Olympic Airways 747-200s and A340 at Athens Hellenikon Airport.mp4

[@AudiophileTubes]

Great memories of the airport our family used to fly into nonstop from JFK airport near NYC back in the 60's and 70's! We mostly flew Olympic 707's and 747's, so my father could visit his home country and our relatives. I am writing this in honor of my dear father, who passed recently this year at age 85 in New York. Thanks for everything dad. I LOVE YOU forever!

[@vintagegirl1961]

I worked at JFK for Olympic Catering (1989-1994)and it was an honor to be able to have boarded all of the four 747's but the Bravo plane was my favorite. I also loved Captain Petrou!

[@JohnStam]

Very nice step back in time and of course unforgettable..... Congrats Starboard76....

[@KO-zh4yq]

Στο 3:32 ... Όταν δίνει στοιχεία στους κινητήρες ... Ας το ζούσα άλλη μια φορά από 747 δικό μας ( Ο.Α. ) στο Ελληνικό κι ας πέθαινα

[@gregbakmazjian7861]

I was thrilled when I found this video it indeed brought me lots of memories when we used to go to Greece from Beirut to visit my grand parents who lived in Thessaloniki we used to land at East terminal by MEA and transfer to West terminal for Olympic Airways for our final destination Thessaloniki what a sweet memories which I missed tremendously. You've done a great job "Μπράβο σού".

[@ΤασοςΚτιστοπουλος]

20 ΧΡΌΝΙΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΉ ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΑ. (02/01/91_28/03/10).ΤΑ ΚΑΛΎΤΕΡΑ ΧΡΌΝΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΖΩΗΣ ΜΟΥ ΣΕ ΜΙΑ ΑΠΙΣΤΕΥΤΕΙ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ

[@Starboard76]

Χαίρομαι που το ακούω! Για εκατομμύρια πρώην υπαλλήλους της αεροπορικής εταιρείας που θα είναι για πάντα το ίδιο ακριβώς συναίσθημα! Ευχαριστώ που παρακολουθήσατε!

[@automat1c999]

The good old times when Olympic was the real one, and the good old airport...

[@Starboard76]

@John1212168 ..thank you...yes UNFORGETTABLE Hellenikon! It goes down in history as one of the great airports like Hong Kong's Kaitak.

[@borinakoune1803]

It's gonna be torn down i heard. At least keep the historic Eero Saarinen east terminal.

[@cantsmiletoday]

This is one of the best LGAT videos I've ever seen.I was lucky enough to live close to this magnificent airport and I have great spotting memories of it. And one last thing, duration of the video: 7:42! just like the SX-OAB,SX-OAC, SX-OAD and SX-OAE!

[@Starboard76]

Glad to have been of assistance!

[@mark1968]

Starboard76, I want to thank you for this great video. It has brought back so many memories of my child hood spent on the nearby beach watching these wonderful aircraft landing and taking off. Alas, that is no more. I loved that old airport too. Sure it was run down and a little on the tatty side, but it had soul. Many thanks again.

[@konsvarka7376]

mark1968 i did the same thing every summer in Kavouri...watching them coming in great memories....

[@annavsmith1]

Best Airline in the world w a great logo OLYMPIC!!!

[@joeb5080]

I've flown on one of OA's A340s, in the mid-2000s, on a short flight from CDG to the new ATH. Great experience. I'll miss the A340s.

[@borinakoune1803]

I've also flown them from Toronto to Athens vice versa at least 5 times. I liked the A340's as well and it's a shame how they ended up abandoned like orphans. They really suited the Olympic livery, and a much needed replacement from the dinosaur 747's they had.

[@tafnamtaf8909]

I always hoped that they would buy the 747-400 to replace the older 200 series

[@michaelgostas4485]

I really miss Olympic airlines since they went out of business

[@kierann9986]

Since when I saw in Greece olmoic airways check in open..

[@kierann9986]

Olympic

[@Starboard76]

Thank you, and yes you are correct, it certainly did have soul and character! A very interesting operational layout..but of course because it was restricted by it's growth.

