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Hello (airline)

{{Short description|Defunct charter airline of Switzerland (2003–2012)}}

{{distinguish|Hello Airlines}}

{{Infobox airline

| airline = Hello AG

| logo = Hello (airline) logo.png

| logo_size = 200

| IATA = HW

| ICAO = FHE

| callsign = FLYHELLO

| parent = Hello AG

| founded = {{start date|2003|||df=yes}}

| commenced = {{start date|2004|08|06|df=yes}}

| ceased = {{end date|2012|10|21|df=yes}}

| headquarters = Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin, France

| key_people = Robert Somers (CEO)

| founder = Moritz Suter

| bases = {{ubl|

| {{nowrap|Basel/Mulhouse}}

| {{nowrap|Zürich}}}}

| fleet_size =

| destinations =

| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20060101072553/http://www.hello.ch/ 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.{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 90 | date= 2007-04-03}}

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.[http://www.hello.ch/about-us/history.html?L=1 Hello History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706233757/http://www.hello.ch/about-us/history.html?L=1 |date=2011-07-06 }} In December 2011, the company had 140 employees.[http://www.hello.ch/about-us/history.html?L=1 Hello History (bottom of page)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706233757/http://www.hello.ch/about-us/history.html?L=1 |date=2011-07-06 }} 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."[http://www.hello.ch/about-us/location.html?L=1 Hello Location] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110020910/http://www.hello.ch/about-us/location.html?L=1 |date=2010-11-10 }}." ([https://archive.today/20120804025856/http://www.hello.ch/typo3temp/pics/3e859246f3.png Direct image link]) Hello. Retrieved on 1 July 2010.

The airline went bankrupt and ceased all flight operations on 21 October 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://www.beobachter.ch/konsum/reisen/artikel/airline-pleite_hello-in-konkurs-das-sind-ihre-rechte/|title=Airline-Pleite: Hello in Konkurs – das sind Ihre Rechte|access-date=2017-02-21|archive-date=2017-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222113921/http://www.beobachter.ch/konsum/reisen/artikel/airline-pleite_hello-in-konkurs-das-sind-ihre-rechte/|url-status=dead}}

Destinations

{{unsourced section|date=March 2023}}

=Africa=

==Cape Verde==

==Egypt==

==Morocco==

=Europe=

==Cyprus==

==Greece==

==North Macedonia==

==Portugal==

==Spain==

==Switzerland==

==Turkey==

Fleet

File:Hello_Air_Airbus_A320-214;_HB-JIX@ZRH;02.07.2011_602br_(5897610048).jpg]]

File:HB-JIA@ZRH,30.06.2007-473cq_-_Flickr_-_Aero_Icarus.jpg]]

=Fleet at closure=

The Hello fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of April 2012):[http://www.ch-aviation.ch/portal/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=HLL ch-aviation.ch - Hello]

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Aircraft

!In Fleet

!Orders

!Passengers

Airbus A320-200

|align="center"|5

|align="center"|—

|align="center"|174 / 180

Total

!5

!—

!

=Previously retired fleet=

Hello previously also operated the following aircraft:{{Cite web |url=https://www.planespotters.net/airline/Hello |title=planespotters.net - Hello |access-date=2011-04-13 |archive-date=2011-07-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702173735/http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/Hello |url-status=live }}

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Aircraft

!Total

!Introduced

!Retired

!Notes

McDonnell Douglas MD-90

|align="center"|6

|align="center"|2004

|align="center"|2011

|replaced by Airbus A320-200s

References

{{reflist}}

External links

{{commonscat}}

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100301184946/http://www.hello.ch/?L=1 Official website] (archived)

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