What a great video. This is now part of the historical record, and your narration made it even better. Thank you!

@VicStefanu

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend!!

@idubbzz7790

7 жыл бұрын

vic i laned last time at this airport was in 2000

@riccardopisapia2783

6 жыл бұрын

Harold Betancourt r

@type2523

3 жыл бұрын

These pieces or crap demolished it for nothing ..... they don’t Even know if the „Investment „ will start

Great video Vic! I'm 54, and it brings back many memories of our family's trips to Greece in the 60's and 70's. We used to fly Olympic, TWA, and Pan Am 707's and 747's nonstop from JFK airport NYC to Athens.

@VicStefanu

8 жыл бұрын

+AudiophileTubes I am glad that you liked this video my friend. It was a special assignment of mine to videotape this airport when I was in Greece for a couple of days in 2014. Thank you for viewing my videos!!

Thank you, sir for putting this video together. It brings back lots of good memories. As an assyrian man, We lived in Ano Kalamaki from 1978 to end of 1980 and then we moved to USA at the end of 1980. My brother and I were 9 and 10 years old when we moved to Greece in 1978 from Iran when the civil war started. Greece was and it is still an amazing country. The people, culture and nature are one of a kind. This was the airport that we landed in when we arrived to Greece and it was the airport that we left Greece. There was a Saint Joseph church on top of a hill in Ano Kalamaki that we'd walk to and watch all of the international airplanes descend very close to ground and over our head and land. This airport was truly an iconic landmark.

@VicStefanu

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comments, when you arrived in 1978 I had already left for the USA (Boston)... I was in Athens last year and all the old airport building are completely gone, demolished...

I remember arriving from Chicago in 1974 as a member of the US Air Force, my husband was already stationed there and I had to retrain into a new career field which took 9 months. I landed on the International side of the flight line, I remember walking down the stairs then across the tarmac to show my papers and passport. I could see my husband waving at me, he was up above where all the waiting people were, I was so thrilled to see all the people and feel the lovely weather. And those same doors were there when we moved backed to the states 4 years later......aww such fond memories, thank you!

@VicStefanu

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Diane, thank you for your comments!!!

Thank you Vic. What a wonderful video. So many memories. I first flew through this airport in 1978, and used it nearly every year until 1994. Sad to see it in such a state now. It was such a charming place with a wonderful viewing area. Many thanks again.

@VicStefanu

9 жыл бұрын

mark1968 Thanks Mark.. I am so happy I finally got a chance to videotape this historic but very neglected airport..

Hello there I really just wanted to thank you for posting this video i used to travel to Greece every year starting in 94 with my father both from the east terminal and west to go to Samos. my father passed 3 years ago and watching this almost brought me to tears thinking of the memories of these airports absolutely amazing thank you so much

Thank you so much for making this video. I can empathize with you regarding your memories. I used to come through this terminal and be so excited for the love of my life was waiting for me.

@VicStefanu

8 жыл бұрын

+Judith Pipino Thank you for viewing my videos, this was a very special place for me and I am glad that during one of my return visits to Athens, I was able to videotape part of both terminals...

I came first time in Athens in july 1985 from this airport. I Was with my mate to discover the country and live adventures. We stayed at Voula camping for few days ,nearby Glyfada and I remember well the airplanes flying Just above our heads before landing at Hellinikon airport. We went to Palea Epidavros Bekas camping enjoying life for a week, then another week at Delphy camping north of Athens. We left Athens the 25 of july from Hellinikon, Just after have been to "Athens Rock Festival" at Olympic Stadium ... I went back to Greece many time and you can be sure Vic I will come back again because I love your country. Thanks a lot for your sentimental tour, I am always nostalgic of this good time when I think about my first trip in Athens , Cheers

@VicStefanu

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Samson and thank you for your wonderful comments. I am so glad you have great memories of Greece and of the airport...

Thank you for the memories that you brought back to me!!

@VicStefanu

8 жыл бұрын

+Nasos Deliadis Thank you for viewing my videos, this was a special assignment for me and I have been amazed at the positive response...

Thank you for bringing up nostalgic memories

This is a wonderful and treasured piece of history, and I have never been here. Thank you for sharing this.

