I have to fly to Athens. I must choose between Olympic or Aegean. As a paranoid flier, I don´t know what to do. Olympic flies old B734-400 from 1991-1998, and Aegean (no information of what are they like?), RJ70 or B737-400. Are they safe?. I know it´s a silly question, but have you flown in any of these?.
By: JU580 - 15th March 2007 at 08:32
I have to fly to Athens. I must choose between Olympic or Aegean. As a paranoid flier, I don´t know what to do. Olympic flies old B734-400 from 1991-1998, and Aegean (no information of what are they like?), RJ70 or B737-400. Are they safe?. I know it´s a silly question, but have you flown in any of these?.
its not the age of the aircraft thats the problem. I recently flew on a 22 year old JAT B733 from DXB to BEG (7 hour and 35 minute flight for those intrested in the rough distance, an i’ll mention the refuel stop in BEY) and had a pleasant flight without any problems.
Olympic is technically bankrupt – the fact that its aircraft are still flying is down to the Greek government providing cash – which was deemed illegal by the courts. The airline has been unable to pay many of its airport charges for a fair while. The airline could, in theory stop flying at any momnet. Based on that argument, I personally would fly Aegean.
i would of thought they would of shut down months ago, but they’ve had a name change from Olympic Airways to Olympic Airlines. What is their current situation btw?
By: steve rowell - 15th March 2007 at 07:52
Olympic’s safety record is one of the best among European and North American airlines.
By: keltic - 14th March 2007 at 17:29
Not supportive, but I do appreciete your being that plain. I have avoided Alitalia for that reason, and if they close down before october I could have a problem. Thanks
By: adamdowley - 14th March 2007 at 14:51
Olympic is technically bankrupt – the fact that its aircraft are still flying is down to the Greek government providing cash – which was deemed illegal by the courts. The airline has been unable to pay many of its airport charges for a fair while. The airline could, in theory stop flying at any momnet. Based on that argument, I personally would fly Aegean.
By: T5 - 14th March 2007 at 14:00
Recently, there’s been nothing about incidents involving these particular airlines in the news, so I wouldn’t be too concerned.
I’m sure you can get facts and figures about any accidents that might have occurred in the past few years (if any) by running a quick search on Google.
By: PMN - 14th March 2007 at 13:43
I have to fly to Athens. I must choose between Olympic or Aegean. As a paranoid flier, I don´t know what to do. Olympic flies old B734-400 from 1991-1998, and Aegean (no information of what are they like?), RJ70 or B737-400. Are they safe?. I know it´s a silly question, but have you flown in any of these?.
I haven’t flown on either of those airlines, but I certainly wouldn’t call a 737-400 from the early 90’s old. There are many, many aircraft much older than that still safely occupying our skies. 🙂
Paul
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March 14, 2007 at 12:06 pm