Hello (airline)

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]

Not to be confused with Hello Airlines.
Hello AG
IATA ICAO Callsign
HW FHE FLYHELLO
Founded2003
Commenced operations6 August 2004
Ceased operations21 October 2012
Operating bases
Fleet size5
Destinations26
Parent companyHello AG
HeadquartersSaint-Louis, Haut-Rhin, France
Key people
  • Moritz Suter (Founder)
  • Robert Somers (CEO)
Websitehello.ch

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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