I flew Olympic in 1992 and it was great, JFK to Athens non stop. They use the old airport as their own. Then in 2001 I flew them again, this time in business class upstairs. I found everything to have deteriorated. Since the gov was given the airline it appeared it was being milked. The plane was beat, the service poor. The fancy food for business class did not seem to arrive...we we looked into the galley...the stewardess was eating the food....said if we wanted a shrimp we should go to the main deck....as she was eating ours.....
The upstairs cabin also started to fill with cigarette smoke.....turned out the flight crew (officers) had the door open and were all smoking like chimneys....news papers over the windows to keep the sun light out...thank heavens for auto pilots.
What this airline is like post 911 is anyones guess. Would I fly them again.....no. I would take a one stop vice non stop on Olympic. They may have changed...I would ask around some more before getting on their aircraft. One further note....on the return flight we flew into Boston to off load passengers before our return to JFK. The plane was dirty ...news papers everywhere etc...they took on passengers in Boston...what those people thought when the entered the cabin heaven only knows.
If you do fly them..please respond back since I might be flying to Greece next summer 2006.