was on the airport link from syntagma to the airport. My stop was onr after the doukisis plakendias (sorry for the terrible spelling) the airport train stops running around 11 so I would have to get off at doukisis and get a taxi. The train were worse when I arrived back in 2013 so your lucky your there when they are "improving"
Never flown a Q8 before but my turboprop experience of UNI AIR's ATR72 was pretty nice. Would you do a walk-through of Zargreb airport? It is known to be quite good.
The old ATH had international and Olympic domestic in separate terminals, about a 5 minute drive apart. Transfer required either a city bus or an irate taxi driver. By comparison, this one is a dream.
Favorite trip reports youtuber
Cheers Paul
The flight looked quite full but the cabin crew were still able to cater for them without any problems which is credit to them. As for the aircraft, I love the turbo props, you know you are really flying when you are on one of the old birds.
Keep up the great work.
Regards
DS
Still waiting for you to make a vid when flying the DH-89 from Duxford.
The Dash 8 is the primary plane type that serves my local airport so I've gotten used to them. They are flow by Qantas-link the regional subsidiary of Qantas. Happy Easter btw, and thanks for your videos
Hi Paul I once got a nose bleed on an Emirates flight when I was young, and I walked off the plane looking like I had been stabbed 🌝
Which program would you recommend for star alliance miles? I'm using flying blue at the moment but I'm not particularly happy with some of the recent changes they made and I won't be needing to travel on some of the routes where skyteam is the only sensible option any more.
Would be nice if you did a video on the differences between Star Alliance and One World. Who should join? When it would be beneficial, why bother? etc. Nice videos. Great job!
Having flown to Athens many times I can say without reserve that the airport is 100 times better than its predecessor. Using that airport was a nightmare. Charter flight passengers tried to queue despite sleeping passengers on the floor. In fact charter passengers usually used a special temporary building which was little more than a large shed! We celebrated the opening of this airport "on the cheap".
road warrior tip. After take off, move your "under seat" bag and place under your legs, then stretch out. When landing, return it to under the seat in front.
I flew DC10s quite a lot which was neat looking back now but at the time. I always seemed to get assigned a seat at the very back of the plane in the middle section which meant as the planes got older. The sound grew louder and louder from that tail mounted engine 😂 Hated it lmao
Least favorite:
Embraer 120
Embraer 140
ATR 42 (72 is okay)
CRJ-200
MD-80
737
Favorite:
Airbus A330
Airbus A320
Bombardier Q400
Bombardier C-Series (A220)
Boeing 777
Boeing 787
Boeng 747
Embraer 190
Paul, Thanks for another great video. I dislike prop planes for many reasons. Happy Easter.
Interesting, that should be considered some phobia since turboprops are safe. Have a good easter.
I enjoyed Paul! More than I can say anytime I get a CRJ-200.
Great video, even better shirt ;)
You have a very good channel 👍
I was wondering, are all the lounge food and drinks complimentory with the ticker? So, enter the lounge and eat what you can?
Yes.
I used to have to travel for work frequently to Durango, CO (USA) and the flight was operated usually by a Dash 8, sometimes by a CRJ. Either way, I chose to drive 8 hours instead to avoid those awful flights. Although, in fairness, it helped that I'd take a few days off for camping and 4-wheeling and the company paid for round trip mileage. Thanks Dash 8 for being my scapegoat!
Paul, great video as always. About Dash 8, I have flown that and ATR72 and frankly I don't see much difference between the two. Not sure if you consider the legroom on Dash 8 inferior to ATR72? Anyways, I have a suggestion for another route for you to review: Binter Canarias between PMI and LPA on a Canadair CRJ900.
Cheers to trying the Halvah, Paul. It's a sesame seed paste, usually better with nuts or chocolate mixed in.
Great review. I really enjoyed the video! I just subscribed to the channel too. I fly to Athens every month from UK airports. Unfortunately, the airport is not that busy to justify frequent trains from the center of Athens to the Athens airport.
great video Paul. three notes on that: 1) that sandwich is the standard Aegean/Olympic service in short international flights in the Balkans (you had a sandwich when flighting to Belgrade), 2) Olympic started as a private company (from Aristotle Onassis) not state-owned (it was sold to the state in 1973), 3) Star Alliance gold status does have a checked bag in Aegean/Olympic flights www.olympicair.com/en/milesandbonus/AboutTheProgram/Benefits/Upgrades-And-Other/Gold
Always interesting..
If my memory is correct. OA was started by Onasis. I do not know if the Greek gov did buy the airline from Mr.O at some point.
nice to see you were in Athens!
did the man you evicted from your seat give you any trouble?
Dash 8 100 200 300 and q400 and ATRs are the reason regional travel is possible for so cheap. ATR more fuel efficient and the Q400 is more powerful and faster, better for altitude with terrain and/ or STOL? (Please comment). Both major carriers in 🇨🇦 use them and it has made regional travel and connections more frequent and accessible for business travel. It's the best. Best q400 flight was vanvouver to reno on alaska. Flying low so view of mountains was great. Only issue is you often fly through the weather instead of over it.
Happy Easter Mate
Another nice review just as I needed something to watch.
I must say being Gold is great, some nice perks and, the food in the lounge looked awesome.
I wish the Aus star alliance included all the EU airlines as well for lounge usage! Only SQ are any good over there I think.
The dash 8 is getting on a bit too now eh, I reckon you felt the turbulence lol.
Not a bad flight by the looks. Why is it that people take a seat that clearly isn't theirs? It happened to me on my LHR flight from Singapore once. I don't get that.
Nice review anyway.
You should do a review on cheddar woods resort and spar
I appreciate and greet your research on Olympic Air history! I also like your fair and observant and good - willed narratives on all topics and aspects! Aaah, Olympic was our historic flag carrier and commanded respect for its safety, hospitality and seasoned pilots, included WWII veterans! It reached many intercontinental destinations directly! Today, I like Aegean and I prefer it to most airlines for the same reasons stated above, but it's a little hurting it kept the olympic air name and logo only for domestic and very few international routes, only three as of today! It would have probably felt less hurting to abolish it altogether and let us rememer its legacy, than turning an eagle into a chicken hopping islands...
I'm no fan at all of the 737, small lavatories, claustrophobicly low ceilings (unless you're flying the sky interior) and it's not as quiet as the a320. Though I once flew the avro rj 85 in a 3-3 configuration and that was even worse (in a 2-3 it's great though).
Paul is Olympic Airlines still operate as one airline or is it a special paint work for a different airline??
It's still a standalone airline, although it's owned by Aegean
bemanos12345 thanks for the help ･:*+.\(( °ω° ))/.:+
Happy Easter
I flew a dash 8 and an atr 72 on the same day just to check the difference and you’re right, the dash 8 is horrendous. The vibrations close to the engine are fierce, the restricted legroom to the side on a window seat makes it feel cramped and the seat width is about as small as it can get.
funny that the Dash-8, along with Do 228 are some of my personal favorite types of aircraft (maybe exactly because you feel like you fly in a real old-type aircraft, you sense you're truly flying). my least favorite is probably one of the older double-aisle types, though I can't say which one maybe the Ilyushin-96.
generally prefer either small turboprops, or the 747-jumbo (just for its gracefulness in the sky).
I love the dash 8's. I fly with flybe quite a lot so that's why I guess.
Have you ever been to hartsfield Jackson airport in Atlanta?