Olympic Aviation
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Olympic Aviation was a subsidiary of Olympic Airways, the Greek national airline. It ceased its operations in December 2003.
Founded on August 1971, Olympic Aviation operated light aircrafts such as Boeing 717, Bombardier Dash-8 and Dornier 228-201. It also used Shorts Skyvans and ATR 72 & 42.
The airline also had a Flight Academy and had bought flight simulators for ATR aircrafts.
Olympic Aviation played an significant role for Olympic Airways. It served most domestic destinations of the parent company. It also bought three Boeing 717 aircrafts which were used on European routes. Shortly after the retirement of the Olympic Airways' Boeing 737-200s the 717s were used on Olympic Airways' European destinations.
On December 12, 2003 all of Olympic Aviation's assets including the entire fleet were integrated into Olympic Airlines.