@VicStefanu

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! 😊😊😊All of the buildings shown here have now been demolished, this video will be part of history since these buildings do not exist anymore..

Great! I was shearching for a video like this for hellinikon for 1 month and now I found it

Sincere thanks for uploading this valuable video. It brought back the days of my youth. I'm about to cry. Ειλικρινείς ευχαριστίες για τη μεταφόρτωση αυτού του πολύτιμου βίντεο. Μου έφερε πίσω τις μέρες της νιότης μου. Είμαι έτοιμος να κλάψω.

@VicStefanu

2 жыл бұрын

Σας ευχαριστώ πάρα πολύ! 👍👍👍Χαίρομαι που απολαύσατε το βίντεο !!

really like this video, brings a nice insight to a fantastic place, glad its still fairly open and you could do a video tour.

@VicStefanu

8 жыл бұрын

+James Curry Hello, thank you for your comments and for watching my videos!!

I know this Airport, not far away from Glyfada...5 kilometers away...I love Greece

@VicStefanu

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for viewing my videos..

@fnaf1killerguy183

7 жыл бұрын

your welcome

Amazing video... Thank you very much brother

@VicStefanu

5 жыл бұрын

Hello, thank you for viewing my videos!!

I love this video. Thank you so much it brings back so many memories. THANKS

@VicStefanu

9 жыл бұрын

Andy Pappas I am glad that you liked it, thank you for watching my videos. I have received so many wonderful emails about this video from people from around the world...

Incredible that you were able to get in and walk around like this; bet you can't do that these days 🙃

@VicStefanu

3 жыл бұрын

Not anymore, they are demolishing every building now..

Great video! Its so amazing how important this bulding was for you, really nice!

@VicStefanu

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comments!!

Amazing video. Would love to explore an abandoned airport one day

@VicStefanu

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for viewing my videos!!

Very nice vid man. The memories!

@VicStefanu

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Great video! Kinda sad to see something that was once a bustling terminal to somewhere that is totally dead! I Flew there in August 1994 for a family holiday to Poros - our first one abroad when I was 11. An amazing holiday. And I can remember the packed terminal and queues snaking out the door when we flew back.. The memories! 😃

@VicStefanu

9 жыл бұрын

M W Hello, thank you for your comments and for watching my videos!!

Yes I remember this airport well. 1994 I was stuck here in summer right in the middle of an air traffic control strike. The air conditioning wasn't working, people were fighting with officials and everyone was smoking inside. Bad memory for me.

@VicStefanu

7 жыл бұрын

Wow, I can picture what you went through... Thank you for viewing my videos!!

brings back memories left so many times from there

@VicStefanu

13 күн бұрын

Unfortunately, all the buildings shown in this video have now been demolished..

I remember sitting in some park near the airport whilst waiting for my flight. Lovely place.

@VicStefanu

8 жыл бұрын

+paulakhs Thank you for viewing my videos!!

Thanks Vic, I passed through this beautiful Airport in Dec '76, Feb '79 and last time was June '84. It truly was a bustling and exciting place full of activity, so sad to see it now as a corpse of a once beautiful place! I remember sitting at Athenian bayside beaches and watching jet after jet after jet coming and going, it was such a busy airport!

@VicStefanu

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comments and for viewing my videos!! When I was a young man in the late 60s, early 70s, I lived close to Athens (Pireas) and I remember doing the same, watching the planes taking off and landing (especially the TWA and the PANAM 747s)...

Wow what a great idea for a video. I traveled as a kid through that airport and I kinda miss it now. Things were much simpler then, much better.

@VicStefanu

8 жыл бұрын

I agree, thank you for viewing my videos!!

I used to attend the high school that was a about a mile or two away, and me and my friends would sometimes skip class to go have coffee at the "goodbye"(a coffee shop where you could watch the planes take off and land). Thanks for the video

@VicStefanu

7 жыл бұрын

Great memories.. thank you for viewing my videos!!

good job keep on going!!

@VicStefanu

8 жыл бұрын

+Pro Pro Thank you!!

Vic Stefanu in 1977 i was in Primary School and 10yrs old.. and in 2yr time 1979 decided to go to Greece.

