Greek airlines

Aegean Airlines is a Greek airline based in Athens, Greece. It operates scheduled services from Athens and Thessaloniki to other major Greek destinations and to a number of European destinations. Still Greek island tour is one of the most popular offers from Greek airlinies. Its main bases are Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, Athens, with a hub at Makedonia Airport, Thessaloniki (SKG).

Aegean Airlines was founded in 1987 as Aegean Aviation. In 1992 it became the first airline to be issued with a Greek independent air operator's licence.

Aegean Airlines makes flights to 18 destinations within the country, 21 destinations in European countries, and also to Africa countries (Cairo (Cairo International Airport)). According to statistics from Greek tour operator the most popular offer is Greek tour and in particular Greek isle tour that encompasses all famous Greek islands with their centuries old sights.

Aircraft fleet of Aegean Airlines includes BAe Avro RJ100, Airbus A320, Boeing 737-300, Boeing 737-400, Bombardier Learjet 60.

Olympic Airlines (Olympiakés Aerogrammés - OA) is the state-run flag carrier of Greece, employing about 1850 people. The company headquarters is in Athens. Although the logo resembles that of the Olympic Games, the airline is technically not named after the world sporting event, but rather after the Twelve Olympians, the principal grouping of gods and goddesses in Greek mythology. Olympic Airlines was created in Greece in 1930. The airline was called Icarus but soon went bankrupt, due to financial problems and limited Greek interest in air transport. G.C.A.T./Ε.Ε.Ε.Σ. (Greek Company for Air Transport/Ελληνική Εταιρεία Εναέριων Συγκοινωνιών) took its place. At the same time, in 1935, the second airline was created, the privately owned T.A.E. (Technical and Aeronautical Exploitations/Τεχνικαί Αεροπορικαί Εκμεταλλεύσεις). Soon three airlines were based in Greece: T.A.E., G.A.T./ΕΛΛ.Α.Σ. (Greek Air Transport/Ελληνικαί Αεροπορικαί Συγκοινωνίαι) and Hellenic Airlines/Α.Μ.Ε. (Αεροπορικαί Μεταφοραί Ελλάδος). And in 1957 was officially established the airline Olympic Airways/Ολυμπιακή Αεροπορία after concluding the agreement between Hellenic State and Greek shipping-magnate Aristotle Onassis who purchased the airline.

Aircraft fleet of the company Olympic Airways includes Airbus A340-300, Airbus A300-600R, Boeing 737-400, Boeing 737-300, ATR 72-200, ATR 42-300, и Bombardier Dash 8 Q100.