Hello (airline)

Hello AG
IATA ICAO Callsign
HW FHE FLYHELLO
Founded 2003
Commenced operations 6 August 2004
Ceased operations 21 October 2012
Operating bases
Fleet size 5
Destinations 26
Parent company Hello AG
Headquarters Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin, France
Key people
  • Moritz Suter (Founder)
  • Robert Somers (CEO)
Website hello.ch

Hello AG was a Swiss charter airline offering holiday flights to destinations around the Mediterranean Sea out of EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, Geneva Airport and Zürich Airport.[1]

History

The airline was established in 2003 in Basel by Moritz Suter, who founded Crossair which later became Swiss International Air Lines in 2002, and launched operations on 6 August 2004. Originally being intended as a regional scheduled carrier, it was relaunched on 1 May 2005 as a charter airline.[2] In December 2011, the company had 140 employees.[3] The airline's head office was located at the General Aviation site at the EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg in Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin, France, near Basel.[4]

The airline went bankrupt and ceased all flight operations on 21 October 2012.[5]

Destinations

Africa

Cape Verde
Egypt
Morocco

Europe

Cyprus
Greece
Macedonia
Portugal
Spain
Switzerland
Turkey

Fleet

Hello Airbus A320-200
Hello McDonnell Douglas MD-90

Fleet at closure

The Hello fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of April 2012):[6]

Hello Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders Passengers
Airbus A320-200 5 — 174 / 180
Total 5 —

Previously retired fleet

Retired Fleet[7]
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
McDonnell Douglas MD-90 6 2004 2011 replaced by Airbus A320-200s

References

  1. ↑ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 90.
  2. ↑ Hello History Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Hello History (bottom of page) Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ "Hello Location Archived 2010-11-10 at the Wayback Machine.." (Direct image link) Hello. Retrieved on 1 July 2010.
  5. ↑ http://www.beobachter.ch/konsum/reisen/artikel/airline-pleite_hello-in-konkurs-das-sind-ihre-rechte/
  6. ↑ ch-aviation.ch - Hello
  7. ↑ planespotters.net - Hello

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