Hello (airline)
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| Founded | 2003 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 6 August 2004 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | 21 October 2012 | ||||||
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| Parent company | Hello AG | ||||||
| Headquarters | EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg[1] Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin, France[1]  | ||||||
| Key people | Robert Somers (CEO) | ||||||
| Founder | Moritz Suter | ||||||
| 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.[2]
The airline's head office was on the property of EuroAirport.[1]
History
[edit]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
[edit]Africa
[edit]Cape Verde
[edit]- Boa Vista: Rabil Airport
 - Sal: Amílcar Cabral International Airport
 
Egypt
[edit]- Hurghada: Hurghada International Airport
 - Luxor: Luxor International Airport
 - Marsa Alam: Marsa Alam International Airport
 - Sharm el-Sheikh: Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport
 
Morocco
[edit]- Agadir: Al Massira Airport
 - Marrakech: Menara Airport
 
Europe
[edit]Cyprus
[edit]- Larnaca: Larnaca International Airport
 
Greece
[edit]- Corfu: Corfu International Airport
 - Heraklion: Heraklion International Airport
 - Kefalonia: Kefalonia Island International Airport
 - Kos: Kos Island International Airport
 - Rhodes: Rhodes International Airport
 - Zakynthos: Zakynthos International Airport
 
North Macedonia
[edit]- Ohrid: Ohrid Airport
 - Skopje: Skopje Alexander the Great Airport
 
Portugal
[edit]- Funchal: Madeira Airport
 
Spain
[edit]- La Palma: La Palma Airport
 - Mallorca: Palma de Mallorca Airport
 - Tenerife: Tenerife South Airport
 
Switzerland
[edit]- Basel: EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg Main Base
 - Zurich: Zurich Airport Base
 
Turkey
[edit]- Antalya: Antalya Airport
 
Fleet
[edit]

Fleet at closure
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b c "Hello Location Archived 10 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine". (Direct image link) Hello. Retrieved on 1 July 2010.
 - ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 90.
 - ^ Hello History Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
 - ^ Hello History (bottom of page) Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
 - ^ "Hello Location Archived 2010-11-10 at the Wayback Machine." (Direct image link) Hello. Retrieved on 1 July 2010.
 - ^ "Airline-Pleite: Hello in Konkurs – das sind Ihre Rechte". Archived from the original on 2017-02-22. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
 - ^ ch-aviation.ch - Hello
 
External links
[edit]- Official website (archived)
 