[@George-xb5ey]

One of those 747s flew me to Greece in 1996 what a memorable experience boarding the beast

[@cptechno1218]

Flew Olympic Airways MEL to ATHENS, ATHENS to MEL in 1988. Landed at night and remember the taxi to the hotel. I was looking out the taxi window at all the hotels that looked the same, my mum making sure the cabbie wasn't running the meter up.

[@jamesm6082]

Amazing footage. Nice time capsule. Good ol'days.👍

[@John1212168]

Τέλειο βίντεο. Πολύ ωραία τα 747 και τα 340 που προσγειώνονται στο αξέχαστο αεροδρόμιο του Ελληνικού!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@KO-zh4yq]

Και μόνο για τα θαυμαστικά και το αξέχαστο αεροδρόμιο του Ελληνικού σου έβαλα έναlike . Δυστυχώς δεν μπορώ να βάλω παραπάνω . 1000000 ας πούμε ...

[@John1212168]

@@KO-zh4yq α σε ευχαριστώ πάρα πολύ φίλε μου! Ενδιαφέρον που αυτό μου το σχόλιο πήρε 1 Like έστω και 9 χρόνια μετά!!

[@KO-zh4yq]

@@John1212168 Είναι βλέπεις που το αεροδρόμιο του Ελληνικού δεν θα ξεχαστεί ούτε εννιά χρόνια μετά ούτε είκοσι που έκλεισε προχθές ούτε και χίλια χρόνια μετά . Εγώ όσο ζω θα ελπίζω ότι θα επανενεργοποιηθει έστω και τελευταία στιγμή . Κι ας ξέρω ότι οι ελπίδες είναι λίγες . Ας έβλεπα για άλλη μια φορά το 747 με τους κύκλους να δίνει στοιχεία για απογείωση από τον 33Rή τον 15L ή να προσγειώνεται στο Ελληνικό μας κι ας πέθαινα .

[@John1212168]

@@KO-zh4yq δυστυχώς τέτοιες μέρες δεν ξαναγίνονται. Ελληνικά 747 κτλ.. Εδώ και οι πλούσιοι που τα έχουν σήμερα (τα 380 δηλαδή σήμερα) βλέπεις ότι τα αφήνουν γιατί η τρόπον τινά πανδημία τους τσάκισε και αυτούς. Και λέω τρόπον τινά γιατί είτε την φτιάξανε, είτε την εκμεταλλεύονται για οικονομικούς λόγους. Κάνει μπαμ πλέον.. Τέλος πάντων..

[@KO-zh4yq]

@@John1212168 μα συνεχίζουν και τα 747 και τα 380 να πετάνε σε συγκεκριμένα νούμερα βέβαια . Άσε φίλε μου. Κι εγώ προσπαθώ να τα πιστέψω και δε με αφήνουν οι ίδιοι που θέλουν να τα πιστέψω . Είναι δυνατόν να μην έχει τελειώσει η δεύτερη καραντίνα , να μη μπορεί να πάει κάποιος από τα Χανιά στο Ρέθυμνο για δουλειά ενώ ο τουρίστας να έρχεται από 10000 χλμ μακριά για διακοπές και να μας λένε για τρίτο κύμα το φθινόπωρο ; Που το ξέρουν ; Και πόσο βουγια νομίζουν ότι είμαστε ; Για να έρθει λέει τουρισμός να ανασανει η οικονομία ... Η αλυσίδα έχει όμως πολλούς κρίκους . Για να δουλέψει ο τουρισμός λίγο να παγώσουν οι υπόλοιποι πολύ . Για τις καφετέριες,τα καταστήματα,τα συνεργεία, τα ανθοπωλεία δεν μιλάει κανείς ; Αυτός που πάει στη λαϊκή να πουλήσει τα προϊόντα του μπας και μπορέσει να ταισει τα κοπελιά του δεν τον λυπάται κάνεις; Το μόνο που μας νοιάζει δηλαδή είναι ο ξένος με τα σανδάλια και τις κάλτσες που θα είναι ολ ινκλουσιβ και θα παραγγείλει one tzatziki for three people ; Μόνο δουλοπρέπεια ; Καθόλου περηφάνια ;

[@Starboard76]

@Scott757300 ..haha, yes of course. There's no way I could beat that A340 back to New York and got into position to shoot it. - Customs and immigration would have made sure of that.

