OLYMPIC AIRLINES - VINTAGE CERAMIC ASHTRAY - MADE IN GREECE -

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ASHTRAY
This Auction is for a very nice and oh so, vintage:
Olympic Airlines-
Ashtray. This item was an advertising piece for the famous:
Olympic Airlines,
a great piece for a collector, do not miss out on this treasure.
The reverse
displays
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KERAMIKOS MADE IN GREECE-( GREEK ?) PROPERTY OF OLYMPIC AIRWAYS
Just a bit of history about
-Olympic Airlines:
Olympic Airlines
(
Greek
:
Ολυμπιακές Αερογραμμές
,
Olympiakés Aerogrammés
– OA), formerly named
Olympic Airways
for at least four decades, was the
flag carrier
airline of Greece. The airline's head office was located in
Athens
. The airline operated services to 37 domestic destinations and to 32 destinations world-wide. The airline's main base was at
Athens International Airport, "Eleftherios Venizelos"
, with hubs at
Thessaloniki International Airport, "Macedonia"
,
Heraklion International Airport, "Nikos Kazantzakis"
and
Rhodes International Airport, "Diagoras"
.
Olympic Airlines
also owned a base at
London Heathrow Airport
. By December 2007, the airline employed about 8,500 staff.
Icarus
, the first predecessor airline to
Olympic
, was established in 1930. After just a few months Icarus went bankrupt due to financial problems and limited Greek interest in air transport. G.C.A.T./Ε.Ε.Ε.Σ./E.E.E.S. (Greek Company for Air Transport/Ελληνική Εταιρεία Εναέριων Συγκοινωνιών/Ellinikí Etaireía Enaérion Synkoinonión) took its place. At the same time, in 1935, a second airline was created, the privately owned T.A.E. (Technical and Aeronautical Exploitations/Τεχνικαί Αεροπορικαί Εκμεταλλεύσεις/Technikaí Aeroporikaí Ekmetalléfseis). Soon after the World War II, in 1947, three airlines were based in Greece: T.A.E., G.A.T./ΕΛΛ.Α.Σ. (Greek Air Transport/Ελληνικαί Αεροπορικαί Συγκοινωνίαι) and Hellenic Airlines/Α.Μ.Ε. (Αεροπορικαί Μεταφοραί Ελλάδος).
In 1951 the poor financial state of the three airlines led to a decision by the Greek state to merge them into a single operator,
TAE Greek National Airlines
(TAE). The new airline operated a fleet of twin-engine
Douglas DC-3
airliners on domestic Greek routes until the last example was disposed of in May 1970. A four-engine
Douglas DC-4
was acquired in 1950 and this was operated on a route to
London
. The new airline faced financial problems so the government closed it down in 1955.
There were no buyers for the airline so the Greek State bought the company back. In July 1956 the Greek State reached an agreement with Greek shipping magnate
Aristotle Onassis
for Onassis to purchase the airline. The company flew under the T.A.E. name until the end of the year and for the first few months of 1957. On 6 April 1957 the company was renamed:
Olympic Airways
(Ολυμπιακή Αεροπορία/Olympiaki Aeroporia).
About the-Logo
:
The first logo of the airline was a white eagle, bearing a resemblance to a propeller, featuring five rings and the name
Olympic
. Just two years after the first flight, Onassis asked his associates to design a new logo and the colored rings were created. Onassis wanted to copy the five colored rings of the
Olympic emblem
, but the
International Olympic Committee
claimed the rights to the emblem, so a new, six ring logo was introduced. The first five rings stand for the five continents, while the sixth stands for Greece. Colors used were yellow, red, blue and white.
The new logo for:
Olympic Air
was selected from among three proposals by an online vote which was open until 5 July 2009 on
oalogo.gr
. All proposals were expected to keep the six circles and to modernize the existing logo. The logo that was finally selected is a bevel version of the existing logo and font, with the exception that green has replaced the light blue on some circles. Green along with blue is one of MIG's corporate colors (as seen on Marfin Egnatia bank's logo for example) and was thus also used per the request of MIG on the new uniforms too.
The Olympic name came about as a result of Onassis' passion for ancient Greece. Many of his companies carried the Olympic name such as Olympic Maritime. He followed the same naming pattern for his ships (with names such as "Olympic Legacy", "Olympic Palm", "Olympic Explorer", etc.)
According to OA regulations, all male flight attendants must wear a black tie, thus paying tribute to the late
Alexander Onassis
.
Uniforms for OA flight attendants were created by famous fashion designers. The first uniform was designed by
Jean Dessès
in 1957, followed by uniforms designed by
Coco Chanel
(1966),
Pierre Cardin
(1969), Yiannis Tseklenis (1971), Roula Stathi (1976), Billy Bo (1981), Aspasia Gerel (1987), Makis Tselios (1992) and Artisti Italiani (1998).
Condition description, is as follows; This wonderful vintage ashtray, has no chips, cracks or scratches. Possibly un-used.
Approximate dimensions, are as follows
:
4
3
/
4
"
round
and 1
5/8
" high.
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