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This explore I would say is the most interesting adventure iv'e been on to date. I am glad i get to share the experience with everyone because I won't forget it. This abandoned airport closed in 2001 and has sat there ever since. Seven aircraft were left in the corner of the runway abandoned as well. This spot had no graffiti and I believe that I may be one of the only people that have every explored it. I am definitely the first to video the entire experience. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
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I'm so happy that you aren't vandalizing the places you explore. Thanks for the trip! Greetings from Norway.
he is trespassing though, meaning he doesnt have permission to be there!!!!
Edward Baker ...yawn!
Edward Baker have a day off Edward, you’ll enjoy life more!
Edward baker there’s nobody around is there he never got caught
@@edwardbaker4824 this is true.
I don’t know if it’s only me but I like the way abandoned places make me feel. Nice video.
Same for me I just think they look cool abandoned
Sweet vanila i also Love very much to abandon places. Greetings from🇮🇳 Bharat (India)
As a Greek, to many memories of that airport, that was actually double, same runway, but double terminal, West for internal flights and East, for international flights, you were to the east part
You know there is a story little known, some years ago was a Greek pilot that managed to fly safe a big plane under the stall speed and land it there saving more than 300 lives, search it, there is a documentary about this
Olympic Airways Flight 411 if anyone wants to search about it (I did).
Οντως
Respeced Sir, Please can u tell me this exact location📍 Please🙏
@@Piratesof26 Search Alimos Athens or Elliniko Athens
@@Piratesof26 Ellinikon International Airport August 1978 Olympic Airways 747-200
That's crazy, all these planes just sitting there.
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why crazy? just old, unused, waiting for investors to redevelop it...
you must see cray shit all the time, not understanding anything.
What you understand about Greece economy so far?
@@lucasrem what's crazy is your thoughts on one comment...get a fkn life
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@@joebidenofficialpotus jejejeje "welcome to internet". yes, the fact is this is a digital jungle.
The “investor “ creates troubles .. they have owners that want to put them inside a museum but the invest won’t allow it
This was the old Athens International airport which operated for sixty years and closed in 2001.
Olympic Airways operated a total of five 747-200’s. Two were purchased new SX-OAA and SC-OAB (shown) the three others were second hand units from Singapore Airlines. SX-OAA was delivered new in June 1973 and was sold to TWA in April 1985. It has been scrapped. SX-OAB (shown) was delivered new in Dec 1973 and was leased to Aerolineas Argentinas in April 1996, it was returned three months later in July 1996.
The 737-200 SX-BCA was delivered new in June 1976 spent it’s entire life in service to Olympic Airways.
The 727-200 SX-CBA was delivered new in December 1968 and spent its entire life in service to Olympic Airways.
Rick Los Angeles iy
Rick Los Angeles great information... It will be interesting if the person making the videos give the history of what his looking at. Thanks
no not for 5 years . at leat 20
Rick Los Angeles 8
Any info on why and when the 747 in the video got abandoned?
My Dad was a pilot for Olympic airlines in the late 1970s.
Did he tell you anything bout this?
My dad has bad breath
@@brianglade848 You too...
@@akshatbhushansinha7899 Nothing...
You are lucky to have a pilot father, my compliment.
This old airport should be a museum and re modified the entire terminals so the people from Greece and tourists around the world should one day visit the original Athens International Airport and remember the old days because you never know what’s ahead of the future. Excellent video you made and it should go viral worldwide.
Nice Video of the old Athens Airport! Well done! I used to fly many times from this Airport in the 80s. A lot of memories came up! Nice!!! ;-)
Was pleasantly surprised to see the Olympic rings, years of history for me. I am so intrigued by abandoned airports and airplanes/jets. Thank you so much for contributing. Great video, exceptional photos.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
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Abandoned airport
o you dropped it there so you can pass
A most interesting video and then some! Thank you for filming this! It brings back fond memories of my father taking us to Greece each summer when we were kids and teens way back in the 60's and 70's! We flew into this airport many times on Olympic 707's and then 747's! We were on the Olympic Eagle 747 (shown in your video) nonstop from Kennedy Airport, NYC to Athens too! I actually shed a few tears in memory of my dear, kind dad, who was from Greece, and emigrated to the United States back in the 50's and became a doctor. He passed suddenly at the age of 85, two years ago.
+AudiophileTubes im amazed that my video has brought someone back like this. I am also sorry to hear about your father. thank you for watching and i hope to bring back more memories with my future work
Thanks Carson. Can't wait to see more of your explores.