[@Starboard76]

@Shane028 yeah, it's funny, at 1st I hated the A340 (I viewed as a 707 ripoff - a dedicated boeing fan too)..but it grew on me.. now I hunt down A340s like crazy as they are limited in number!

[@FrenchOA]

Great footage ! Since the time i'm looking for such a video ! Thanks for sharing !

[@Starboard76]

@flashbiddy thansk, and very true, a giant is no more. I'm only pissed because Olympic never sent the A340 on any of my visits to Heathrow, it always seem to come after I've gone on to another city. But I'm happy with my Olympic collection and happy to share it!

[@Phil9O]

great video! LGAT full of memories!!!

[@FliVids]

What a feeling: - it's very early 2000's - it's a beautiful hot morning - you're starting at a still operating 747-200 - I'd like to picture having a cup of coffee and a cigarette on that rooftop. - you're at an airport that now does not exist. Is there a time machine i can use RIGHT NOW?!?! 😭😭

[@rainscratch]

I filmed B747-200 Olympic Eagle SX-OAB on a flight from NYC to Athens. Remember it as a memorably nice flight. This AC is the one now in storage at the old Hellinkon airport.

[@RGeorgio1]

Look at the sun rays of this sacred place!

[@NickTrVolos7]

By the noize during take off you can realize how old the 747's engines were...!Still they were really beautiful and special!!

[@tonyde52]

When aircraft were AIRCRAFT, and the airlines had CLASS & beauty.

[@manosspetzakis183]

Which year was this filmed?

[@Starboard76]

@@manosspetzakis183 this was taken in 1998 and 1999.

[@vasilisconstantinides4476]

i really like how the dominating plane at the old hellinikon airport is the 747-200

[@ΘΕΟΔΩΡΟΣΡΑΠΤΗΣ-β4ι]

Τα βλέπω και το ξαναβλέπω υπέροχες αναμνήσεις σας ευχαριστώ ανά 25 χρόνια υπήρξε και και θα υπάρχει η καλύτερη εταιρεία στον κόσμο Άννα σειρά του του 76

[@yanninemo]

Awesome video! Thanks for putting it together!!

[@andypappas]

great video. The view with the ocean in the background is breathtaking

[@soundwavs1961c]

I was hoping to see the Eagle (Bravo) in there. Great video though, thanks!!

[@refereeAntony]

Πω πω ομορφιές!!!!!

[@alx744]

02:20 that's still RWY 33R like the previous landings, not 15. Nice video, brings back memories...

[@rainpanos]

@starboard76 thanks a lot for this video! it brings so many memories!

[@Scott757300]

Tell me how did you get SX-DFB arriving at JFK, was it at a different time? Thats really the only logical answer in my mind...

[@karvelasn]

Thanks Starboard76 for the memories!

[@ArmenianOcean]

Awesome ❤❤❤

[@rainscratch]

The sleek lines of the A340 reminiscent of the classic B707 and the blue OA cheatline reminiscent of Pan Am, the company - jointly with Boeing - responsible for ushering in mass transit jet age.

[@greek4life911]

the plane on 0:21 tha is landing is this one now........to aeroplano po dixnei sto 0:21 einai afto pou einai aragmeno kiolas sto elliniko.............www.planespotters.net/Aviation_Photos/photo.show?id=025978

[@Starboard76]

@Johnlexkz ..thanks!

[@ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣΠΑΝΤΑΖΗΣ]

At 3:51 Olympic flame standsby to take off runway 15 not 33

[@Shane028]

Im more of a boeing fan and while the the 747 is my absolute favourite, i have to admit the a340 is a stunning aircraft

[@konsvarka7376]

at 7:40 flight 411 Athens JFK....great plane the Delfi A340...

[@borinakoune1803]

I think i flew on all 4 of them in the early 2000's. I remember when they were shiny and brand new in september of 2000. The last time i flew the A340 it was filthy. I'm very angry that they shutdown Olympic. Crime of the century.

