Ellinikon International Airport ; Greek: Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Ελληνικού, sometimes spelled Hellinikon, was an international airport that served Athens, Greece, from 1938 to 2001. The airport was locate
Athens Airport Terminal in 1961
Olympic Airways Boeing 707 taking off from Ellinikon in 1973
Douglas DC-3 of the Hellenic CAA at Ellinikon Airport in April 1973
View of the abandoned runway in November 2018
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Olympic Airlines, formerly named Olympic Airways, was the flag carrier airline of Greece. The airline's head office was located in Athens. The airline operated services to 37 domestic destinations and
Olympic Airways operated ten Douglas DC-6Bs between 1958 and 1972 serving the longer domestic and European routes.
Olympic Airways' first jet aircraft type, the de Havilland Comet at Manchester Airport in 1966. The BEA codeshare logo can be partially seen on the fuselage, in red.
Olympic Airways Boeing 707-384B SX-DBE in 1989, still in the original scheme with bare metal lower fuselage
Olympic Airways Boeing 727-284 SX-CBA in 1987