credit for flyimg Olympic airways
Dec 21, 2003 | 2:43 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by gpapadop:
Their pilots come from the Greek Air Force and have LOTS of training chasing Turkish aircraft violating the Greek air space</font>
Their pilots come from the Greek Air Force and have LOTS of training chasing Turkish aircraft violating the Greek air space</font>
Good safety record, though: http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi_bin/a...lympic+Airways
Dec 21, 2003 | 5:35 pm
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Last May I headed out to do some Greek Island hopping and booked Aegean only because Olympic ATH-JTR options sucked. After flying both several times over course of 3 weeks, was sorry didn't book all legs in A3 as I would much rather fly A3 over AO any day.
I hope the news of OA getting better is true.
BTW, the name of the OA FF program is Icarus. I remember it because I was hoping we weren't flying too close to the sun after hearing those odd groans and rattles aboard one OA flight...
[This message has been edited by tcook052 (edited Dec 21, 2003).]
I hope the news of OA getting better is true.
BTW, the name of the OA FF program is Icarus. I remember it because I was hoping we weren't flying too close to the sun after hearing those odd groans and rattles aboard one OA flight...
[This message has been edited by tcook052 (edited Dec 21, 2003).]
Dec 21, 2003 | 8:49 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by minatonka:
Olympic Airways has experienced so much trouble lately that I would skip it. For intra-Greek flights, try Aegean Airlines. </font>
Olympic Airways has experienced so much trouble lately that I would skip it. For intra-Greek flights, try Aegean Airlines. </font>
Jul 26, 2005 | 10:07 am
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Originally Posted by Brendan
How about HellasJet?
Jul 27, 2005 | 10:48 am
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Originally Posted by nomad1974
oops, haven't you heard? hellasjet went bust earlier this year :-) www.hellasjet.com
. I seriously considered flying Hellas Jet on March 14 ATH--MANchester, UK, but I ended up flying ATH--LHR/OA--DUB/BD on March 16 instead. For the better, as I liked the extra time in Nafplio & Corinth & in between.FTers had given positive reviews to Hellas Jet service.
Jul 28, 2005 | 1:48 am
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Originally Posted by swps
I flew Turkish a couple months ago in and out of Athens and Istanbul. It was great and got AA miles. ..........
is hard to beat (i.e. ATH - MIA return like 1.200 in C ).
however, anyone got a clue what FT programs other than AA include TK ?
Jul 28, 2005 | 6:01 am
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FWIW, OA biz class is pretty nice. I haven't had a bad flight on this airline, and the prices are right. Of course I have some stranded miles just sitting there, but someday...
Jul 28, 2005 | 6:20 am
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Originally Posted by stimpy
I haven't had a bad flight on this airline
My last three flights with them:
2001: ATH-TXL. They couldn't find enough crewmembers for a morning flight from their main hub! Resulted in a 3-hour delay and me missing my connecting BA flight and meeting in BHX!
2001: ATH-SKG. The 2pm flight was delayed enough to be departing after the 4pm flight. Took my money over to Axon (RIP) for a very enjoyable flight.
2002: IOA-SKG. No problems, although service was, erm, spartan (still it was a 50 minute flight on an ATR so my expectations hadn't been high in the first place).
I go to Greece 4-5 times a year, and always avoid OA like the plague.
Aug 2, 2005 | 12:42 am
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Originally Posted by graraps
always avoid OA like the plague.
http://www.aegeanair.com/aegeanen/news/index.asp
Aug 2, 2005 | 5:50 am
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For Inter-island flights you shouldn't expect much. I flew HER-ATH once and didn't get much service. But later I flew ATH-CAI in biz and it was very nice. Good food and service. However I haven't flown OA in 2 or 3 years and I fully acknowledge that I hear bad things about them from lots of people so I guess I just happen to have gotten lucky on my flights.