Fly Hellas

Fly Hellas (formerly Viking Hellas Airlines) was a privately owned charter airline. Its main base is Athens International Airport.[2]

Fly Hellas
IATA ICAO Callsign
VQ VKH DELPHI
Founded2009 (as Viking Hellas)
Commenced operationsFebruary 2010
Ceased operations5 December 2011
Operating basesAthens International Airport (HQ)
Secondary hubsManchester Airport
Fleet size1
Destinations28
HeadquartersAthens, Greece
Key peopleChristian Tadjeran (President & CEO) [1]
Website
Viking Hellas logo used just before rebranding
Viking Hellas original logo used 2010–2011
A Fly Hellas Airbus A320-200

History

In October 2009 Viking Hellas was created and awarded their air operators certificate by the Hellenic CAA.

On 1 February 2010 operations commenced with a single McDonnell Douglas MD-83 undertaking scheduled and charter flights throughout Europe. An order for two Airbus A320-200's was announced quickly thereafter.

In October 2010, its parent Viking Airlines ceased operations, attempting to resume operations in March 2011. This did not happen. During this time, in February 2011 Viking Hellas announced that it will be re-branded as FlyHellas to distance itself from the Viking Airlines A.B group. The airline officially changed its name to Fly Hellas on 1 May 2011. The airline also announced that it would close its base at Gatwick Airport, however they would open a base at Manchester Airport.

On 2 November 2011, Fly Hellas announced due to financial difficulties, they were to stop all flights for November 2011, hoping to return in December. On 5 December, it was announced that Fly Hellas would not be restarting flights and ceased all operations permanately, as well as going into administration. All 4 aircraft have been returned to their lessors.[3]

Destinations
Main article: List of Fly Hellas destinations
A Viking Hellas Airbus A320 at Rotterdam Airport, Netherlands. (2010)

Fleet

The Fly Hellas fleet included the following aircraft as of November 2011:[4]

Fly Hellas Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders Passengers Notes
Airbus A320-200 1 0 180
Boeing 737-700 1 0 180 Leased from AWAS
Total 1 0 21.2

References
  1. Viking Airlines Information
  2. "Contact Archived 4 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine." Viking Hellas. Retrieved on 7 July 2010.
  3. Fly Hellas Ceases operations
  4. Viking Hellas Fleet


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