Aegean Airlines ECONOMY Flight Experience: Athens to Belgrade, Airbus A320

[@TheNatasha66]

Finally, someone's done a comprehensive flight review of Aegean airways economy between Athens and Belgrade, this comes in handy for the summer holidays. Thanx!👍😀

[@Paul_Lucas]

Thank you Natasha! Are you from Belgrade or just planning to travel around?

[@TheNatasha66]

Nikola Tesla airport is about 80km from where I live (Novi Sad), and I've always thought of going to Greece by plane for my summer holiday instead of bus (which is anything between a13-20 hour ride). I've heard about Aegean airlines but was never sure what they were like, glad to see this positive report on them.

[@Paul_Lucas]

Getting this one up a bit earlier today as I’m flying a lot today...be sure to follow me on Instagram for live stories! Hope you enjoy the video. Let me know what you think of Aegean in the comments!

[@JohnEsperancilla]

have a nice day

[@vincentcalvelli6452]

Another brilliant report Paul. I agree Aegean is impressive.

[@iamericc518]

Yes it is

[@TheFlatCapFromWN5]

Aegean Airlines looks amazing! So much better for economy class than most of the other airline companies you've travelled with. This should be the standard for economy. Perhaps more will follow by example.

[@andrewsebastianrothgarnant350]

I love Aegean, they might just be my favorite airline in Europe. I´ve flown ZRH-XFW-JMK-ATH (chartered aircraft), MUC-ATH-HER (business) and HER-ATH-CPH (economy) with them and every time they delivered amazing service. On the 3 hour ATH-CPH flight in Economy, they served a nice big hot meal and they even served drinks 3 times during the flight!

[@KrystalKBeauty]

My dream is to visit Greece one day! However I have never flown for more than 3 hours. The hike from MN to Santorini isn’t exactly short! As always, great report! I love your videos. I find myself watching all your older videos when I’ve run out of the newer ones to watch!

[@ltlarrow1]

we did mainland Greece and Santorini in 2017. The long flight is worth it! We flew Aegean from Frankfort to Thessaloniki, but I think you can fly non-stop to Athens from Either O'Hare or Montreal.

[@petersheridan2993]

Just love the expanded flow thru the Airport! bus ride included a bonus.

[@fixpacifica]

Paul is hung over. I love the way more and more airports are setting up museum exhibits. Great way to spend time while waiting for your flight.

[@allthestroke88]

I love boarding the airplane from the bus. You also get a mini behind the scenes tour of the airport. Another great video.

[@haddockman30]

Aegean are great. I use them whenever I can.

[@KEITHGEE1000]

Great report as always. Thanks!!

[@rollingtroll]

Smooth video. This stuff is getting more and more professional. I do still like the spoken bits, good addition!

[@RatherBeTraveling]

I agree with you about ramp boarding. It gives a better reference of the size of aircraft, and just is "plane" fun to do it! For the amount of money food cost on airplanes you think the quality would be better, but I guess you have include the surcharge for the view! Very good report as always, thanks for this weeks upload!

[@nellievanellie9935]

Nice video Paul, very easy on the viewer. I used Aegean this year from Athens to Izmir, a very comfortable ride, plenty of leg room, boiled sweets, and also the bus and open stairs to board the plane. As you show, it made for a nice trip. Thank you for the video.

[@Eunos]

One of the reasons I look forward to Sundays (and now Thursdays :))

[@SHOVEIT]

I like the fact that the APU was just started up when you went into the aircraft :D

[@alexandergarland77]

As a Creator and vlogger myself I noticed me and you use a lot of the same tracks and I truly appreciate that it lets me know that I'm doing right as far as my music selection in my blog and I get excited to be able to learn different things from watching you do it to your trip reports are awesome looking forward to the next one fly safe they continue the good work Paul

[@gram1972]

Yay! Watching it minutes after it was uploaded. Good Morning Paul !!!