AudiophileTubes -- I wish GOD bless your loving Dad, I'm from Bangladesh.
Thank you sir! You are very kind.
welcome and thanks again............
thank you for the airport scenes, lots of memories for me here, that duty free area was so nice in its day
This was the Ellinikon International Airport in Greece, which was replaced by the current Athens International Airport.
Now you just brought me back many memories. I remember, as a child, this place being always full of people, activity, airplanes, etc. I did fly on Olympic's 727, 737 and A300 regularly at the time. I do also distinctly remember seeing those 747 taking off and making steep turns immediately afterwards. Spectacular.
Oh hi, Can you tell me where is this place. Please
@@Piratesof26 Former Athens international airport Ellinikon
I absolutely loved this video. It breaks the heart to see Airliners in their final days before they get scrapped.
thanks robert!
That experience should be amazing, I want to go there
He didnt mention the location. Do you know where is this ?
@@jeghamaymen Athens ,Greece
You can find the airport as " Ellinikon International Airport "
They are demolishing it to start a huge investment (Hellinikon Project)
You won't believe how much we fought to save these aviation treasures from selling them for scrap metal. What you see it's what is left/managed to be saved... Unfortunately we couldn't save the first 727-200 adv Boeing constructed from that fate.
For more than ten years, we struggle with the aircrafts left and other material (ground handling equipment, vehicles, documents etc) to create a civil aviation/Olympic Airways museum in order to preserve Greek aviation history with no success so far for reasons that no one can understand...
Very cool video! Woke up many memories..! We have spent zillion hours planespotting there...
And in the end neither did you save them nor a museum was built.
i felt sad while watching it because i had worked at that airport in duty free shops. it didnt deserve this abandoment.
Where is this airport I would love to visit it and just explore I love old planes and abandoned places
@@johnforeman7058 It used to be Athens "Hellenicon" airport which operated until 2001, when the new one opened. I'd love to go too but as far as I know entrance is forbidden 🙁
@@athanasiosdarginidis5051 why who ever owns it now should know people love exploring old abandoned places I really want to go there it shouldn't be forbidden
@@johnforeman7058 same... But I guess it's either government or private property. Either way I agree, those planes should either be destroyed once and for all, or be open for the public, but that's the Greek system, don't bother (I'm Greek by the way)
@@athanasiosdarginidis5051 oh cool your right open it up so the public can see it as retro or destroy it if they don't want people to see it they shouldn't just hide it away after all they aren't going to use it so it would be great if people could look around the jumbo the place is amazing I wonder what it was like back in its day when there used to be passengers
Used to fly through here on TWA 747's in the 80's. Athens to New York.
Cool. New York is JFK, right? This plane actually had a minor accident in the 80s while landing in JFK I believe. It was bad visibility and the landing gear clipped something. Debris from the tire damages parts on the plane. But it must have been repaired because I think it was used into the mid 90s
D. Ryan Shaw Unfortunately there was a wiring problem on a TWA 747 in 1996 that led to it igniting the jet fuel and the aircraft caught on fire in mid-air. Sadly there were no survivors.
I did a search for this particular Olympic Airways B-747 SX-OAB Olympic Eagle. She was a beauty when while in service. It's good to see they haven't completely stripped her down like so many. Everytime I see my Northwest ladies wasting away in the desert, I literally cry!
6:36 "drivers seat" pilots offended 😂
Gabriel Gipson 😅
Loved the video! It's a shame some people like to ruin and wreck these old abandoned places and in the case, aircraft.
That airport was generally terrible for passengers, being always overcrowded and poorly equipped. But for aviation enthusiasts, it was awesome.
Is that not the essence of Greek infrastructure?
Jools VK
What do you fly yourself?
aviation enthusiasts? why you say that?
Not any good at all, way to close in the city
@@j.collett2364 hellinikon was an old airport. venizelos is a modern one. greek infrastructure is actually built well
@@j.collett2364 Well except it was designed by a finnish-american architect, Eero Saarinen, who is one of the best architects of the past century. The thing is, it was designed at a time where air travel wasn't as common as it is, so when the Jet Age began, architects still designed airports for a "small" number of passengers, but from the late 60s onwards, there was a boom and pretty much every airport from that time and before, became overcrowded
@GRMNCVS Designed by Eero Saarinen maybe, but it was very basic compared to his iconic T5 in JFK
great video! love the fact you can actually walk around and take pictures and vid. The terminal looks great for being abandoned.