Vic... another totally awesome thing ...about your documentation of these places is that...we must mourn.. people...and places that were dear to us.... I don't like it..but it's necessary...We are then able to move on ...and then we may fondly reminese ..on occasion..Thank you dear!!😢

@VicStefanu

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your wonderful comments.. you are absolutely right, once in a while we must go back to our past...

Wow what memories i went through both sides of this airport 70s 80s 90s u jst made me 😪 i love 🇺🇸🇬🇷❤️❤️ ty for this video amazing👍

@VicStefanu

7 жыл бұрын

Hello and thank you for viewing my videos!!

very nice video!! i love this place!!

@VicStefanu

9 жыл бұрын

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Remember it too, first time 74 and last time was it 2001? That time there was a meeting with people coming in from other countries who were having a meeting about plans architecture etc for new airport! Memories for me too.

@VicStefanu

4 жыл бұрын

Hello, thank you for your comments!!

Hi flew here on my first holiday to greece with the old britannia airways on a 737-200 in the early 80's to catch a ferry to the island of spetses from piraus harbour remeber being put up in an hotel for a few hours till around 9 am , the hotel was under the approach path watched all the different aircraft landing till it was time to go for the ferry.

@VicStefanu

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing these memories with us...

I remember coming for the first time to greece with mum in the mid 90's. Seeing the state of the airport now is shocking and sad...tropi stin ellada. Thanks for sharing, know how you feel filming this...

@VicStefanu

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comments!!

yassou i love airports and Thanks for The fantastic travel through time.

@VicStefanu

6 жыл бұрын

Yeia sou and thank you for your wonderful comments!

@dzrotary

6 жыл бұрын

i also lived in THE BIG. APPLE. for 15 years near The Yankee Stadium. kai xero liga Ellinika plus ive recently gota a dracma something is hardly seen anymore . Opa.

@VicStefanu

6 жыл бұрын

Nice!! I lived in New Jersey for several years...

I also appreciate your tour of these two buildings. I loved being part of the history. I spent many hours traveling through this airport. and I am saddened that at least the Eero Saarinen building, which was an architectural beauty.

@VicStefanu

Жыл бұрын

Hello, thank you for watching my videos!! 😊😊😊I have just arrived in Athens once again and all the buildings of the old airport have now been completely demolished!

@anthiemilonas7798

Жыл бұрын

@@VicStefanu I am saddened by the news, but not surprised! Pure ignorance!

@VicStefanu

Жыл бұрын

@@anthiemilonas7798 No problem, thank you! 😊😊😊

Great Video. You showed us the inside of the OA terminal, but not the international terminal. It was a nice airport. Love the new airport as well.

@VicStefanu

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I Still remember in 1986 i was there

@VicStefanu

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comments!!

@myopinion138

4 жыл бұрын

The new airport is better everything in life changes put it behind and move forward

thanks for this video a real vision of apocalypse just like after a war... very sad

@VicStefanu

9 жыл бұрын

phitou1 Hello, thank you for your comments and for watching my videos!! If you have not done so by now, please subscribe to my channel for more exciting videos from around the world, here is the link: www.youtube.com//user/vstefanu?sub_confirmation=1

Very interesting video, i had travel a lot of times from there, sad to see it like this..

@VicStefanu

7 жыл бұрын

Hello and thank you for viewing my videos!!

Coming back in Athens next june.....Very glad to see Greece again

@VicStefanu

5 жыл бұрын

Have a great time!!

Crazy my friend maybe when I go visit my brother I'll stop by the airport

Grazie Stefanu, sono stato per la prima volta in questo aeroporto nel 1989. Grande viaggio nella vostra meravigliosa terra, grande popolo greco. Un ricordo bellissimo meraviglioso. Ho conosciuto un ragazzo greco a firenze nel 1977, siamo rimasti grandi amici e ancora oggi ci sentiamo e io vengo in grecia a trovare il mio grande amico che vive a Chios.

@VicStefanu

4 жыл бұрын

Ciao amico mio, grazie per i tuoi bei commenti!

