Olympic Airlines

On 31Dec2009 Olympic Airlines ceased all operations
< operated services to 37 domestic destinations and to 32 destinations world-wide from its main base at Athens International Airport, plus several hubs >

[ – Olympic Airways was founded in 1957 when Aristotle Onassis took over TAE-Greek National Airlines . Renamed in late 2003, integrating the operations of Olympic Airways, Olympic Aviation and Macedonian Airlines (i) when the carrier was renamed to Olympic Airlines]

[ – On 16Sep2008 the Greek Government announced a major restructuring of Olympic Airlines, using the “Pantheon Airways” plan. Pantheon operated parallel to Olympic Airlines until Apr2009, when Olympic Airlines was shut down and Pantheon would take over most of its routes. Pantheon would then be renamed using the Olympic Air brand name and its six-rings logo. On 06Mar2009, Development Minister Kostis Hatzidakis announced the sale of the flight operations and the technical base companies to Marfin Investment Group (MIG). The new carrier had its inaugural flight ceremony on 01Oct2009
< regional airline based out of Athens International Airpo, Spata with hubs at Thessaloniki International Airport and Rhodes International Airport >]

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