9:18 Boeing 727* for sale 7 speed manual transmission lmao
It's a 727 200
@@johndeerfan5599 yes it is
Marcelo 727*
Yes they are not the gears lol
On that 747 in first class they used to eat with golden forks and now all of that is gone
maria tsampatsi so they ate the forks too back then? Wow.
HoMaster Zerg it's an idiom
ohoo - z(w)erg, R U eating a Clown for breakfast every mournin ? :-D
I believe the forks, spoons, knifes etc used were silver not gold
Homaster Zerg. I don’t get it. What am I missing. I can’t see anything wrong with Maria’s comment that could be construed as eating the forks as well. I’ve looked at it till I’m going crazy.
Είμαστε άξιοι της μοίρας μας τελικά όλοι, υπεύθυνοι όλοι μας.
Greek!
Ναι ρε φίλε! Απίστευτη κατάντια. Δεν αξίζουν τέτοιες εικόνες. Όλος ο χώρος εκεί γύρω θα έπρεπε να ήταν ένα κόσμημα για την πόλη. Τα αεροσκάφη και το 747 δε, τουλάχιστον φωτισμένα!
Αυτό το κράτος δεν είναι για τίποτα ντροπή, Δεν μπορεί να φυλάξει τον χώρο, Αλλά τι λέω μόλις και μετά βίας φροντίζουν την ΑΚΡΟΠΟΛΗ!!!!! Ντροπή τους ένα αεροδρόμιο με τόσες όμορφες αναμνήσεις ανθρώπων που ήρθανε με την λαχτάρα για να πάνε διακοπές πέρασαν από αυτό 😞 Τι κατάντια ΘΕΕ ΜΟΥ. 😢
I just love abandoned machines all around,it is interesting to know about these machines
Great video!! I have great memories of this airport I stayed in a hotel under the flightpath many years ago but boy was it hot!!! Its funny how there are no less than three different members of Olympic Airways' fleet still sitting on the apron, a 737, 727 and the 747 "Olympic Eagle".........it's like going back in time!! 😁
Carson! This is really incredible. Imagine all the places these aircraft has seen - all the people and cargo.. I've been on an Olympic 747 and I wonder if I flew on the one you saw. I mean, INCREDIBLE. Getting into the 727 was AWESOME. And then the old Hellinikom Airport!! The main departures hall! When you went down the stairs, to the right was a huge departures board. Also, there were two airports, one for international carriers and the other was just for Olympic Airways. It also goes to show that Greece's weather is similar to the desert graveyards in N Mex and Ariz. Thanks for sharing.
The 747 that you see on the video actually was flown only once because in the middle of the flight the engine failed and by miracle the pilot landed it back to the airport so it hasn't seen that many places
BMW Racer the 747 on the video is called olympic eagle,the one with the engine failure was called olympic zeus
John Gaming123 you know that there was only one 747 built by the Olympic airlines and that had the engine failure trust me I live right beside the airport
BMW Racer that means that you speak greek right?
BMW Racer oh and olympic airlines had 4 747's
It is hard to believe that these were once the pride of the Olympic fleet . The B747 would have flown from ATH to Sydney when that airline had a global reach. I flew the Olympic B727 from Mykonos to Athens . Olympic is now an island hopper for it's parent company , Aegean , the de facto national carrier of Greece .
Athens to Sydney via wwhat layover city?
This seems like such a chill place to hang with your Bestfriend or boyfriend/girlfriend
I S A they must be also a fan of flying tho
😂😂
Would you sleep here?
Dabz I would def sleep there with my Girlfriend, Aviation geeekks
I remember when I would take a cab to go from the domestic to the international terminal and the ταξιτζής would run in circles around Athens before taking us there. Talking bout jacking up the fare! Funny thing, the int’l terminal was across the runway!! I still miss the good ole Olympic 747 haul to jfk, fine trip
This is cool af man!
Thank You!
Exploring With Carson you can get I the 747 by a ladder in the front wheel well
lucas chapman you 100%, but even without a ladder, the EE compartment just behind he nose gear,
This Is Antwon i
Never thought I'd see you here lol
Passing by the old airport every week but never had the chance to see what is in there since it was closed in 2001. Very nice job i could say, specially with the inner of the plane!! Well done,greetings from Athens!
