TRIPREPORT | Olympic Air | Athens - Paros | Economy | Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 | OA64

Flying on Olympic Air is one of the most popular ways to discover the wonderful islands of Greece - is it also a great one?
Definitely! Our experience on Olympic was fantastic. Their system is efficient, their flights are fast and the service is amazing! Receiving a snack and a drink on a 25 minute flight is something very special these days! Watch the tripreport to learn more about our experience - don‘t miss the scenes of Paros Airport which is amazingly small.
We really hope you enjoyed this video, as always feel free to like, share, comment and subscribe for more tripreports, including Germania, Aer Lingus and TUIfly! :)
Airline: Olympic Air
Ticket class: Economy Flex
Aircraft type: Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
Registration: SX-OBB
Seat number: 2A
Flight number: OA64
Origin-Destination: Athens Eleftherios Venizelos Airport (ATH/LGAV) - Paros National Airport (PAS/LGPA)
Flight duration: 0:25h
Date: 2018-07-31
Camera: Apple iPhone X
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Olympic is the regional subsidiary of Aegean Airlines, another fantastic Greek airline. Check out our tripreport: • [Tripreport] Aegean Ai...
Key moments in this tripreport:
00:37 Athens Airport
01:34 Boarding + aircraft
02:33 Legroom + cabin
03:47 Takeoff
05:26 Snack service
06:03 Descent + Approach
07:17 Landing
07:56 Conclusion
08:26 Paros Airport
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[@CSpotting]

Many thanks to the viewers of our very first KZbin premiere! Here are the key moments of this tripreport: 00:37 Athens Airport 01:34 Boarding + aircraft 02:33 Legroom + cabin 03:47 Takeoff 05:26 Snack service 06:03 Descent + Approach 07:17 Landing 07:56 Conclusion 08:26 Paros Airport

[@buckrogers8436]

Love watching your video, reminds me of of July 2019

[@Damian.D]

Beautiful!! Thank you!!!

[@flyingdentist]

Fantastic flight report my friends.As a Greek citizen I would like to Thank you for your kind words about Olympic and my beautiful and long suffering country.I hope you had a great time in Paros with beautiful beaches and amazing sights.

[@CSpotting]

Thank you so much for your fantastic comment, really appreciate your support! :) Greece is our favourite country for vacation, landscapes, food and people are amazing! Olympic was great, would definitely choose them again! Paros is an amazing island, had a great stay there! :)

[@TravelMinds]

Great video my friend!!! I love your reports!! Paros is an amazing island!!

[@ALEXTSAKA]

Very nice video with OA on Dash 8 ! 😉👍

[@CSpotting]

Thanks a lot Alex! :) It was a great flight on Olympic!

[@flyingdentist]

what a fantastic video from onboard one of our Olympic Air's Dash's.Fascinating views and great compliments for the airline.Thank you very much.We appreciate it

[@CSpotting]

Thank you so much for your kind comment mate! :) Aegean and Olympic have really impressed mate, a kind of service that we can only dream of over here!

[@TripReportaviation]

Nice trip report! Legroom was amazing for a turboprop aircraft

[@marthieb9117]

thanks for this video! I will be flying the reverse of this flight this summer alone, and this was a good representation of how short the flight is!

[@ianscott3180]

We fly Olympic from Athens to Skiathos last year en route to Alonissos. I can highly recommend their short island flights.

[@HeathrowFlyerTakeoff]

Excellent Trip Report! Your quality is always amazing, loved the detail and scenes in this video.

[@CSpotting]

Thank you so much for your support mate, it always feels great to receive such a positive feedback! :) Stay tuned for many more tripreports!

[@NikiSvaizer]

Very nice TR! Well done! The stabilization of the iPhone X is great (I can confirm as I film on iPhone X too). I flew on OA Q400 on ATH-KGS route and found the service fantastic for such a short flight. The prices are not always cheap especially on summer season, but I agree that connection in ATH is efficient. Thumbs up!

[@CSpotting]

Many thanks for your comment mate, it‘s always good to share so many experiences! :) I am very satisfied with the video quality of the iPhone X and I think it is much more handy for filming tripreports than a real camera. Indeed, the flights were not that cheap but considering the fast and comfortable transport they are worth the price! :)

[@TheHDAviation]

Great trip report! It's been way too long since my last flight on a turboprop, this really makes me want to fly in one soon. Beautiful scenic views on the approach!

