Hi all,
Below are my pictures from my trip from Athens to the heavenly island of Santorini around 3 years ago.
Athens Airport
Our aircraft
It is a DHC-8-400 but 400 was not on the list of drop down to choose from
Take off
Nice view of the whole main terminal
Flight crew serving the light salty snack
The uniform of Olympic Air crew to the left is interesting as this is the only airline along with Aegean that use sleeveless dresses, which is interesting
Beautiful views along the way
Preparation for landing
Shortly after,the amazing Island came to view
Flying above the deserted Kamari beach as it was the winter time
Touchdown
The terminal building
After couple of great days in this heavenly Island we flew back to Athens. Below are pictures from my return flight with the same aircraft type
Take off and the view of terminal
Views of the Island
A light snack and tasty cookies in the wrap
Athens in the distance
Old Athens airport
An Ikea just next to the airport terminal
The satellite terminal with former Olympic airlines A340s that were parked there and not being used
And some pictures of this great Island. Late fall or winter the island is deserted and empty of tourists, which make it very great for taking pictures as there are not many people around and you feel that you have the whole island to yourself. It's the most beautiful place on earth in my opinion. There are so many cute local cats who live there and there are many stray dogs as well but mostly in the Oia, which is to the north of the island.
Hope you enjoyed this FR :)
Superb pictures ! Loved the bonus :) The flight itself is what you could expect on these routes :)
Thanks for sharing :)
Thank you Pititom, I'm glad you liked the pictures. Yes, the flight was great for this short distance :)
Thanks for sharing this report. The bonus is so beautiful !
I have flown this route with Olympic a long time ago but on board a short 330 ! The flight is ok for a short flight and the flight attendants looks very smart in this uniform and beautiful !
The DHC 8 is very appropriate for this kind of route.
You made me want to go back !
Thank you skyteamchc, I'm glad the pictures brought back nice memories from your stay there. Yes, you are very right, the DHC & is for sure very suitable for this route :)
Your reports are always a delight for the eyes. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much Jetsetpanda. Truly appreciate it :)
Thanks for sharing this FR
A bunch of gorgeous pictures, especially the bonus pictures
Thanks so much, Im glad you liked the pictures :)
Thanks a lot for this FR !! Nice photos ! But it's not an Dash 8-300 but an Dash8-400 ! ;)
Thank you :)
Yes, I noticed it too but there Dash 400 was not listed on the drop down on the type of aircraft so I could not choose it.
Awesome Report! Olympic Air Reports are rare, and will become non-existant with the Aegean merger. Great pics as always! Santorini is just beautiful.
BY the way, I added the 400 to the list and changed your report to the 400. Thanks!
Thanks Kevin, wow I did not know they are going to be merging, that's very sad. It's a very symbolic airline for Greece :(
Thanks so much Kevin, truly appreciate it :)
Why did you post a single report both flights ? There is more than enough for a report for each leg :)
Seeing the landing gear is one the reasons why I like the Dash-8.
Great bonus - it must be nice indeed to have all these views to oneself. How much time did you spend on the island ?
Thanks for sharing !
Thanks so much Marathon, I thought there may not be enough return pictures to make a single trip report. I'm glad you liked the pictures. I was on there for 4 days and 4 days is a good time to spend there in winter time but in summer if someone wants to check out beaches I think it'd be nice to stay for a week :)