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Photo taken by: Phil
Route: Athens (ATH) - London Heathrow (LHR), 12 Feb 2006
Ticket price: 232,90 EUR (tax, return incl.)
Flight duration: 3h 45m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Airbus A340-313X
Meal: Lunch - Beef fillet with tomato sauce and pasta, thousand islands salad (corn, lettuce, carrot, cabbage and thousand islands dressing), bread roll and butter, baklava and kataifi (traditional Constantinople dessert)
Drink: Water
Comments: One of the best meals I 've ever had on a flight. Olympic certainly has one of the best menus and in combination to the cheap price, it tastes even better! The baklava and kataifi, were truly delicious.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

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Photo taken by: Memnermos
Route: Rome (FCO) - Athens (ATH), 11 Sep 2005
Ticket price: award
Flight duration: 1h 40m
Class: economy
Aircraft: B737-484
Meal: Snack - Ham, cheese, slice of white bread, mushrooms, asparagus, one piece of grilled chicken, roll, butter and baklava sweet with some chocolate sauce.
Drink: I had orange juice
Comments: Fair enough for such a short flight, especially when you take into account what the competition offers on this route...Chicken was tasty but...too few...But thumbs up to Olympic for still offering free meals on european flights.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8.5

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Photo taken by: Memnermos
Route: Athens (ATH) - Rome (FCO), 7 Sep 2005
Ticket price: award
Flight duration: 1h 40m
Class: economy
Aircraft: B737-3Q8
Meal: Snack - Ham, cheese, slice of dark bread, broccoli, sun-dried tomato, roll, butter, jam, chocolate muffin
Drink: I had orange juice
Comments: Fair enough for such a sort flight, especially when you take into account what the competition serves on this route. Many airlines have dropped free meals on european flights, but not Olympic...Thumbs up for that!!!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8.5

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Photo taken by: Kikkenz@
Route: ATH - KIT, 25 Aug 2005
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 1h 00m
Class: economy
Aircraft: ATR 42
Meal: snack - Orange juice
Drink: None
Comments: It was a simply orange juice, pre-packed
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 4.5

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Photo taken by: mencaure
Route: OA424 Toronto (YYZ) - Athens (ATH) via Montreal (YUL)
date: 05 April 2005
Flight duration: 11h30min
Aircraft type & class: A340-300, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: Fresh fruit, one danish pastry, one bread roll, butter/jam.
Drink: Tea/coffee
Comments: After a good dinner a very dissapointing breakfast. After 8 hours in the air, do they expect that this is gonna keep you going till lunch. I expected more.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5
Camera brand & type: Canon Exilim Z40


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Photo taken by: mencaure
Route: OA424 Toronto (YYZ) - Athens (ATH) via Montreal (YUL)
date: 05 April 2005
Flight duration: 11h30min
Aircraft type & class: A340-300, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner
Contents of the meal: Greek salad, salmon, beef with rice and vegetables, strawberry cake, bread.
Drink: I chose coke
Comments: It was delicious and enough. The salmon was great and the beef very well cooked. Dessert was excellent.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9
Camera brand & type: Canon Exilim Z40


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Photo taken by: mencaure
Route: OA423 Athens (ATH) - Toronto (YYZ) via Montreal (YUL)
date: 31 March 2005
Flight duration: 12h30min
Aircraft type & class: A340-300, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Brunch
Contents of the meal: Open sandwich with ham and cheese. one mushroom, portion of tomato, bread/butter, cake with strawberry syrup.
Drink: I chose coke
Comments: It was fine, though I expected something more after almost 9 hours in the air and 7 hours from the previous service. Dessert was excellent.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7
Camera brand & type: Canon Exilim Z40


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Photo taken by: mencaure
Route: OA423 Athens (ATH) - Toronto (YYZ) via Montreal (YUL)
date: 31 March 2005
Flight duration: 12h30min
Aircraft type & class: A340-300, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Lunch
Contents of the meal: Pasta salad with seafood (shrimps, octopus), meatballs in tomato sauce with rice and broccoli, Chocolate Cake, Bread Roll.
Drink: I chose orange juice
Comments: Why on earth do airlines think that ALL passengers like shrimps? I hate them, but I hate even more octopus!!! My friend tasted the pasta and it had an absolutely disgusting fishy taste. Bread was cold. Meatballs were fine though and the dessert was fabulous as always on Olympic.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6 (saved by the dessert and only)
Camera brand & type: Canon Exilim Z40