@marcellomele8685

4 жыл бұрын

@@VicStefanu Grazie a Te, grazie a tutto il Popolo Greco, Grazie alla Vostra Cultura e Civiltà che ancora oggi state cercando di preservare e consolidare a memoria del vostro grande passato che oggi è più che mai esempio per il futuro delle democrazie in tutto il mondo. Grazie a tutti i Greci che cercano di tutelare il loro territorio, grazie per la Vostra accoglienza, dando la possibilità a chi visita il vostro Paese vivere giornate indimenticabili in un terra che rappresenta il διαδὴμα del mediterraneo.

@VicStefanu

4 жыл бұрын

@@marcellomele8685 Ciao amico mio, grazie per i tuoi meravigliosi commenti

Excellent video Vic, I was there today. Unfortunately I never flew in or out of Hellinikon but I always find these sites amazing. Earlier this year I visited and produced two blogs on Kai Tak in Hong Kong and Old Baiyun airports in Guangzhou. Kai Tak's terminal has been completely demolished and the latter has become a shopping mall! I am now gathering info for a Hellinikon blog hence my watching your video. Thanks for posting.

@VicStefanu

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comments and for viewing my videos!! I was in Greece this last summer and went to this airport once again but this time I was not allowed to go close to the building because they were housing many refugees...

@kinosilenzio

6 жыл бұрын

No refugees now, terminal was locked but not sure why as it's already been gutted. The catering building was open but very creepy. There were some groundsmen clearing the tumbleweed from the apron - again not sure why, maybe in preparation for potential developers?

@VicStefanu

6 жыл бұрын

I think the government, has reached a deal with the old owners to see the whole property..

I remember this airport in 1993, I flew in from NYC.....I was stunned for to see an iconic world famous mega city like Athens showcase such a tiny airport, it almost felt like a Bus Terminal. And that was at time when the airport was vibrant and buzzing with travelers....a much better state than this videos shows....and yet it was depressing to see even when it was open for business. Airports are usually a gateway into a nation's culture...and so many are designed to give you an exciting overwhelming welcoming experience with grandiose ceilings, spacious corridors, along with their architecture depth and complex designs. But this Athens airport was sad.

@VicStefanu

6 жыл бұрын

I agree with you, the old airport was a mess.. Luckily, the new airport has been one of Europe's best since its opening in 2001!!

I used to go to this airport when I was kid but too young I don't remember it

@VicStefanu

5 жыл бұрын

Hello, thank you for your comments!!

Wow the memories

@VicStefanu

5 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean..

I lived in Greece, Voula, for 3 years. I left there in August of '77...probably two or three weeks before you did... I met 3 of my classmates at the airport who I thought had come to see me off. Actually they came to meet a friend who was landing and were lost in the wrong terminal.

@VicStefanu

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Dave, I left the 1st week of September of 1977... Thank you for your comments!

Awesome, I was wondering what it has been.

@VicStefanu

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Marco, thank you for your comments!

When i go to Greece, Athens i wanna explore Ellinikon International Airport

@imsearching4yearsnowforana966

4 жыл бұрын

They are demolishing it now

@JuchePasa

4 жыл бұрын

@@imsearching4yearsnowforana966 Its sad. You cant destroy others memories

@imsearching4yearsnowforana966

4 жыл бұрын

@@JuchePasa Well there is gonna be a huge investment that is gonna be others memories for the next years. Athens and Greece needs it

@therandomdude6736

4 жыл бұрын

@@JuchePasa I think they are building an exhibition centre for the airport which is really cool imo.

@giatiexwkanali2750

4 жыл бұрын

@@JuchePasa They are building a gigantic "park" with luxury resorts and skyscrapers

Sou do Brasil e estou prestigiado os seus vídeos.

@VicStefanu

Жыл бұрын

Muito obrigado!

Such a shame, I liked the old airport

@VicStefanu

8 жыл бұрын

So did I and it was very convenient and close to the city... :((

@fanchette122

8 жыл бұрын

so do I....I miss this beautifull country...I miss Glyfada, I miss the sun, the sea

@fanchette122

8 жыл бұрын

Sure....it tooks 5 minutes with a taxi from the Airport to our hotel in Glyfada....and you know what, once on the beach or by the pool my mother and I we were making contest....Style, records of planes today....the record was more or less 300 flights...Top of the show at 8.00 AM, at breakfeast time a B-747 from TWA....When this flight arrives above the hotel ....everything was shaking....Not so secured, because he was so down....

Very interesting video. Your English is very good.

