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OLYMPIC AIRWAYS (OA/OAL)
Founded/First Service: 1 January 1957
Base: Athens International Airport, Athens Greece
Services: Scheduled passenger and cargo services from Athens to most European capital cities, as well as destinations in Africa, the Middle East, Far East, Australia and North America. European points are Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Istanbul, Larnaca, London, Madrid, Marseille, Milan, Munich, Paris, Rome, Stuttgart, Tirana, Vienna and Zurich. Also extensive domestic route system serving 30 destinations, many flown by subsidiary, Olympic Aviation.
Fleet: 4 x Airbus A300-600R, 8 x A300B4-100, 3 x 727-200, 11 x 737-200, 6 x 737-400, 4 x 747-200B. Olympic Aviation: 4 x ATR42-300, 6 x ATR72-200,
7 x Dornier DO228-200, 5 x Shorts 330-100.
Colour Scheme: The famous six Olympic rings are painted in their traditional colours on the dark blue tail fin, which is an extension of the narrow pencil line carried above the windows. The same dark blue window line is wrapped around the fuselage and underscored by a dark blue pencil line. Expanded 'OLYMPIC' lettering, also in dark blue, is carried on the forward half of the upper white fuselage behind a national blue and white pendant.

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