[@CSpotting]

Thank you so much mate, we are really glad that you liked this tripreport and the scenery! :) Flying on a turboprop is a great experience!

[@pazolidisachillefs2208]

Nice trip report! I hope you enjoyed my country.

[@Apaleutos24]

7:38 Ouch down!

[@CAXAviation]

Very nice! How they managed to give everyone a drink and a snack on such a short flight is beyond me

[@CSpotting]

Yeah that was very impressive indeed! On the flight back this didn’t work, but I will show this in another tripreport... Thank you so much for watching and commenting mate, really appreciate your support! :)

[@CAXAviation]

@@CSpotting Sorry for not being around an watching videos much. Another bout of illness, I attract the illnesses like pollen attracts bees haha

[@AviationFDH]

Sehr schöner Trip Report! Daumen hoch

[@CSpotting]

Ich danke dir für deinen Kommentar! :)

[@anuaviation3510]

Awesome trip report

[@CSpotting]

Thanks a lot mate, really appreciate your support! :)

[@FP_Aviationfilms]

Super Video, Olympic ist ja eine sehr interessante Airline ...also sowieso schonmal gut. Außerdem sah die ganze Szenerie auch sehr gut aus.

[@CSpotting]

Besten Dank fürs Anschauen und natürlich auch für deinen netten Kommentar! :) Olympic ist wirklich eine tolle Airline, mir denen würde ich immer wieder fliegen!

[@ManchesterAviation]

Tolles Video! Es ist immer echt cool, nach solchen kleinen Flughäfen zu fliegen! Daumen hoch :D

[@CSpotting]

Vielen Dank für deinen großartigen Support! Ja das stimmt, kleine Flughäfen sind immer wieder spannend! :)

[@Thomas1980]

Top Video!

[@CSpotting]

Danke dir! :)

[@przychodzkipl]

Great tripreport.

[@CSpotting]

Thanks a lot mate, glad that you enjoyed the tripreport! :)

[@FootAndFly]

Sehr schön!

[@CSpotting]

Danke dir! :)

[@aerotravelerNL]

Great flight report! The views throughout the flight are just stunning. I still need to check your Aegean review. Olympic and Aegean are on my wish list.

[@CSpotting]

Many thanks mate! Really glad that you liked this video! Olympic and Aegean are amazing indeed, always worth flying them! :)

[@FlyTravelXpert]

Toller Sinkflug :D Kann man nur genießen :)

[@CSpotting]

Ja, das stimmt, der Anflug war wunderschön! Danke fürs Anschauen und Kommentieren! :)

[@Aeroplanes11]

Nice :-) My first turboprop flight was in il-18 - very noisy

[@ELAviation]

Very nice trip video of this rare Airlines.

[@CSpotting]

Thanks a lot for your nice comment mate! It was a great flight! :)

[@streamsnipe4663]

It is not air... 7 years ago was one of the best airlines in the world!!It had boeing 747 airbus a340 but it has economical problems...

[@streamsnipe4663]

If you want you can write on Google olympic air you will see

[@user-sz9dj1pl9o]

The Paros airport may seem small but it recently replaced the old one which was really small! Btw Great vid!!

[@CSpotting]

Yeah I know, we have seen the old airport too, it is extremely small! :D Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love these small airports, flying to and from Paros was amazing, it's just an extreme contrast compared to airports like Athens! :) Thank you very much for watching and commenting mate!

[@ReverseThrustAviation]

Interessant, mal ein Tripreport von einer eher kleineren Fluggesellschaft zu sehen, hat mich echt überrascht, dass sie auf solch einem kurzen Flug trotzdem noch ein paar Kleinigkeiten angeboten haben. Danke auf jeden Fall fürs Teilen dieses ausführlichen Flugreports und die wunderschönen Aufnahmen während des Approaches auf Paros!

[@CSpotting]

Besten Dank dir für deinen wie immer sehr unterstützenden Kommentar! :) Solche kleinen Airlines können oft ganz schön interessant sein und Olympic hat bewiesen, dass der Service super ist, genauso wie natürlich auch bei der Mutter Aegean.

