Olympic Aviation
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| Founded | 1971 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2003 | ||||||
Parent company | Olympic Airways Services S.A. (formerly Olympic Airways S.A.) | ||||||
| Headquarters | Athens, Greece | ||||||
| Website | Olympic Aviation | ||||||
Olympic Aviation was a subsidiary of Olympic Airways, the Greek national flag carrier
History
Olympic Aviation began as the light aircraft and helicopter division of
Olympic Aviation Flight Academy
The Flight Academy operated under the supervision of Olympic Aviation, and was created in 1970, by Alexander Onassis. The Flight Academy had bought flight simulators for ATR-42/72 aircraft, as well as Boeing 737-200/300/400 aircraft.
Fleet
Fleet at integration with Olympic Airways
- ATR 42 (since 1990)
- ATR 72 (since 1989)
- Boeing 717-200 (since 2000)
- Cessna 152
- De Havilland Canada Dash 8-100(since 2003)
- Piper CherokeeF
- Piper Seminole
The three Boeing 717 aircraft were leased to serve some of Olympic Aviation's European flights, based at
Historical fleet
- Cessna 150K Aerobat (1970-1973)
- Dornier 228 (1983-2003)
- Piper AztecD (1968-1992)
- Piper CherokeeE (1972-1973)
- Piper CherokeeB (1969-1973)
- Piper Navajo(1968-1973)
- Shorts Skyvan(1970-1990)
- Shorts 330-200 (1980-1992)
On December 2003, the flight academy as well as most of the Olympic Airways Group companies, became part of a new company called
Accidents and incidents
- August 3, 1989: an Olympic Aviation Short 330, operating as Mount Kerkis on Samos island, Greece, while attempting a landing approach. All 3 crew members and 31 passengers were killed.[2]
References
- ^ "Operators by state" (PDF). icao.int. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
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