Originally Posted by Knobbgb

Aside from the obvious bad press mentioned, the actual flying experience with Sky Express is just fine - really no different from Olympic. They use all ATR's. Not new - all between 19 and 29 years old. the one I flew on recently was very clean and tidy as if it had been given a new interior fairly recently. The service was fine for just a 40 minute hop. I live at the end of an island airport and I see them fly in and out every day and they're pretty much always on time. I don't know if you have any status or not, but be aware that if you are *A Gold you CANNOT use the lounge at ATH for the Olympic flight (unless you are actually A3/OA Gold of course). The flights ATH-JTR are operated by Olympic NOT Aegean (although they are flown with an A3 aircraft).

One positive point you may not be aware of is that all Sky Express pax. departing ATH CAN use a lounge. OK, it's not up to the standard of some - pretty basic with not many facilities, but after a long journey you may be glad of somewhere quiet to relax and have a drink.