The ginger moggie has been living a first class lifestyle after being adopted by staff at Manchester Airport.
His switch from the low-life to becoming a high-flying VIP happened after Olly was spotted wandering near Olympic House - the main office block at the airport.
He had one missing ear, looked scraggy and wore no collar.
But despite his down-and-out appearance, office workers and air stewardesses fell in love with Olly and he now receives food parcels from New York, Chicago and Paris.
The pampered pussy even has his own `executive lounge' after airport staff clubbed together to buy him a luxury cat-box.
Bob Molloy, a receptionist at Olympic House, said: "Air crews give him a feed early in the morning and staff from the airport and its service partners look after him throughout the day. He's a big talking point around here, everyone likes him."
Olly - who has been named after Olympic House - has so many fans that some workers even go in on their day off to feed him.
And he now has a page on the social networking internet site Facebook, so they can check on his progress.
Hazel Williams, who also works on the reception desk, added: "He's a very special cat - and a lucky one too."
Staff from several companies who work at the airport - even the sandwich delivery man - have all been helping make Olly's days more comfortable.
Jane Barber, a retail manager at the airport, is one of a number of staff who bring him food.
She said: "I've got cats at home and always keep a few biscuits for them in my handbag.
"But when I see Ollie, I always give him some. He's a loveable cat."
Ollie is the third moggie in to hit the headlines recently at Manchester Airport.
A feline fugitive delayed a Karachi-bound jumbo jet for 26 hours last October after it got loose in the passenger cabin.
And the M.E.N. helped reunite a missing cat with its owner in 2005 after it travelled to Terminal 2 under the bonnet of a taxi. Lucky Lola was back with her owner in Staffordshire, none-the-worse for her ordeal, after airport workers saw an appeal in the paper.
Ollie is also one of a number cats who have made homes at busy transport centres in the city. We reported in January how a family of moggies was living at Oxford Road railway station. One, called Manx, lost most of his tail but survived after he was hit by a train. Tweet
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I will not eat at the Airport again if they are now keeping pets there. It is unhygienic to say the least.
I just hope he's been "vetted" to make sure he's not an Al Qaeda terrorist in disguise...
lol seriously some people need to get a life, just because they are feeding a cat doesn't mean its unhygienic. Most restaurants have pets.. and would you not dine at a friend's house just because he/she has a pet?
I hope he has had an application or three of flea powder!
What a heart warming story. Nice to hear of basic human kindness in this world when such terrible things are going on.
If people want to use the excuse of not eating at the airport because of Olly then probably best they stay away!
He isn't living around the restaurants in the terminal buildings, he is looked after by staff in one of the office blocks not directly connected to the terminals...for god sake people READ the story properly! Some people just want to moan all the time, good on the airport for actually caring.
there's nothing the presence of an animal to bring out the best in (most) people in this often times dehumanized world.
Get a life Giles
Quote: "He had one missing ear, looked scraggy and wore no collar."
Street cats should not wear collars. They are a menace if the cat is caught on a tree branch etc - and any bad minded scrote can grab them easier.
It is refreshing to read something in this day and age that makes you smile.
Nice of these people to actually care.
You could always go by boat Giles, it would take a lot longer to get to your destination, how ever other posters would not have the task of reading your miserable posts.
Hope he doesn't get overfed. Maybe he could be checked out by a Vet and neutered and also checked for a name tag.
Get a life Giles! Your user name suggests you are a City fan. With comments like your's I am not at all suprised.
This creature will just distract the sniffer dogs.
If someone employed by me brought their pet into work they would be sent home immediately.
The point about not eating at the restaurants is misguided. However, it is not hygienic to have this pet in an air condiotioned office block given that many diseases are passed this way. If you want to work with animals you join the zoo, not take an office job.
Oh come on people. Beufort and Giles should both lighten up. He is a stray cat that some people took a liking to. He does not go into ANY of the buildings, rather stays OUTSIDE Olympic House. He decided several months ago to make Manchester Airport his home. It was just staff that decided to be a bit kind and help him out with some food. Truth be told I kinda like him. He is usually outside when I get off the Staff West bus in the mornings and he just sits there watching the world go by. Scruffy but kinda cute in his own way. He isnt hurting anything and certainly doesn't get in anyone's way so I see no harm in feeding the little guy!
Bah humbug Beaufort! This 'creature' is a cat, has been given a name - Olly - by the people who care not only for the welfare of passengers passing through an International Airport but for the welfare of a stray animal who has obviously welcomed the care and attention bestowed upon it. It seems Olly is the one who has adopted the office workers as his guardians. I doubt Olly has ever set foot inside the office and much prefers to stand guard outside by his new luxury ‘sentry’ box, well away from any sniffer dogs.
Giles you are truly sad, this is planet earth calling get a grip!
Oh! Giles they're not serving cat even though most days you would not be able to tell as the food is so disgusting,why would you want to eat there in the first place?
I would be concerned about the health problems and issues created by the hundreds of flights arriving and departing daily from the airport than a few cats hairs being sucked into the a/c unit. Leave the ginger pussy alone!
Why humanise a cat? A cat should be outside catching mice and birds, nor curled up in an office. What if someone is allergic to cats and it brings on an asthma attack? Is this covered on the company's liability insurance?
People feeding this creature and stroking it will then go on to touch passports, touch food and will pass on diseases.
I recently flew into Sydney and there have a quarantine inspection there - have I been on farmland, checking my shoes, do I own a pet etc. Here were encourage people to bring their pets to work at the airport!
Let's hope it meets a sniffer dog soon.
I remember a friend of my fourth wife invited us to their house for dinner.
We were accompanied to the sitting room where an aperitif was to be served. As we were sat waiting their family dog came in to the sitting room, salivating everywhere.
I told me wife that I wasn't prepared to eat in these premses and I informed her friend's husband that we were leaving due to the health hazard that presented itself. My wife obeyed and we went for a rather nice meal at a local Chinese. Neither of us were ill due to decisive action on my part.
Beaufort - Ignorance is bliss...if your local Chinese is anything like mine then you can rest assured that the hygiene levels in your 4th wife's friends house were probably of a higher standard....and that their salivating dog wasn't on the menu!
"cats spread diseases" which ones? suppose might they distribute certain bacteria but I cannot think of any diseases that we should worry about, in this country anyway.
What's the advice then fellas, should I get rid of the 4 cats, maybe the dog or possible one of my 3 boys ... or even the wife. It's hard to say which is/are the dirtiest
Diseases? Hmm, let me see. Now, this one applies to dogs too. When either animal 'goes to the toilet' it does so and then walks off. Then comes it sits on your sofa/bed/knee etc and I am no expert but there is bacteria all over the place.
I don't have fleas, but cats do. Animals should be outside, not in houses just so a human can gain selfish happines from them.
hmmmm no disease mentioned again my beau
S Tockport,
As well as fleas (not a disease I grant you but unpleasant I don't doubt), they have ringworm which can result in lesions on the cat and can be passed to humans, severe fungal infections, bacterial which can be spread from cats to humans, cat diarrhea contaminates the environment with pathogens that can be passed to humans, salomonella in their stools, infections from biting/scratching, gram negative bacteria that cause
s tularemia infections ( found in cats that catch wild rabbits or rodents and this bacteria may also be spread to humans).
Apart from that they are fine.