Most of the others are from Aegean....
OXOGEKAS340 - You've not merged with Aegean yet... right? Officially? Or maybe you merged 12 months ago, but just not told anybody. Is that the way it's done in Greece?
Well don't let me to remind you, that first your country has to return to us the stollen marbles of Parthenon
Yes, those marbles are yours... and yes they should be returned back to Greece. But this is a million miles away from the original question about what is happening to Olympic Air!
£50m loss last year - irrespective of a brand new company, restructuring costs etc etc... Olympic is not in great shape. The sooner they address the haemorrhage of cash (start from the bottom guys.... 4-8 cleaners per aircraft PER turnaround, full drinks/food service.... the list goes on!!)
I consider how much cash could be saved doing Mikonos and back. 17-20 minute flight... full food service, followed by a cleaning of the aircraft afterwards in MKN. MADNESS at its very best! WHY WHY WHY?
Irrespective of what the customer demands - they will have to learn they can't have their cake and eat it - literally! Ticket prices aint cheap, granted - but if Olympic reduce those fares a wee bit - abolish the food service (or charge for it) and scrap them cleaners here, there and everywhere (sorry cleaners), they might find they could potentially begin the recover themselves somewhat.
And before anyone from Greece tells me that the Greeks are very proud people and demand a particular level of service etc etc etc, there were times when the British public expected free food and free drink - then along came Ryanair and EasyJet and everyone had to pay for the privilege of a sandwich - but the fares were lower and the business model worked (for everybody - even if you do hate Ryanair - different thread here ;-)). You get on board an Easyjet/Ryanair/Flybe flight these days and ask for your "free" tea or coffee and you get looked at in a very peculiar way. Times have changed - air travel has moved on - Olympic need to do the same!!
Olympic has all the hallmarks of becoming a fabulous, money-making operator in Greece. It just needs to cut some serious fat, realise that the "glamour" days of aviation are over and it needs to focus on providing PURELY the runway-air-runway service. Everything else, for the consumer, is an extra.