@VicStefanu

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! 👍👍👍

Γιατί το παράτησαν; Ποιο καλά να το κάνανε δευτερεύον αεροδρόμιο μετά το άνοιγμα το καινούριο. Πολύ καλώ βίντεο όμως.

@VicStefanu

5 жыл бұрын

Ευχαριστω παρα πολυ!

These days, as all airports looks so faceless ly the same, whether you are in Tel Aviv, Munich, Bogotá or wherever else - it is nice to recall this airport. It had a character. To me it is forever associated with my holidays in Greece as a youngster.

@VicStefanu

8 жыл бұрын

+Yoav It was a beautiful place (the International terminal) but too small and I am so glad I got a chance to videotape it....

@ptrs559

4 жыл бұрын

Remember the duty free shop in the east AND west terminal? The size of my kitchen in the States. Was expanded a bit in the 80’s but still small.

Great video Vic, i know there is a large development project underway. Is there anyway of doing an update on this. I would love to walk on the old runway or taxiway.

Efcharisto para poli Vic ❤

@VicStefanu

5 ай бұрын

🙂🙂

I used to live there (1987-1989) when the old air force base was still a thing. Not too far off at Etharchou Makariou. Crazy to see it all in disrepair.

@VicStefanu

5 жыл бұрын

It is probably far worse now since the video was created.. I remember the area from the mid-70s, full of life..

@Lurvakt

10 күн бұрын

@@VicStefanu Hey Vic, old check in here but it looks like there is a very good chance I will get to finally return to Athens after almost 30 years. Wanted to reach out and see if you still lived in the area.

@VicStefanu

9 күн бұрын

@@Lurvakt Hi, I now live in London... Will be going back to Greece and to the Greek islands next year...

My dad came here in 85 and 90 on an Olympic airways 747 all the way from Melbourne, I could imagine what there faces would be like if they saw it like this

@VicStefanu

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comments, show this video to your dad!!

Bravo file

@VicStefanu

6 жыл бұрын

Efharisto..

@nickandrews2004

6 жыл бұрын

Vic Stefanu - World Travels and Adventures parakalo

I believe the US Air Force used to have a operation facility at that airport complex. Passed by it a few times on the way down so Sounion.

@VicStefanu

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, there use to be a US base at this airport.. It was there when I left in 1977.. When I returned in 1988, all the buildings of the base were abandoned..

Can you go Inside ?, I mean for me ....I was used to spoting the plains outside the terminal 30-25 years ago...I was spending my holidays in Glyfada...At the Golden Sun Hotel....Five minutes with te bus...I had great time in Greece....

@VicStefanu

8 жыл бұрын

Both terminals had guards and were locked when I was there.. now, I believe, they have Syrian refugees camping there..

@fanchette122

7 жыл бұрын

Allright....I knew this Airport since 30 years....my first time in Greece, it was in 1986...I've landed in Helliniko

I’ve always wondered how an airport that small could handle a city as big as Athens as late as 2001!

@VicStefanu

5 жыл бұрын

This is the main reason it was shut down in 2001, it was too small...

Hello Vic, do you know what the latest status is of the airport? I heard about demolishing :(

@VicStefanu

3 жыл бұрын

I passed it two years ago and they had started the demolition..

@Crosshatch1212

2 жыл бұрын

@@VicStefanu cheers for the video very appreciated I sat on those blue seats ,thesaloniki 2001 was the yr we come from Glasgow this video blew my mind ,we had a delay on it lay out on the grass .heraklion corfu syros etc to many to remember but those plastic seats I never thought I'd see that in my life looking bck ruined .peace n thnks

@VicStefanu

2 жыл бұрын

@@Crosshatch1212 lol.. you made me laugh because I sat on these exact blue seats when I came flew to Greece in 1995 from Paris..

I landed at that Airport twice when i went to Greece for our Summer holidays in 1979 and 1987. So sad to see it like that i had no idea it got burnt ..my aunt and uncle live at Γλυφαδα and from their place u can see the Airport from far distant. :'(

@VicStefanu

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Vivie, thank you for viewing my videos.