[@ΘΕΟΔΩΡΟΣΡΑΠΤΗΣ-β4ι]

Πολύ περήφανη που ήμουν αεροσυνοδός για 25 χρόνια στην Ολυμπιακή Άννα

[@Starboard76]

Εντάξει, στοιχηματίζω ότι έχετε πολλές υπέροχες αναμνήσεις!

[@ΘΕΟΔΩΡΟΣΡΑΠΤΗΣ-β4ι]

@@Starboard76 ήταν.τα.νειατα.μας.και.η.αγαπη.μας.αννα.σειρα.εβδομηντα.εξη.αννα.

[@antonioskapiris6981]

Actually two of the A340s are at Eleftherios Venizelos LGAV

[@mambagr]

JFK I think.

[@konsvarka7376]

Antonios Kapiris yes they are last time there i saw 3 A340..

[@Starboard76]

@pilotanthony ..aww man, sorry to hear about that man!

[@worldplaneflyer4591]

Olympic eagle is the boeing 747-200 that's left on the tarmac

[@michaelgostas4485]

The starboard 76 name was interfering with this video

[@borinakoune1803]

Considering how old those 747's Olympic had were, they must have had really good pilots for them not to crash.

[@giamag411]

This is a really dumb statement.

[@schumi164]

greek pilots are the best in the whole world

[@bobbrown8661]

How old are these planes? 747-200 ??

[@Starboard76]

Bob, this footage was taken almost 20 years ago...they're all beer cans now.

[@detomasopantera1966]

@@Starboard76 well there is one 747 in a England old airport(top gear used it for track times). And there is one still at Elliniko next to the 737?

[@PolarTDI]

One of the last planes here

[@Scott757300]

@starboard76 I knew that.. pfft... :)) Thats pretty good images you have of hellenikon! Thanks for answering my obviously stupid comment :)

[@lesamisdelacuisineprovenca9534]

I think Olympics 747's were used on Chicago and Sydney routes... Was it ?

[@70MarYa]

Well they went to JFK instead and yes there were going to sydeny

[@ifasooulis]

It's amazing how this company came to an end!!! How did they managed to destroy this carrier!!This was the dream of Aristotelis Onasis and some people they didn't respect and bring the company to nowadays situation the sell everything ,unacceptable !!!

[@crosswind787]

gr8 video..:-)))

[@Starboard76]

And senseless attitudes like this is what makes me not want to share the other 99.9% of rare video footage I have. "Just put out to there and let people take it...I tell you what, you go and invest in laptops severaliPads & iPhones... then stand on a street corner and give them away...then I'll be happy to 'just give away video clips to whoever wants them'... FYI - Rare footage gets more valuable like anything else over time. In addition to that my footage has appears on several news cast.

[@Chios82100]

Those were the days!!! A different era of travel, when each seat had an ashtray! The flight attendants were sexy and people didn't fly dressed in pajamas and slippers like as if they rolled out of bed and all the sudden they were at the airport... Yeah the onboard entertainment sucked back then but you didn't care because the seats were big enough for you to have leg room, recline the seat and go to sleep. Not like these days where they cramp as many seats in to a flight and if you're over 6 foot tall and flying economy you have to squeeze in to the seat while your knees are hitting the seat in front of you for 10 hours... Also back then you got 2 big meals, now you get one small disgusting meal that you can barely eat. The airline food has gotten ridiculously disgusting. Back then your bag weighed more then you and no one cared, now your bag is half a kilo overweight you have to pay some ridiculous amount of money... Back then there was no personal entertainment system but they allowed people to walk up and down the isles and talk, the back of the OA airplanes was the social section, also the smoking section! ... Great times!

[@jamesm6082]

So very true. Not to mention that you we need to practically need to strip down so you can get on a plane because the powers that be decided to bring a couple of buildings down. What a farce. It's one thing after another with these yahoos.

[@tafnamtaf8909]

I always looked forward to eating on OA plane's , especially on the long haul flights : the meals were always delicious and large portions as well

[@Chios82100]

​@@tafnamtaf8909 The food was great onboard Olympic, I still have forks, knives and spoons with the Olympic Airways logo engraved in them, I use to keep them as souvenirs lol..... Stainless steel utensils back in the day!... Not the plastic take out crap they have nowadays.