[@AirFlightTravels]

Hello CSpotting! A very beautiful video as always! I love to fly with Olympic because of the legroom. As about inflight service, for such a short flight, I don't know if it safe, cause many people will keep tray table open during landing but its a plus that they offer complimentary snacks. A3 and OA have usually very clean and new looking airplanes and I like that as well. I think also that Dash8 Q400 is quieter than ATRs. Btw Aegean Airlines was involved and mostly paid for the construction of the new Terminal in Paros.

[@CSpotting]

Hi, thanks for the really kind comment! :) I am not sure about the open tray tables, maybe it is a risk but I didn't have that feeling onboard... A3 and OA are fantastic - I would not hesitate to choose them again! We are really sorry for the late answer, the last weeks have been absolutely busy… Unfortunately our inactivity will continue for some weeks as we will travel to many different destinations, but after that we hope to be back better than ever. :)

[@aviationvideosgraz]

Die Aussicht ist j der Hammer mit dem Meer.

[@CSpotting]

Das stimmt, auf den innergriechischen Flügen gibt es einiges zu sehen... Danke fürs Anschauen und Kommentieren! :)

[@ruperthess7238]

Sehr cool! 😉 Jaa, die Dash ist schon ein echtes Schaukelpferd 😆 Auch finde ich die Aussicht über die Inseln schön. Fliegen ist und bleibt doch immer das beste 😁✈️ LG aus Madrid

[@CSpotting]

Ja, das stimmt, die Dash fühlt sich anders an als ein Jet, aber auf solchen kurzen Flügen finde ich das überhaupt nicht problematisch. So ein Inselhopping macht wirklich Spaß und der Ausblick ist toll! Freut mich sehr, dass auch dieser Tripreport dir gefallen hat, vielen Dank für deinen Support! :) Es kommen auch noch viele weitere Tripreports!

[@ruperthess7238]

Klar, auf kurzen Flügen ist das ok, aber ich würde mir keinen Air Baltic oder Luxair Flug damit antuen, da die ja für ihre langen Dash ops bekannt sind... 🤔 Als ich im März die Dash geflogen bin hatte ich sie als relativ unruhiges Flugzeug in Erinnerung, was aber wahrscheinlich auch an der Flugstrecke gelegen haben mag (VIE -INN sind ja Berge pur 😝). Allgemein bin ich eher der Jet Fan, aber für so einen Ausblick darf es meinetwegen auch Prop sein... 😊 Unterstütze euch doch immer wieder gerne, eure Videos sind ja auch gut 😉 Bin nach wie vor auf den ST Tripreport gespannt, weil es nicht so viele detaillierte auf YT gibt... 😏

[@CSpotting]

Ja, das stimmt, so ein längerer Dash FLug kann sicher schon auf die Nerven gehen... Als nächster Tripreport kommt wahrscheinlich DUB-DUS mit Aer Lingus, dann TUI auf DUS-FNC und danach Germania, kann sich aber sicher auch nochmal ändern! :)

[@ruperthess7238]

Ok, bin auf jeden Fall gespannt 🙃

[@konrad57466]

great video :) i love to fly Olympic ✈️💙 the FA are the best especially on Atr42 😊😊😊

[@CSpotting]

Many thanks mate, really glad that you liked this tripreport! I was really impressed with Olympic, a fantastic airline! :) Would have loved to try their ATR, but all of our three flights (ATH-PAS, PAS-ATH, ATH-SMI) were operated by their Q400...

[@konrad57466]

CSpotting next time visit JNX :) really recomend

[@CSpotting]

Thanks for the tip! :)

[@michaelkourtoubelides6071]

I love Greece so much

[@CSpotting]

Same here, my favourite country for holiday! We are really sorry for the late answer, the last weeks have been absolutely busy… Unfortunately our inactivity will continue for some weeks as we will travel to many different destinations, but after that we hope to be back better than ever. :)

[@PeteBrandy]

Great Trip report! How you satisfied with this new "Premiere" feature? Btw. very nice legroom!

[@CSpotting]

Thanks a lot for watching and commenting mate! The legroom was great indeed! I really liked the Premiere feature, was fun chatting with the viewers, but I won‘t do it for every video... I think it was a good idea too to change uploads from Saturdays to Sundays! ;) Thumbs up!