[@joesinkovits6591]

I’m with you, Paul! I too would rather board by air stairs. It’s the only way to get a true perspective of the size of even a small aircraft. Great video! Thanks!

[@travelmentaryTV]

Come on Paul, let’s rent that Learjet with other trip reporters 😀. Maybe we can get it on an empty leg, so it’s cheaper :D. Anyway, great trip report, well edited and a very interesting airline and route!

[@marygreene5411]

Paul, you have great times, fair play to you. In some previous videos you showed a route map which was a nice touch, i think it was from Spain to Canaries, a nice extra feature to the trip reports.

[@JelmersAviation]

Wonderful video mate! Liked!

[@AVCTripReports]

Enjoyable video. Makes a great video to watch to pass the time while waiting for bag drop at Bangkok airport to open.

[@holliehughes8449]

Love the vid, ur channel is growing so fast! Well done. 👍

[@chrisstarr2576]

Nice trip report! Paul..!

[@Sipismi]

Why I don’t like bus gates is that it will add a lot of time to arrival. Boarding and departure are ok with a bus if it is not super cold and wet.

[@klyvemurray]

Hi Paul...Your choice of music beds really work a treat!!

[@justabouteverything4924]

Good video Paul 👍

[@christopherlangan364]

You would loved Ellinikon International Airport you were transported by bus to every airplane then you took the stairs. It was one of the most beautiful thing about that airport.

[@CMRLV]

Nice video as usual , Paul! You should try flying airBaltic or some other Baltic states airline

[@vodden2k6]

Recently flew BCN - ATH - CRETE with Aagean and was so impressed, thought of you and how you may grade it! low and behold I find this video!!

[@kevinduval5751]

Another Great Trip Report Paul, as always 👍🏻 Maybe an Aegean Private Jet Trip Report, One Day eh.. 😉

[@freebeacher]

Thank you Paul. I have only transited Serbia by train from Budapest to Athens.

[@barvdw]

As did I, although I did have an overnight stop in the city, last March. It's interesting, at least, but you definitely need a lot more time for it. And with a lack of drivers/problems with people trying to get across the border, the Greeks have bussituted the trip between Gevgelija and Thessaloniki most of the times, as if it didn't take enough time already. Still, a memorable trip I hope to redo soon, but with a stop in Skopje.

[@PatFeyenoord]

Good that you keep the beard! Nice Video!!

[@keithalexander3386]

Interesting to see typical parts of Athens. I have flown to and from both old and new airports and I'm glad they built the new one. Some lovely food in the Olive Tree restaurant in the new airport. I agree about using a bus and then steps but today my wife would not climb the steps as she is disabled.

[@xandrios]

Great review again Paul! I see you skipped the lounge, Aegean now has their own branded lounge at the A-gates - as well as the Goldair and Swissport lounges for Priority pass. The best lounge is at the B-gates though, which is the Lufthansa lounge...which strangely tops even the senator lounges in FRA and MUC regarding service and food offerings. Oh, and a side note: Aegean offers hot food on economy flights that have a longer block time. You got a (kinda sad looking) sandwich as yours flight was

[@MrGreatplum]

Another great report; thank you Paul. Athens looked particularly hazy that morning. (I still buy boiled sweets just before flying!)

[@andrewmatros]

Caramel

[@MrGreatplum]

nbkcq28 - the Americans call it ‘hard candy’ en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_candy

[@thomasnorton2679]

Another awesome film mate

[@MikesIZempillas]

Great video mate !

[@jackaviation5393]

Keep up the good work great report

[@Jaguar6gaming]

Great trip report!

[@jovanarsenijevic8271]

Have a nice stay in Belgrade!!!!

[@flyguy905]

I thought you said a 6hr ATR flight my facial expression went dead lol, great report as always!

[@goytabr]

You reminded me of when the short-lived Uruguayan airline BQB offered a flight from São Paulo to Montevideo on an ATR-72. Not only did the flight last 4:30 hours, it left GRU at 1:30 AM to arrive in MVD at 6:00 AM - with the passengers wrecked, of course (I doubt one can sleep fine on an ATR). You could fly the same route on another airline during the day in just over 2 hours on an A320 or 737-800, for just about the same price. Of course, the flight didn't last long - and the airline itself didn't outlive the flight for much longer either.