For it being closed in 2001 it definatly held up
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Just awesome. I happen to have quite large scale model of this SX-CBA 727, manufactured in the Philippines, and now i can see where it has ended up, and in which condition. Awesome footage.
Great video. Sad to see it abandoned. Can just imagine it when it was full of people going in and out. Thanks for sharing!!
Dude holy cow, that's an old BAC-1-11!!!
I was lucky enough to fly on a BAC 1-11 back in the day from Heathrow to Edinburgh
six eyes actually got to travel with it once from Larnaca to Skiathos ! I Iwas pretty young so I didn’t knew that i was travelling in such a legendary aircraft 👌🏼👌🏼
What's so special about it
That 2nd airliner, the one he was able to get inside of was a Boeing 727. They were made until 1984. They are known for their built-in staircase in the rear. "D.B Cooper" hijacked a Northwest Airlines 727 and bailed out over Washington state. He was never found.
Its amazing that in a world where we are constantly expanding and developing land that there is a place like this that hasn't been replaced with a bigger one.
This reminds me the History Channel series Life After People.
Illogic Math exactly the human is one the bad species in the world
I watch this videos only to get so sad. But at the same time I love such places. I cannot fully process how a place that 20 years (a blink of an eye) ago was booming with people is now empty and decaying.
Excellent exploring, Carson. I enjoyed this immensely, however, I have seen this (airport) before, although not in such a derelict state. I travelled through Athens countless times during the 1980's. And I thought it was rundown then! Chances are I've flown on that 727, or less likely the 737, and spent many a bored hour in that terminal. I would love to see it now as you and your mate have done.
which country this is ?
Greece. Athens-Ellinikon International Airport, closed in 2001 when it was replaced by Athens-Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport. Ellinikon was right in the heart of Athens and there was no room to expand due to the nearby buildings and the sea. Venizelos is in the suburbs a little bit away from Athens.
So sad to see all these fantastic airplanes left there to rotten. Boeing 747, 737 and specifically 727. Spotted a BAC 111 and Cessna 421 Golden Eagle. This should be turned into a museum. Hope they will.
Its all getting demolished and scrapped in a year or so to make way for a new development
That 421 caught my eye as well.
I like the museum of flight in east fortune it has
A British airways Concorde that you can go inside
A British airways 727 old army planes
A place where you can see how flight works
A video on Concorde
A place for kids that’s cool
And lots more
Yeah, these things cost millions of $$, wonder how they could afford to abandon them in the first place! 😱😵
Well, they're about 40 years old so not worth millions any more. It would make a fairly lame museum imo, maybe turn the 747 into a cafe or something would be pretty cool.
Nothing worse than seeing once beautiful flying machines slowly deteriorating away.
I went there too. It was awesome!!
Edit: also I saw the door that u opened on one of the planes :D
Good vid man
But a tip for you
When inserting pics,try taking them in a landscape view
The terminal building looks to be in pretty good condition despite of having been abandoned since 20 years. The 747 should be in a museum though, instead of slowly rusting away.
awesome video ! great memories of Olympic and the old airport . the emantina hotel nearby for watching the aircraft from was also great
How many beautiful stories in the comments, I saw that the founder made history and so the history of many people. I'm Brazilian, I love stories like that.
Very interesting video. Thank you for sharing both, images and info. Congratulaciones from Spain. 👍 👌
That 747 was the first 747 ever received by Olympic Airways and the only one bought new, straight from the manufacturers. It flew from December 1973 to 1999, when it was grounded due to high maintenance costs.
thanks for the outstanding info.
How u know that?
Thanks for give the information Ntinos Stamatiou.
Sad to see that today are only abandoned aircraft.
I flew to New the year York on that 747 Olympic eagle in 1983the year I immigrated to the US
This is one of the saddest videos I've seen lately, but thanks for recording and sharing it. These legends should've been kept in a museum but unfortunately nobody cares...
Very cool. I flew through that airport as a kid. A small folding ladder is a great addition to any urban explorers kit.
Great video! in case you were wondering, the smaller planes that you went inside of is a Boeing 727. They were discontinued way back in 1984!
awesome! thanks for the info
I still miss these Boeing 727s. Granted, they're very loud in full-power takeoff mode but, unlike today's aircraft, these old silver birds had character.
