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OLYMPIC AIR customer review : 6 November 2009 : by B Ludovic (UK)
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Trip Rating : 7/10 |
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Cabin Flown: | Economy |
LHR-ATH new A320. Aircraft was clean but grey and gloomy. Food surprisingly good, good
coffee, by airline standards. Service excellent. The return flight was another new A320 whose
blue seats gave economy class a feeling of being a cut above budget-airline equivalents. Food
and service of a high standard, although trays could have been cleared away sooner - and the
aircraft was rather warm. Check-in for both flights was a breeze. Olympic Air has made a
promising start, with a new impression of efficiency that will be a revelation to anyone
familiar with its predecessor. But London to Athens is a most competitive routes and at the
moment Aegean still edges it, offering in-flight entertainment where OA had none (a surprising
omission), and its own magazine (aside from a one-off souvenir magazine commemorating OA's
heritage, OA's magazine is in fact that of the parent company MIG, beefed up with OA-specific
content and is in Greek only). Furthermore, the frequent plugging of MIG's other brands was
seriously off-putting, even it did mean free biscuits promoting its food arm. Hearing "Thank
you flying Olympic Air, part of Marfin Investment Group" at the end of the flight is a
surefire way to drain the glamour out of the Olympic brand name and any remaining romance out
of flying altogether. Nobody loves a conglomerate, so a bit more subtlety would go a long way.
I'll keep my eye on OA in the future but for the time being will probably continue to choose
Aegean for this route.
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