@viviekazanili1077

6 жыл бұрын

Vic Stefanu - World Travels and Adventures Thank you and Your very Welcome x

Great video happy and sad memories did they not use it for athletes as athletes village during Athens Olympics

@VicStefanu

Жыл бұрын

The area around the Olympic Airlines terminal was used for several competitive events, I drive around that area last summer and everything has not been torn down..

same gates i used in the seventies at the age of 7 to go to germany where my father worked and took the rest of the family with him.Again and again i used this airport.what a waste of chance to make smthg out of it instead to leave it becoming ghost structure!

@VicStefanu

8 жыл бұрын

+irina filipova Neglected, empty and surrounded by wild dogs that I had to be aware of to avoid getting attacked...

i flew into athens around 99 so must have been here, ive no memories though

@VicStefanu

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comments!

My dad used to be a taxi driver in Athens and would take people to and from this airport

@VicStefanu

4 жыл бұрын

Hello, thank you for your comments and for watching my videos!! 👍👍👍

Ωραίο

@VicStefanu

5 жыл бұрын

Ευχαριστω παρα πολυ!

This airport is very creepy in some way. A lot of people who visited it while it was abandoned say that. Somebody else on here said that guards patrol the grounds. An Urbex person was asked to leave. So that makes it sound a bit creepy.

@VicStefanu

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Peter.. the day I was videotaping this site, a homeless person came towards me from inside one of the buildings and this is why that scene ends abruptly.. and yes, there were guards there but they were useless.. this whole site is not being demolished..

Greetings. When did they create the terminal on the eastern side of the old airport? In the mid 1960s I remember only the terminal being on the western (sea) side. I lived in Glyfada during the mid 1960s.

@VicStefanu

6 жыл бұрын

I think the eastern terminal was built around 1968 to 1970, I remember this time because my father flew there from a trip and he was amazed at the marble on the floors of the new terminal..

Great video! Do you know the story of that fire in the olympic terminal? It's such a shame... I love how it looked!

@VicStefanu

9 жыл бұрын

No, I never found out... Thank you for your comments and for watching my videos, I hope that you have already subscribed to my channel for more exciting videos from around the world

@jccoello

9 жыл бұрын

Oh well... thanks anyways, ill subscribe right now btw :)

Ellinikon Airport should have been an airport for domestic flights. Or they should have renovated it and have a second one for international and domestic flights because Greece is a popular tourist destination. Instead they left it to rot. This airport brings me back so many memories

@VicStefanu

4 жыл бұрын

Hello, thank you for your comments!! 👍👍👍

We miss it

@VicStefanu

3 жыл бұрын

I am glad I had a chance to videotape parts of it...

Whats that flying in the sky at the video at 1.41 min

@VicStefanu

5 жыл бұрын

It's a seagull, this airport was very close to the sea..

Hello, I saw this video because I wanted to remember the hard and good days at this airport in 2016. I was one of the immigrants who lived at the airport with my family for a year when I was 12 years old and now eight years have passed. And I am now 20 years old, and I live in Germany, I hope to travel to Athens one day I know every corner here How quickly it goes by...

@VicStefanu

5 ай бұрын

Oh my God, you lived in those buildings for a year?? I was in the USA at the time, I was not aware they had people in there… 😢

@masoumenikzad2003

5 ай бұрын

Yes, not only me but thousands of other people live here

@VicStefanu

4 ай бұрын

@@masoumenikzad2003 OMG, I did not know.. at least it is now all destroyed and no more refugees live there any longer..

I and my wife have an apartment i central Athens, so I go there every second month. I liked it, and wonder why they just left it.

@VicStefanu

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for viewing my videos!!

Vic, what happened to the American air base right next to the airport when the Americans were kicked out in the 90’s? Are the facilities even standing now?

@VicStefanu

4 жыл бұрын

That American air base was closed 7-8 years after I left Greece and all the buildings had been empty and abandoned for quite a few years.. I remember seeing them when I drove by when I visited Greece in the mid 1990s..

The US Air Force was there too. I used to go there as a child and later with the Air Force too. How's Voula Beach doing?

@VicStefanu

3 жыл бұрын

Since the Americans left, the whole area has changed..