Deve ser emocionante estar em um lugar assim. Ótimo trabalho. 👏👏👏
This was a great video, it brought back a lot of memories. I used that airport over half a dozen times since I was a kid, it had a lot of character. I flew in that 747 Olympic eagle from Toronto to Athens. This video was very nostalgic. Well done.
Easy shifting those gears! You almost took off.
Yeah, almost! Only those gears are actually thrust levers. They control engine speed.
Just awesome! I'm so jealous, love love abandoned things and planes so this is the perfect combo. Just FYI: that 747-200 that doesn't look that new or that old was actually built in 1973 for Olympic so pretty old! Also, you don't need to climb the wing to access a 747 as just behind the nose landing gear is a hatch with a sketchy ladder to climb up. Of course, depends if it's locked, but my guess is open!
realized this after i went sadly, will definitely remember this the next time i come across another one!
You also could have dropped the rear stairs on the 727 instead of climbing on the wing.
lol at 9:16 "shift some gears" lol that made me really laugh...thanks for sharing
This was interesting, thank you for sharing! I'm still watching, I always loved the design of the Boeing 727-200 & seeing inside the cabin looks like this was built before actual overhead bins were installed. Was hoping to see ticket counters if any were left.
"all the shifts and gears"
Haha
"all the shifts and gears" *throttle*
@liar fighteryeah I agree
There a two speed power glyde setup
Great Vid, would have been even better with a stabilizer and slow down but still great
Cool video, and your still images are excellent.
At 10:10 if i remember correct was the state VIP. 10:30 passport control and stairs to arrivals hall. 11:23 the main transit hall before the gates.
I worked at this airport from 1995 till 2001. Then it closed and we moved to the current one (El Venizelos). This video brings me so many nice memories. Thank you!!!
Great video, your like James Bond n I love it a lot!!!
05:18 Is that the livery of Hellenic Air? (An airline that never started operations, intended to use BAC 1-11-215AU SX-BAR (originally built for Aloha Airlines as N11183).)
Excellent video !!! Too bad Olympic went belly up, Aristotle Onassis is probably turning in his grave over this! This airline was his pride and joy and if he had known what would have become of his endeavor after turning it over to the Greek Government he would never have done it. The problem was that the greedy civil service sector of Greece ruined it.
They still have a website with flights.
tryithere nothing like they used to be, just a couple of Dash 8s.
Maria Callas must be laughing
awesome. what a place. i am glad ya got to go in side of that plane. it was a little spooky, it was a great find.
So surreal to see those planes abandoned with everything in place like that!
In November 1986 I flew on Olympic 747s from JFK to Athens to Nairobi using this terminal. Olympic put us up in a hotel for 2 days. I also recall transiting through the terminal in the 1970s and seeing bullet damage from the 1973 terrorist attack.
I too flew into that airport in 80s several times.
Nairobi kenya
... vertical photos of horizontal objects...
Right???? Jesus Christ!!!
You're right. But this is probably for Instagram. Horizontals are not good for da grams
Kevin Klika
why you cry that, problems? what do you do? iPhone shit?
many people understand what you do, must be the community! TH-cam people!
Rick Los Angeles, great and useful information. Tnx.
But the aircraft are there until now?
I am a fan of these places from Egypt. I send you greetings
Just imagine being the last one to leave and I wonder if they knew they were the last
It would have been ultimate :)
that airport reminds me of the Terminal Map from MW2
I though the same
your footsteps sound like a heartbeat and adds to the creepiness.
I remember looking out of that window in the middle of the night watching a 737 from Cairo being loaded up, whilst I waited for my flight to London. 22 years ago.
Your voice is so smooth ❤️❤️
When you went to the 747, and looked underneath the wheel wells, I was expecting one of those "Alien" creatures that Sigourney Weaver had to battle to creep out.
Thank you for sharing this, I have wondered just how much room there was if I bought a retired plane, and converted it into a home.
Wow!! That's really cool to be up close and personal with those planes and a bit sad to watch as to why the airport and airplanes were abandoned.. Way to go Bro.. 😉
“All the gears” *pulls on throttle quadrant*
Great find! Keep practicing those camera skills
I flew through there in 1991..geez, memories there.
what filter did you use when you took those pics? love the quality of the pics!!
The lobby interior is so 70's retro.
Designed in the 60s by Eero Saarinen, who also designed the famous TWA Terminal in JFK.
quality video. love abandoned stuff. keep it up from the UK :)
Graeme Hanson yyy
I find it very eerie when you see those great planes lying abandoned like this, too think that there was a time when they were in use makes it a bit sad to see what happened with them
It’s not abandoned. It’s preserved here and regularly checked by Olympic to be put on display sometime in the future.