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Photo taken by: mencaure
Route: OA206 ATH - CDG , 26 February 2005
Ticket price: 50 euro (taxes only)
Flight duration: 02h50
Aircraft type & class: A300-600R, economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Late breakfast
Contents of the meal: Scrambles eggs with mushrooms, ham, broccoli and potato mush/dark bread roll/croissant/butter/jam/cheese/muffin
Drink: Water/Orange Juice/Tea/Coffee
Comments: The smell of freshly baked croissants was filling the cabin even before the flight had taken off. About 30 min into the flight, the crew passed with the first bar service. They would pass again after the meal. You could have whatever and as much as you liked from the drinks mentioned earlier. The eggs were good but the ham was dry, the potato mush was delicious. The roll was a bit cold. The croissant and the muffin yummie. BUT the quantity was a bit small...
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7
Camera brand & type: Canon Exilim Z40


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Photo taken by: Alexander
Route: Frankfurt - Athens, 6 November 2004
Flight duration: 2hrs 30mins
Aircraft type and class: Boeing 737-400, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner
Contents of the meal: traditional Greek salad with tomato and feta cheese. chicken with lemon sauce, potatoes and some vegetables, butter and bread. sweet cake
Drinks: sparking water, wine
Comments: That's a full dinner here. Great and tasteful
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9
Camera brand and type: Olympus C-750UZ

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Photo taken by: Alexander
Route: Athens - Frankfurt, 6 November 2004
Flight duration: 2hrs 40mins
Aircraft type and class: Boeing 737-400, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: an openend sandwich with mayonnaise, two slices of cheese and one of ham. Two pieces of grilled chicken, a bit of chilli pepper and cabbage. Bread and butter and jam. A cheese snak. Warm croissant!! And a creme muffin!
Drinks: coffee, orange juice
Comments: An excellent breakfast. A (+) for the warm croissant!!!! Olympic still has the best meals on air!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9+
Camera brand and type: Olympus C-750UZ

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Photo taken by: Francesca Pezzuto
Route: FCO/ATH5 Sep 2004
Ticket price: 234 EURO
Flight Duration: 1.50 h
Aircraft Type & Class: Economy Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Lunch
Contents of the meal: Turkey (?), cheese, Dry sun tomato, Pachino tomato, dolmadakia yalantzi (involtini di foglie di vite) cake with jam, bread with butter.
Drink: Water and Tea
Comments: Not very good food!
Rating 1-10: 4
Camera Brand & Type: Olympus miu 300

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Photo taken by: Paris to Athens, 15 september2004
Ticket price: €400
Flight duration: 3h15
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 747, Economy
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal type: dinner
Contents of the meal: Salad, pork with tagliatelles and green beans, mousse for dessert (too much sugar!!).
Drink: Water and coke
Comments: Pretty good meal, note that OA is the only airline that continues to offer a hot meal on this route (for example, Air france doesn't).
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7 (too much sugar in dessert)
Camera brand & type: Power shot A70

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Photo taken by: Caroline
Route: Athens to Paris, 7 Sep 2004
Ticket price: €400
Flight duration: 3h15
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 747, Economy
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal type: dinner
Contents of the meal: Salad with beans, chiken with rice and baklava (too much sugar!!).
Drink: Water and coke
Comments: Pretty good meal, note that OA is the only airline that continues to offer a hot meal on this route (for example, Air france doesn't).
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7 (too much sugar in dessert)

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Photo taken by: Stef / airliners.gr
Route: MUC-SKG, 3 Jul 2004
Ticket price: 163€ (all inclusive, RT)
Flight duration: ca. 2 hours
Aircraft type & class: B733 - SX-BLC, Economy (Seat 22A)
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Lunch
Traditional greek salad, vanille pudding with forest fruits sauce (with fruit pieces!), meat with tomato sauce, potatoes and something that I couldn't identify, left of the meat (but tasty), bread and butter
Drink: Coke, tea, coffee, wine, beer / anything you wanted, I preferred Coke (well chilled also without the obligated big icecube)
Comments: Meat well cooked, well tasting, sauce little oversalted but tasteful, potatoes a little dry but there was enough sauce. Salad dressing a little tasteless. Pudding was quite chilled and the fruit sauce VERY tasty.
After taking the lunch they offered tea and coffee.
Respect to Olympic Airlines for serving warm meals in it's inner-european flights and metal cutlery even in the economy class. Very friendly F/A's, they offered before take-off greek and german newspapers and greek magazines.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best):
Drinks: 10
Meal: 9
Service: 9
Camera brand & type: Kodak DX6490

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Photo taken by: Konstantinos
Route: SKG - ATH, 23 Jul 2004
Ticket price: 120 Euro
Flight duration: 30min
Aircraft type & class: 737-400/ C
Business or leisure trip: Business
Meal type: Snack
Cheese, some vegetables, egg, bread, and sweet
Drink: water, tea, 7up, Orange Juice and Coffee
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

