Greece has once more attempted to dispose of the last two remaining A340-300s - cn 280 and cn 292 - that were previously in service for the now defunct Olympic Airlines (Athens). The Greek government acquired the aircraft from former national carrier Olympic Airways (Athens) in 1999 before leasing them to Olympic Airlines which itself folded in 2009. Though it decided to sell the jets in 2014, the process was delayed after it failed to transfer the aircraft to the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) in time.
As such, in its Request For Proposals (RFP) issued last week, the HRADF said it was looking to conclude the sale by mid-June given the high maintenance and parking fees being incurred by the two aircraft at Athens. Closure is, however, contingent on Athens transferring the jets to the HRADF's control.
"The Assets are held in long term (deep) storage at the Athens International Airport and are under the care of Olympic Airlines CAMO, which has been placed under special liquidation, executing the storage programme. The National Bank of Greece S.A. acts as the special liquidator of Olympic Airlines CAMO," it said.
According to records, the two aircraft, formerly SX-DFC and SX-DFD on the local registry, last flew in September 2009 and are due in for C and D checks. Olympic's two other A340-300s - SX-DFA (cn 235) and SX-DFB (cn 239) - have already been scrapped.
