Hello (airline)

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

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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

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Africa

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Cape Verde

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Egypt

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Morocco

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Europe

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Cyprus

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Greece

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North Macedonia

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Portugal

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Spain

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Switzerland

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Turkey

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Fleet

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Hello Airbus A320-200
Hello McDonnell Douglas MD-90

Fleet at closure

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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

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Hello previously also operated the following aircraft:[citation needed]

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

References

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  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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