[@generalalexandrospapagos325]

Hey Paul, did you know Aegean ordered 49 A320 and A321 neo,s? (Not 49 of each). It will include WiFi, and they are planning on flights to northern Russia and Eastern Parts of Asia. Would be cool to see you review a flight. (I think they are arriving in 2020 or 2021).

[@ΓιωργοςΟρφανος-χ7ψ]

I'm Greek and I always travel with Aegean

[@scotty11782]

Thanks Paul

[@CanuckJim]

Beard's coming in nice there.

[@samuelknight3826]

Great video Paul! Do you think you can do a Trip report for Flybe. Exeter-Faro? Thanks!

[@NintendoFanboy21]

Paul fly the non stop flight London to Australia can you survive the 17 hours flight

[@milabora]

Great video Paul! Very well presented. How long did the flight last? You got a new subscriber. I love going to Belgrade, and I look forward to flying to Athens to visit some Greek Islands also.

[@Badmike53]

What editing software are you using, you are doing such a nice job.

[@KXY5]

Try the Budapest-New York flight with LOT airlines.

[@billyshearer1]

The sandwich was from Olympic Airlines!

[@dragankostic26]

Very nice lending

[@gano54]

If your flight is not an early morning one, you get hot food in Aegean's economy, even on short flights.

[@iamericc518]

I was from Athens to Bucharest with SX-DVN

[@TripGlobally]

Which camera did you use?

[@embarquebuss]

Power back... when go back with no tug. Nice.

[@dodoubleg2356]

Enjoyed the vid as always but quick que for ya...Ur always good about showing the legroom on ur trips. Just outta curiosity, how tall are u?? I'm 6'4" (or 1.93 meters since I'm sure ur more familiar w/the metric system), & what u may consider good legroom might be tight for someone like me if ur a shorter person. Thx...;-)

[@nudgenudgewinkwink3212]

YOU NEVER SEEM TO GET TIME TO DO MUCH EXPLORING IN THESE PLACES.

[@CreativeEm]

He plans his itinerary that way so he can cram more of his hobby in... flying or traveling by train

[@h00vy82]

Can you probably try Alitalia or Brussel Airlines? Perhaps For Brussel Airlines Edinburgh to Brussels

[@camerongarrett3115]

Not sat at the back of the cabin for this trip Paul? haha

[@MomentsInTheSky]

So, loved your Aegean videos, as with all your reports. My question is, is Aegean a reasonably priced way to get Star Alliance Gold?

[@Paul_Lucas]

Depends which program you’re collecting towards but in most of the programs I’ve looked at, nearly all their fare buckets qualify for miles collection and economy fares are very very cheap (London to Tel Aviv, £90 one way for example).

[@depechem0demusic]

Hi Paul-Where do you get your info from regarding the age etc of the aircrafts you travel on??

[@dymasdemulder1071]

Airfleets

[@jas88cam]

I've always liked climbing stairs instead of using an air bridge too, though it does feel a bit ”cheapskate”. As long as they park near enough you just walk, instead of getting herded onto a bus first! (Ruins all the ”open air” aspect for me.)

[@JohnEsperancilla]

If the airport uses bus gates, they could save more money instead of building one air bridge gate. And the airport jet capacity increases because they wouldn't use that much space. And the airline could save more in using the buses and stairs because every time a plane uses something that belongs to the airport they would pay for it like a rent. So in conclusion, buses and stairs = cheaper and more income for the airline. But it also matters in the Terminal size if it's a regional or a national. But I love boarding by stairs

[@xandrios]

In theory, airlines saving money on airport fees means lower fares. Looking at the prices that Aegean charges intra-European that is happening already. They are very low cost internationally!

