Helvetic Airways

Helvetic Airways

IATA 2L ICAO OAW Callsign HELVETIC
Founded	2003 (as Helvetic Airways AG)
Hubs	Zürich Airport Bern Airport
Fleet size	6
Destinations	21
Parent company	Helvetic Airways AG
Headquarters	Kloten, Switzerland
Key people	Bruno Dobler(CEO), Tobias Pogorevc(CFO)
Website	helvetic.com/en/Default.aspx

Helvetic Airways Fokker 100 in old livery

Fokker 100 at Birmingham Airport in 2009

Fokker 100

Helvetic Airways is an airline based at Zürich Airport in Kloten, Switzerland.^[1] It operates flights to destinations in Europe, mainly leisure markets, but also to business destinations. Its main base is Zürich Airport.^[2] The airline now operates scheduled flights on behalf of Swiss International Air Lines using their fleet of Fokker 100s.

History

The airline was established in 2001 and started operations on 15 February 2002. It was founded as Odette Airways and was re-branded as Helvetic Airways in September 2003. The first flight as Helvetic Airways took off in November 2003. The investment company Patinex, owned by Martin and Rosemarie Ebner, became the majority shareholders in the airline in 2006.^[2] Helvetic Airways ceased most of its scheduled operating flights as of October 2008 focussing mainly on wet leasing its aircraft and charter operations due to the soaring fuel prices.^[3] It began to operate scheduled flights on behalf of Swiss International Air Lines in January 2009.^{[citation needed]}

In May 2010 the airline took delivery of a further two Fokker 100 aircraft to increase its fleet to six. At the same time the airline expanded by 30 further employees.^[4]

On 28 October 2010, the Swiss news media announced a new base in Bern Airport.^[5]

Destinations

Main article: Helvetic Airways destinations

Fleet

The Helvetic Airways fleet includes the following aircraft (as of July 2010):

Helvetic Airways Fleet

Aircraft	In Fleet	Passengers (Economy)	Notes
Fokker 100	6	100	4 aircraft are operated for Swiss International Air Lines
Total	6

External links

	Switzerland portal
	Companies portal
	Aviation portal

• Official site (English)
• Official site (German)
• Fleet

References

1. ^ "Imprint." Helvetic Airways. Retrieved on 6 November 2009. "Helvetic Airways AG P.O. Box 250 CH-8058 Zurich Airport"
2. ^ ^{a b} "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 90. 3 April 2007. 
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4. ^ "[2]"
5. ^ http://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/bern/2011-startet-Helvetic-auch-von-BernBelp-aus/story/14861225