Civil aviation profile prints. Available prints options: Design / Dark Theme / Plain background; Size Panorama (914×305 mm / 36"×12"); Size Standard (610×305 mm / 24"×12").
Airbus A300-B4 Olympic Airways
Registration: SX-BEG Named: Diomedes Type: 300B4-102 Engines: 2 × GE CF6-50C2 Serial Number: 148 First flight: May 19, 1981
Olympic Airways was the flag carrier airline of Greece. The airline's head office was located in Athens. In 1951 the Greek state to merge the three airlines (ΕΛΛ.Α.Σ., T.A.E., Α.Μ.Ε.) into a single operator, TAE Greek National Airlines (TAE). On 6 April 1957 the company was renamed Olympic Airways. In 1980 Olympic received the first of a fleet of Airbus A300s jet aircraft. In 2003 the government restructured the Olympic Airways Group of Companies. The subsidiary, Macedonian Airlines S.A., was renamed Olympic Airlines S.A.