[@ΓιώργοςΓλήνης]

Κρίμα που δεν είμαστε άξιοι να έχουμε εθνικό αερομεταφορέα.

[@andiversum]

watermarks in the centre of the screen? Thumb down!

[@fantasyremixes1919]

A rather petty way to react to someone uploading a personal video from a time without digital cameras. I hope exercising this wanton act of personal dictatorial authority made you feel a little bit better about yourself.

[@Dimitrios1981]

Πολυ ωραιο βιντεο.

[@AsjBeater420]

nice video bad comment about the smoke and the pita sandwich by the fire crew!!!!!!!!!

[@Starboard76]

Distracting? Hmmmm,do I care more about people hijacking and stealing my videos..OR do I care about a distracting watermark? Tell you what, I see you haven't been made any videos yet..go make some decent videos or go back into the past and get stuff like this video (which is very rare now) and you put it out there to be stolen by anyone. And it's happening now more and more.

[@aggelosmpekiopoulos1762]

Αρεε Ολυμπιακή

[@type2523]

Back then Greece had a proper airport . Now it has a tin-can in the end of nowhere

[@Starboard76]

One of the greatest single runway airports around, traffic at Eleftherios is nothing compared to what fly through Hellenikon!

[@initialdclips8098]

I miss olympic airways why greece why!!!! OK m Greek and we have now ellinair Aegean olympic air Astra airlines and skyexpress😖😖😖

[@ΠροφήτηςΗλίας-ε5σ]

Daniel Paylidhs Olympic Air is Olympic Airways

[@danieltorresdeluna4844]

😖😖😖

[@Manaritzis88]

sto 02:05 to ACL

[@avgfree21]

You really can see why olympic collapsed, the fleet was so old, and the older something is , the more it costs to maintain

[@joeb5080]

kye rosendale That's not why OA collapsed. Much of their fleet was actually leased.

[@Starboard76]

kye rosendale actually, it was mismanagement..Onassis ran it like a private toy (which for him it was)..and when the state took over, it was too late to adopt a whole new attitude (work ethic). Basically, the same path (fate) as Pan Am & TWA.

[@that90skid72]

+kye rosendale Well the fleet was kinda old indeed, but that's not the the reason it collapsed. American for instance had, until recently, quite an old fleet too. What caused Olympic to go bankrupt and disappear from the radar was the exact same reason the Greek state itself is bankrupt. You had for instance an army of incompetent people who received insane wages , poor strategic decisions, etc etc. Olympic was a state owned business which wasn't competitive anymore with the likes of Aegean Airlines, which emphasized on major hubs and alliances (e.g. Frankfurt with Star alliance), whereas Olympic flew destinations such as Sydney or NYC on its own. But the bottom line is that this airline was horribly mismanaged when it became state-owned, Onassis knew exactly how to run a business, unlike our incompetent politicians in Greece. Just to give you an idea, he was about to order Concordes when his son died (and right before he lost interest and gave the company to the state). A carrier which has more or less the same issues in Europe at the moment is Air France. Same mentality (i.e. not bothering to perform well-don't care), same structural issues.

[@that90skid72]

+Starboard76 I don't think so, regarding work ethic. It may have been Onassis' hobby, but he knew how to run a business. He was about to buy Concordes when he gave Olympic away to the state. And the state in turn made this airline a huge mess. Corruption, mismanagement, the exact same things that got us in such deep sh**t in Greece. A country doing the exact same mistakes with its own public owned corporations is France, which has the same structural problems Greece had and still has...As for TWA and Pan Am, they mainly collapsed because of poor strategic decisions, and some mismanagement, too (wrong hubs for TWA with St Louis- bad acquisitions for Pan Am with National airlines- most profitable routes cut, etc etc).

[@joeb5080]

Jools VK Pan Am collapsed because the US government did not allow the airline to operate domestic routes, even after deregulation, allowing American and United to create hubs where passengers can transfer between domestic and international flights, but not allowing Pan Am to do that.