The Greek Government gave permission ''Lamda'' (a Greek building company) to demolish the airport and some former Olympic venues in the are to create a massive park
So the story is these airplanes where owned once by the Greek government but at some point they could not afford them because the tickets where very expensive and people didn't choose to travel that way so they begged ( literary) Onassis a Greek man that became a business man in USA bought the company and the few planes they had , brought new ones in and made "GREEK AIRLINES" the "OLYPIC AIRLINES" the most known and luxurious airlines in Greece and the world , at the time, in a matter of two years.
He offered economical tickets and when traveling with Olympic Airlines ( the only airline in Greece) no matter the seat you choose or the ticket you paid you were offered drinks and snacks for free and also were served in pure gold utensils for long trips. Many people actually bought tickets just to keep the utensils and bring them home or any kind of souvenir really.
When his son was murdered by his enemy's Onassis became ill and decided to give some of his assets away since he only had one son and he knew his empire was going to collapse after his death ( he had a daughter as well that he gave money and an private island called Skorpios that he owned in Greece that she sold immediate after his death, so you understand the reason he gave most of his assets away) .
One of them was the Olympic airlines that he gave as a gift to Greece , his home country and a country he loved , which was a shame really because the Greek government wanted quick profit and sold the airlines immediately after his death which is now renamed to AEGEAN/OLYMPIC AIRLINES. They still offer free drinks and snacks but the luxury and wealth the planes and company had when Onassis was alive is long lost in history.
The planes that you see there are the original ones from when Onassis owned the airlines and it was how he gave them fully equipped to the Greece. These planes made their final flight a few years after his death and then were left like that in various airports around the world , most of them in Athens ( since they couldn't fly because they didn't invest money in them) till the government found the next buyer.
If you've seen a man ( he is featured in various YT videos) that lives in a similar airplane in a forest in America , he bought the OLYMPIC airlines airplane from a airport in China were many years ago the airplane flew but never returned due to the Greek government not caring or wanted to save this amazing company and looking for quick money.
Also this airport you were in is the old national airport that now relocated outside Athens due to that being near homes and causing noise pollution and stuff and is now legally owned by an individual that ones a football team in Greece and a few other things and has plans to destroy this place and whatever is inside and make it a casino. The man in the Fiat that came to you was probably just a civilian telling you that this is a private place and you can't be there but in reality lots of people go there and is actually a really good spot for new drivers to learn how to drive ( I learned there) so if there were two people it's possible that they were there for that. They told you to leave because you are foreigners and they didn't want you to get in trouble with the police probably language barrier and all that. But you really shouldn't be there it is a private property and it is illegal .
95% of what you wrote is wrong, incoherent nonsense. I'm not sure where you heard all this BS.
1. The airline was founded by the state, sold to Onassis in 1956. You're right that Onassis is the one that changed the name to Olympic from Greek Air Transport Corporation.
2. Onassis *sold* the airline back to the state in 1973. He didn't "give it as a gift".
3. Airfares were cheaper *after* Onassis, partly because of the airline's acquisition of more economical aircraft like the 747 and 727. But also partly because the airline was subsidized by the state, and *that's* what did the airline in.
4. The airline was *not* renamed Aegean. *Aegean is a separate company that was founded in the late 80s.*
5. Olympic Airways went bust in the 2000s; the government drastically reduced and sold what was left of the airline, and changed it into a small regional carrier called Olympic Air. A group of investors bought the airline from the state, and further reorganized it.
6. Aegean Airlines bought Olympic Air from the investors, and uses OA's branding on some domestic flights, and some regional southeast-Europe flights.
7. The former airport won't just be a casino. It'll be a huge mixed-use development half of which will be park. The developers aren't "ruining" anything. It's a decaying old airport.
As for the "Greek government not caring", actually the state put lots of money into the airline and couldn't save it, because it wasn't salvagable. A waste of taxpayer money. State aid for airlines is illegal under EU free-trade rules, anyways. The EU rightfully made the state sell the airline. And Greece is now served by *far better* air travel. Aegean Airlines consistently wins awards, let alone Astra, Ellinair, Ryanair, easyJet, and so on and so on. In the age of EU deregulation, low-cost-carriers, luxury business class seats on full-service carriers, airline alliances, and massive hub airports, Olympic was an airline stuck in the 60s and 70s. OA was neither an LCC nor a hub-spoke nor a business--oriented airline. It was still operating on the loss-making "tourists and diaspora" model that was a failure and a losing business model in the 21st century, and constantly needed Greek taxpayers to subsidize it. Good riddance. OA may have had the *appearance* of prestige, but it was a business failure, and the state couldn't save it no matter how much it tried, let alone that it's illegal to do so.
