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Hello (airline)

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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
HeadquartersSaint-Louis, Haut-Rhin, France
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.[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.[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

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Africa

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Cape Verde
Egypt
Morocco

Europe

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Cyprus
Greece
North Macedonia
Portugal
Spain
Switzerland
Turkey

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):[6]

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:[7]

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

References

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  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. ^ "Airline-Pleite: Hello in Konkurs – das sind Ihre Rechte". Archived from the original on 2017-02-22. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  6. ^ ch-aviation.ch - Hello
  7. ^ "planespotters.net - Hello". Archived from the original on 2011-07-02. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
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