[@PeteBrandy]

​@@CSpotting I'm glad that Sundays good for you :-) I analyzed it for 3 months before I changed posting days to Sundays :-D .. and about Premiere feature the same, not good for every video, but thinking about once a month :-)

[@aircraftspottingDe1]

Ach ja...Paros...War schon 3/4 Jahre nicht mehr dort :-/ Damals gab es noch den kleinen Flughafen östlich von dem Neuen. 800m Piste, ein Terminalgebäude nicht viel größer als unser Haus und noch die kleinen Dash100. Das waren noch Zeiten... :D Sonst natürlich ein tolles Video und Ja die Vibrationen der Dash kann ich bestätigen. Musste bei meinem LGW Flug immer meinen Becher festhalten, da der sonst über den Tisch wanderte :D

[@CSpotting]

Wirklich eine wunderschöne Insel, die Zeit dort haben wir sehr genossen! :) Am alten Airport sind wir auch einmal vorbeigekommen, wirklich sehr knuffig, inzwischen hat man dort die Landebahn mit Fahrbahnmarkierung „durchgestrichen“, so wird wohl keiner aus Versehen dort landen! :D Ja, das mit den Vibrationen ist schon auffällig, da die Dash aber nur auf kürzeren Flügen zum Einsatz kommt, finde ich das unproblematisch. Die auf jeden Fall besten Dank fürs Anschauen und deinen ausführlichen Kommentar, freut mich, wenn dir das Video gefallen hat! :)

[@richygambs321]

Was the flight in any way more uncomfortable on this plane compared to a 737 or A320? Bumpy or unstable? Apart from the vibrations. Im afraid to fly on one im afraid I will get motion sick due to it being smaller and a turbo prop.

[@CSpotting]

First of all, thanks a lot for watching and commenting and sorry for the late reply! I personally enjoyed the flight, it was shakier than on an A320 but I always felt save during the flight. I cannot really say if a turboprop has a higher chance for getting motion sick...

[@buckrogers8436]

Great video, was the flight a good experience?

[@CSpotting]

Thanks a lot for your comment mate! It was a really good experience, the crew was friendly and free snacks and drinks on a 25 minute flight are fantastic! Hope you can try them one day! :)

[@buckrogers8436]

CSpotting This is truly the kind of video I was looking for, I showed this to my wife and she really liked it a lot. We are traveling to Greece this July and visiting Paros. How was your connection from Athens to Paros and back ? Was it easy , did you have to show your passport or did they find your name already in their system?

[@CSpotting]

Thanks for commenting again, I am really sorry for the late reply, the last weeks have been very busy for us... The flights were without any problems, we checked in online so we had to show the ticket and passport at the airport. As we were flying Paros-Athens-Samos, we had a connection at Athens and even though our flight from Paros to Athens was slightly delayed, Olympic managed everything perfectly and quickly so we could still catch our connection flight! :)

[@buckrogers8436]

CSpotting Was it easy collecting your luggage from Paros to Athens ?

[@CSpotting]

Well, they handled the baggage from one plane into the next one, we did not have to care about this. They attached a "fast transit" tag to the baggage so they could easily see that they need to hurry with this one! :)

[@nikolaoskaxiris3703]

Νομίζω άλλο το DASH 8 και άλλο το bombardier q 400.

[@t.ibeltranproductions2157]

shat my pants on this flight

[@ruperthess7238]

Ach und ich dachte das wäre das Video... ☹️

[@CSpotting]

Tja ein bisschen Geduld brauchst du da wohl noch! ;) Wollte das mal ausprobieren mit der neuen Premierenfunktion! :D

[@ruperthess7238]

Verständlich! Freue mich drauf! 🙃

[@subhajitguha1864]

Pathetic Landing.... Any way very good video done by you. God bless you.

[@timfly767]

Let's have your opinion why is was a pathetic landing. I assume you must be a pilot. It looked pretty windy to me

[@nixl3518]

@@timfly767 it doesn’t take a pilot to grade a landing, and this seemed more like a crash landing! Don’t feel offended that somebody thought this was not the perfect flight of the century!

[@timfly767]

Stop using exclamation marks after almost every sentence! They're not necessary!

[@nixl3518]

It would be a much more satisfying experience to watch your little video clip, if every sentence you wrote, was not a self congratulatory pat on the back!! Frankly, it’s over the top, making the entire experience, that of an amateur recording!