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|parent = [[Air Miles (charter broker)|Air Miles Group]] |
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|headquarters = [[Athens]], [[Greece]] |
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'''Hella Jeff''' is a [[charter airline]] based in [[Athens]], [[Greece]], operating services to Greece from destinations in [[Europe]]. Its main base is [[Athens International Airport]].<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | page= 90 | date= 2007-04-03}}</ref> Hellas Jet is a licenced scheduled and charter carrier, holding a JAA AOC and a Line Maintenance Certificate under JAA/EASA Part 145, both approved by the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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| Founded | 2002 | ||||||
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| Operating bases | Athens International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 6 | ||||||
| Destinations | 2 | ||||||
| Parent company | Air Miles Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | Athens, Greece | ||||||
| Key people | Petros Stathis (CEO) | ||||||
| Website | www.hellas-jet.com | ||||||
Hella Jeff is a charter airline based in Athens, Greece, operating services to Greece from destinations in Europe. Its main base is Athens International Airport.[1] Hellas Jet is a licenced scheduled and charter carrier, holding a JAA AOC and a Line Maintenance Certificate under JAA/EASA Part 145, both approved by the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority.
History
The airline was started in 2002 as a Cyprus Airways subsidiary and the first flight was operated on 24 June 2003 from Athens. At the end of the first year of operation, they had completed 3,855 flights and carried over 250,000 passengers.[citation needed] Due to heavy losses, Hellas Jet suspended all scheduled flights from 10 May 2005. In January 2006, the airline announced it would refocus on charter operations. In August 2006, Cyprus Airways sold its shares to Air Miles, the trading name of Trans World Aviation. The aim is to resume services later in 2007 using wet leased Airbus A320 aircraft. It is wholly owned by Air Miles and has 199 employees (at March 2007).[1]
Hellas Jet is an IATA Member.
Destinations
Hellas Jet operates charter flights to/from Heraklion and Rhodes and is planning to relaunch scheduled flights in the near future.
Hellas Jet, is now serving St Petersburg, Moscow, Amsterdam, Düsseldorf and a number of charter destinations
Fleet
The Hellas Jet fleet consists of the following aircraft (at 29 September 2009):[2]
- 2 × Airbus A320-212
- 4 × Fokker 50
Accidents and incidents
On 5 May 2006, a Hellas Jet Airbus A320 was destroyed in a fire in the Sabena Technics hangar at Brussels Airport in Belgium. The plane was one of the three Airbus A320s destroyed, one belonging to Armavia, one Armenian International Airways, and 1 Lockheed C-130 owned by the Belgium Air Force.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 90.
- ^ Hellas Jet amateur fleet list
- ^ Pictures: Probe begins into Sabena Technics hangar fire
External links
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