Hello (airline)

Not to be confused with Hello Airlines.
Hello AG
IATA ICAO Call sign
HW FHE FLYHELLO
Founded2003 (2003)
Commenced operations6 August 2004 (2004-08-06)
Ceased operations21 October 2012 (2012-10-21)
Operating bases
Parent companyHello AG
HeadquartersEuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg[1]
Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin, France[1]
Key peopleRobert Somers (CEO)
FounderMoritz Suter
Websitehello.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.[2]

The airline's head office was on the property of EuroAirport.[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.[3] In December 2011, the company had 140 employees.[4] 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.[5]

The airline went bankrupt and ceased all flight operations on 21 October 2012.[6]

Destinations

Africa

Cape Verde

Egypt

Morocco

Europe

Cyprus

Greece

North Macedonia

Portugal

Spain

Switzerland

Turkey

Fleet

Fleet at closure

The Hello fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of April 2012):[7]

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

Previously retired fleet

Hello previously also operated the following aircraft:

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

References

  1. ^ a b c "Hello Location Archived 10 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine". (Direct image link) Hello. Retrieved on 1 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 90.
  3. ^ Hello History Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Hello History (bottom of page) Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Hello Location Archived 2010-11-10 at the Wayback Machine." (Direct image link) Hello. Retrieved on 1 July 2010.
  6. ^ "Airline-Pleite: Hello in Konkurs – das sind Ihre Rechte". Archived from the original on 2017-02-22. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  7. ^ ch-aviation.ch - Hello
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