It's really sad that Greece has been economically in trouble for so many years now. This would have been a great space to convert into a Public area, with plane and war history museums. Sad that it looks like it is now far beyond that possibility. I hope Greece recovers soon my friend. Such a wonderful country, but under such hard times

@VicStefanu

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comments!! The political parties are still fighting and cannot decide what to do with this whole area.. how sad..

Is it just me or did there used to be a military tank outside the airport? Anyone got a pic?

@jimtdm81

5 жыл бұрын

Bigup West London it was police tank

@londonsounds6212

5 жыл бұрын

@@jimtdm81 thank you do you have any more information so I can find a picture?

@londonsounds6212

5 жыл бұрын

@@jimtdm81 I found it it's called AVRA

@jimtdm81

5 жыл бұрын

Bigup West London exactly.Avra my friend means flow of water in Greek.Look in google : old Greek police avra at ellinikon airport

Hi Vic, I was wondering can anyone walk inside Hellinikon airport or do you need a permit? Thanx for the video. Very emotional for me too. As a kid I used to fly there every summer from Luxembourg where I grew up. cheers man

@VicStefanu

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for viewing my videos, You cannot go inside Hellinikon anymore, there are guards and they do not allow anyone inside..

@ptrs559

4 жыл бұрын

There was talk in the early 70’s of moving this airport to where it is now but there was no money until the EC financed the building of the new airport.

In 1992 i was in greece i wondering if that was the airport i came through

@VicStefanu

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, without a doubt, you came through this airport here (in 1992)...

the refugees live there now if i'm not wrong, i never got to visit this airport but i really want to explore when i get the chance

@VicStefanu

7 жыл бұрын

Hi and thank you for viewing my videos. The refugees have now left that location (the old airport), I passed it last week and it was empty..

@mrdvs9451

7 жыл бұрын

Why are you not collecting memorabilia from the airport try to save some of the history

Thank you for posting this amazing Video. Am I right this airport was featured in the movie Operation Thunderbolt 1977 ? It sure looks the same. It's such a shame such a massive facility has become neglected and abandoned..

@VicStefanu

7 жыл бұрын

No, I do not think that this was the airport featured on the movie.. thank you for viewing my videos!!

@VicStefanu

7 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely right, I watched the video and sure enough, this is the same airport...

Nice seems like a very interesting video of the old abandoned airport in Athens, Greece so you say came to America in 1977 to immigrate right, I just have a question between years were the wave of Greeks immigrating to Canada and America what was the reason behind why they left their country? btw I'm personally from Canada but I'm not Greek which I'm still interested

@VicStefanu

8 жыл бұрын

+Kevin Spindel Hi Kevin, thank you for viewing my videos.. I moved to the States in 1977 to go to university.. at that time, a large wave of Greeks moved to the USA to study, but by 1979 no one came, the financial situation (the currency exchange) had gotten so much worse due to high inflation in Greece... the reason I left the country was to study and the majority of the Greeks (especially now) leave the country because of the financial conditions which are, in general, horrible ...

@thefirepower2800

8 жыл бұрын

+Vic Stefanu - World Travels and Adventures Cool I hear that Greece between the years 1967-1974 was Fascist with a Millitary Junta Regime under Papadopoulos where a lot of Greeks fled during the regime and after the regime fell as well, btw it must of been kinda creepy to go inside an old abandoned airport

What were the airlines of the old airport

@VicStefanu

5 жыл бұрын

Too many, most of them do not exist anymore like TWA..

Efcharisto. Can you still access this building today?

@VicStefanu

5 жыл бұрын

No, there are guards posted all around the buildings..

@djakkdjakkd

3 жыл бұрын

@@VicStefanu It was an amazing experience in 2019 btw haha! I went everywhere!

@VicStefanu

3 жыл бұрын

@@djakkdjakkd I think they are now demolishing the buildings..

Has tourism decreased in Greece? Hope to go one day, beautiful country!

@VicStefanu

7 жыл бұрын

It has increased dramatically this year to over 30 million tourists..

@Sanpedranoazul

7 жыл бұрын

Well, those are great news!

@evergriven7402

7 жыл бұрын

I've never been there Would LOVE to go .

I know that Nicosia International Airport in Nicosia, Cyprus was completely abandoned in 1974 due to the Greek-Turkish War in Cyprus I have seen videos of the airport it was quite interesting, maybe you should visit Cyprus and do a video about the Old Nicosia Airport that is abandoned

@VicStefanu

8 жыл бұрын

+Kevin Spindel Next time I go to Cyprus I will.. Thank you for viewing my videos..