[@danwaterman8059]

At 2:15 THATS THE NEW A320 NEO 😱

[@Paul_Lucas]

No it’s not 🙂 it is G-EUYW, quite a bit older than that! Some of BA’s legacy A320s had sharklets fitted a couple of years ago.

[@danwaterman8059]

Paul's Trip Reports oh mad bad. Sorry Paul

[@sin4ever2007]

I prefer getting the bus out to the plane, can then see the late stragglers coming off the buses and quietly 'tuting' at them as they board :D

[@janinebell763]

No just tired, he said it was 4:30 am.

[@ITripReport]

"Why you should never wake up at 4:30" by business insider shows up as my recommended lmao

[@depechem0demusic]

What no Thursday trip report this week-how dare you 😂

[@pgchase4578043026]

Paul's next trip report: Learjet 60.

[@isososkwnsjsujend78211d]

ayee greecee🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@Robert89349]

You flew in the morning thats why you got the sandwich. If you had flown after lunch time you would get a proper hot meal even in economy. That's actually how it used to be in every airline back in the day. Aegean still does that.

[@Stockstad]

Wait? Where is the hot meal in economy? Is just on longer flights or have they stopped serving it?

[@xandrios]

This flight is well under 2 hours. The hot meal in economy is on (slightly) longer flights.

[@GREEKpwr]

they do serve a hot meal in the longer flights. Belgrade is only 1 hour and 30 mins.

[@flyboysaviation8822]

Nice report Paul! Aegean needs a new livery though, this one looks like it was designed during a coffee break in 1995.

[@ΑΡΗΣΚΟΡΝΑΡΑΚΗΣ]

Flyboys Aviation I would substitute the white for an Aegean blue

[@flyboysaviation8822]

Good one

[@Tolis_87]

Aegean is the best Airline in Europe

[@palimpalim5291]

Of course you get a tiny treat as you enter the plane and free food. It is a Greek company after all. If you are Greek, you cannot not feed your guests.

[@louisjones726]

IM GOING TO TUNISIA ON THE 18 JULY AND I WATCH YOUR VIDS (Thomas cook)

[@TheZontania]

I flew Aegean twice and they were disappointing both times. I found their ground staff to be arrogant and callous and hated how their staff uses the disabled toilets to smoke (smoking is prohibited throughout the airport). Aegean flight staff were barely tolerating their customers and you could see it by the way they behaved. They put me in a seat where the side arm was not lifting. I was forced to contort my body to get in the seat and scratch my very swollen and sensitive LE legs. They refused to try and find another passenger who would be willing to swap seats with me. Zero customer service! (I am used to flying BA where the staff are genuinely caring and take pride in their job and I am used to life in the UK where people respect the rules and regulations regarding smoking and do not force a vulnerable passenger to queue up for the toilet a member of staff is smoking in and then to have to breathe in all the noxious fumes.) As for the legroom, that is until the passenger in front decides to recline his seat into your knees...

[@Toasty_-jx6zk]

My middle name is Paul!

[@christosmaria5430]

Ανυπομονώ πολύ να φτάσω στο αεροδρόμιο για να με πάει στο ξενοδοχείο.

[@MinusMOD98]

I feel a bit sorry for the Athens transport company, so low on funds that they don't afford to clear their trains from graffiti.. Clearing graffiti is so expensive.. What are the Saudis doing in Greece anyway?

[@georgebrown3359]

I would add that Belgrade (Beograd) airport is one of the worst I have had the displeasure of being at. Travelling business from Munich to Skopje, the business lounge was staffed by one young woman who could not (or would not) get her mobile phone out of her ear. Refreshments consisted of a stale sandwich and a cold cup of coffee. If you wanted any more you had to pay for it. Generally customer service did not exist - anywhere in terminal!

[@outwithjohn7038]

Yo!!!! I live in Zagreb man!!!! Is that okay if I can meet you when is your next flight man!!!!??!??! I WANT TO KNOW!!!

[@outwithjohn7038]

I can given you a little tour around Zagreb!!!