That's sad dude...Very sad
Ahh, the main thing is, the Olympic Airlines and Helenikon Airport just be a memory to Greek Goverment
Prajval, read what I wrote and don't believe Deep river.
Well I'm here on abandoned aircrafts & airports but I've never been to a functioning one. Anyway dreams are valid
Nice one! Really enjoyed the plane footage, its a shame they are just sitting there trashed and not on display especially the 747.
Dude, you are fearless. The average person would have been paranoid exploring the abandoned buildings, AirCrafts and deserted property. Great Footage. Hats Off to you. I'm Subscribing now. You deserve that and a Thumbs Up at the very least. Can I ask what Country you were in?
GORDON SOLOMON - you mean Aircraft not Aircrafts
GORDON SOLOMON Greece
@Shilou Sounds about right.
Detroit
"Shifts & Gears" ......they're called throttles son...............
justin case If that is the only negative you found in the video then I'm happy. Thank you for watching :)
It was the only negative. Enjoyed this immensely.
well, let's see....there's trespassing on private property...B & E....then you took a
selfie in that tower window....you're obviously not the sharpest pencil in the box...now are ya...?
+J H Are you kidding?!?! Only Negative!!! There's more than just the shifts and gears which were the engine throttles as stated above...
Over all, it is a good video of an abandoned airport, it's buildings and aircraft, no doubt...
I do understand that not everyone is aviation savvy...But you should have some idea of what you're talking about...
Things to brush up on because there's more than just the "shifts and gears" which were the engine throttles as stated above...
First off, those planes ARE OLD. The 727 is a -200, definitely old, 60's. That 737 is a -200 series, which are old, mid 60 early 70's, this one '73. The 747, is a -200 series, also '73. The one tucked in the corner is A BAC 111-215AU, '70's era...
"The drivers seat" really?! Maybe you where to excited and a loss for words... Pilots seat or crew seats...
"where the wheels go up in"... wheel wells for the landing gear...
The "engines or at least what's left", these were nothing more than the engine inlet cowls.
The "corner of the runway" This one ticks me off when people assimilate the WHOLE airport to one small function of the whole airport... The "runway" is where the aircraft actually takeoff and land, then "taxiways" where they move to the "ramp" or "tarmac" to the "gates" or "apron"...
Super cool to hear everyone's stories and memory of her. She's a beauty. In the summer of '88 while this jet approaching JFK, there was actually a minor accident. The aircraft was on short ILS final approach, with the first officer at the controls, when it entered a rain shower. All forward visibility was lost, according to the pilots. The captain then took control of the airplane and performed a go around maneuver. Prior to the go-around, the aircraft touched down and one main landing gear truck struck an approach lighting junction box. At least one main gear tire was blown at that time. The aircraft landed safely and the crew was unaware that they had touched down short and to the right of the overrun. Several components on the underside of the aircraft were damaged by tire fragments. Weather conditions at the time included gusty winds and a slight wind shear. I think it was used up until the mid to late 90s when it was sold or leased to another company for four months. Then they returned it and I believe it's sat since. So sad. Thanks for sharing, very cool video
I have been there and made a TH-cam video about it on this channel. It is really cool to see all those abandoned planes and the abandoned airport!
This airport's name is elliniko the (house of olympic airlines).
Why do you shoot everything in portrait mode?
WebCity Films it looks like he used a dedicated camera, actually.
some android users as well do this.
@@yamahonkawazuki Vertical photos with a Nikon DSLR visible in the video. All the video shot in landscape on go pro. And you ask why he shoots everything in portrait "mode"? Then another rocket scientist adds "Because he is a iPhone user!". There is no hope for mankind....
I was gonna leave a comment like this. It's even an SLR, and he still consistently shoots in portrait. SHOOT IN LANDSCAPE (unless it's something obviously really tall). But otherwise it was an interesting video. Apart from the pictures, I really enjoyed it. :)
Stop being an asshole
It's impressive as the place is huge, I love it, a big blue thumb