This could’ve been used as a secondary airport for Athens since the new one opened in 2001

@VicStefanu

4 жыл бұрын

Very true but it is too late now..

I could remember viewing 747s landing, I could see the wheels turning.

@VicStefanu

7 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean. IN the early 70s I lived in Pireas and I remember watching the underside of the Olympic Airways 747 as it was landing at the airport in Athens..

i visited it last week to practice driving my dads car. it looks so so bad now, and unfortunately its due to be demolished this year for a community unfortunately

@VicStefanu

3 жыл бұрын

I went back two years ago to videotape the interior but the place was full of guards and wild dogs.. not safe..

@kon_the_bossp989

3 жыл бұрын

@@VicStefanu well there is no point on exploring inside as not only are all the doors locked, but there are what seemed like refuges or Gypsies that where pretty scary looking

@VicStefanu

3 жыл бұрын

@@kon_the_bossp989 Ok, thank you! 👍👍👍

Hey Vic I really like your videos I want to ask you some questions so I heard that Hellinkon Airport (Old Athens Airport) was abandoned in 2001 where they opened a brand new really large modernized international airport in another part Athens which its called Eleftherios Venizelos Airport in time for the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics? How was like to be at Hellinkon Airport I'm aware it was much smaller and as well I heard that it did not have passenger jet bridges and that passengers to go into and out of planes from the outside using the air stairs that buses would take them to the plane is this true? Which part of Greece are you originally from and why did you leave to America? Which city and country do you currently live in right now? Btw the videos my favourite videos from you channel that I saw were the abandoned Olympic stadium in Athens where it was a really cool and awesome video that was interesting to see with it being kinda creepy since its abandoned as well the video about your visit to Auschwitz Concentration Camp which was a very sad video but really good though and many more other videos I really like to see in your channel. There are many airports and places around that are abandoned around the world you should check them out. I myself love travelling a lot too which I have done it several times before but I'm only a student and secondly I don't think I would have enough money to travel so much. I am really interested in history, alternate history, politics, geography and so on anyways I recommend you subscribe to my channel cause I already subscribed yours a while ago anyways greetings from Toronto, Canada

@VicStefanu

8 жыл бұрын

Hi there.. yes, it is true that the old airport did not have jet bridges and buses had to be used to transport passengers from and to the aircraft.. I am from Pireas and went to the States to study at a University (which I finished in the early 1980s) and now I live in London. Thank you for your wonderful comments and for viewing my videos and, do not forget that travelling combined with the knowledge of history is one of the greatest pleasures in life..

@thefirepower2800

8 жыл бұрын

Vic Stefanu - World Travels and Adventures Hey Vic please subscribe me back to my channel cause I already subscribed to you a while ago?

@VicStefanu

8 жыл бұрын

Just did.. thanks for subscribing to my channel!!

@thefirepower2800

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much friend :)

Hey Vic I want to ask you were are you from (sorry if to personal)

@VicStefanu

8 жыл бұрын

I was born in the same country where this video was taped at..

@Alkiviadis_

8 жыл бұрын

+Vic Stefanu - World Travels and Adventures well I'm in the 1st grade of high school in the same country, or how we say it in Greek 1η λυκείου

@VicStefanu

8 жыл бұрын

Great, ευχαριστω

Was the best airport to land at I had my first greet tost sandwich there krimas

@VicStefanu

Жыл бұрын

Hi Costa, thank you for your comments...

Hello, I would like to visit the old airport in Athens so badly. Can you go there and have a look or is it forbidden? Are there any guided tours that I could book? I find such abandoned place ultra fascinating and I want to see them in person. Please contact me. Thanks!

@VicStefanu

Жыл бұрын

Hi.. I was in Athens last year and the old airport buildings have been demolished.. There is a new development being built, the whole area is guarded and fences everywhere...

@jannis4608

Жыл бұрын

@@VicStefanu That's so sad to hear. :(. Thanks you for your reply, nevertheless....

@VicStefanu

Жыл бұрын

​@@jannis4608😊😊😊