Olympic Airlines began operating in its current form on December 12th 2003, following the integration of all Olympic Airways and Olympic Aviation flight operations by Macedonian Airlines, which was renamed to Olympic Airlines, and until then only performed charter flights. The internationally recognized “rings” logo and the experienced and highly trained flight staff of Olympic Airways and Olympic Aviation were transferred to Olympic Airlines. Olympic Airways was founded on April 6th 1957, following the acquisition of “TAE – Greek National Airlines” by Aristotle Onassis. The first OA flight was carried out at dawn on that day, from Athens Airport “Hellinikon” to Thessaloniki, with a DC-3 aircraft flown by captain Pavlos Ioannidis.
The new company had few means at its disposal: just 15 Douglas DC-3s and DC-4s propeller-driven aircraft and 865 employees. Olympic Airlines was founded on December 12th 2003, after taking over all of Olympic Airways, Olympic Aviation and Macedonian Airlines flight operations. OA’s aircraft wear the world-known six-rings logo, introduced by the Greek ship tycoon, Aristotle Onassis, back in 1957. Olympic Airlines have been certified by international organizations as one of the safest airlines globally; a fact that is verified by the results of repetitive checks performed by both national and international authorities.

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