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Photo taken by: daphne
Route: JFK/ATH, 28 May 2004
Ticket price: $2,000
Flight duration: 9:30
Aircraft type & class: Airbus 320, Business Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Breakfast: Omelet with ham, Danish, fruit
Comments: The ham and fruit were decent. The eggs were terrible.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 4
Camera brand & type: Canon Digital Elph

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Photo taken by: Kostantinos
Route: Athens [ATH] - Heraklio [HER], 26 May 2004
Ticket price: 100 EURO
Flight duration: 35 min
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 717, Business (olympic club)
Business or leisure trip: Business
Meal type: Snack
Open sandwich with cheese, smoked salmon, vegetables,sweet
Drink: beer, water,tea, Coca Cola, Orange Juice and Coffee
Comments: tasty
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8.5

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Photo taken by: Niki Svaizer
Route: Niki Svaizer
Route: Athens ATH - Milan Malpensa MXP, 2 Apr 2004
Ticket price: 150 euros circa return
Flight duration: 2 hrs 30 min
Aircraft type & class: Airbus A340-313X SX-DFB (used for extra capacity) - Economy Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner
Ham, cheese, typical Greek vegetables with salad, cake with jam, bread with butter.
Drink: Coke
Comments: Oh no! The same meal of LIN->ATH flight!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 4
Camera brand & type: Canon IXY Digital

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Photo taken by: Niki Svaizer
Route: Milan Linate LIN - Athens ATH, 29 Mar 2004
Ticket price: 150 euros circa return
Flight duration: 2 hrs 30 min
Aircraft type & class: Eurocypria B737-8Q8(WL) 5B-DBV (replaced OA B734) - Economy Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: lunch
Ham, cheese, typical Greek vegetables with salad, cake with jam, bread with butter.
Drink: Orange juice
Comments: the worst meal I have ever had!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 4
Camera brand & type: Canon IXY Digital

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Photo taken by: SM
Route: Athens ATH to Montreal Trudeau YUL, May 2004
Flight duration: 9h44m
Aircraft type & class: Airbus 340, Economy Class
Meal type: Pre-landing snack
Contents of the meal: Some sort of open sandwich with cheese and ham; Cake
Drink: Pepsi
Comments: Surprisingly tasty
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Photo taken by: SM
Route: Athens ATH to Montreal Trudeau YUL, May 2004
Flight duration: 9h44m
Aircraft type & class: Airbus 340, Economy Class
Meal type: Lunch
Contents of the meal: Appetizer of smoked salmon, Taramosalata, Dolma and salad; Main course of salmon steak with cauliflower and rice; Dessert of cream caramel with chocolate
Drink: 7 Up
Comments: Quite possibly the best economy class meal I've had in years
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

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Photo taken by: SM
Route: London LHR to Athens ATH, May 2004
Flight duration: 3h28m
Aircraft type & class: Airbus 300, Economy Class
Meal type: Late Dinner (11pm departure)
Contents of the meal: Salmon and Taramosalata appetizer, Chicken breast with tomato sauce, vegetables and mash potato, Almond/Blueberry gateau, bread
Drink: 7 Up
Comments: The chicken was a little dry but the Taramosalata was fantastic. Dessert was good as well.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Airline: W.H. de Jonge
Route: Athens (ATH) - Rhodes (RHO), 19 Mar 2004
Ticket price: EUR 189 RT
Flight Duration: appr. 45 min.
Aircraft Type and Class: Boeing 737-400 Olympic Club (domestic Business Class)
Business or Leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: afternoon snack I guess...
Contents of the Meal: Scampi (well... one shrimp), a dried tomato, celery salad, cabbage and lettuce, a little pie with a savory mush, toast and for pudding: a banana puff.
Drink: coffee, tea or fruitjuice (perhaps also alcoholic beverages, but I can't remember).
Comments: for just a 45 minute hop and only a 20 EUR premium over full fare economy, this was quite nice. Extra perks for that 20 EU premium: seating 2-2 with extra legroom i.s.o. 3-3 in economy and lounge access, with decent snacks.
Rating: 8
Camera Brand and Type: Casio something Digital

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Airline: Olympic airline ex olympic airways
Photo taken by: kostantinos
Route: Thessaloniki - Athens, 10 Mar 2004
Flight duration: 45min
Aircraft type & class: 737-400 Business (Olympic club)
Meal type: snack - ham, cheese, some vegetables, bread, and sweet.
Drink: beer, water,tea, Coca Cola, Orange Juice and Coffee
Comments: Excellent snack
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9