Viking Hellas
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Fly Hellas was a privately owned charter airline. Its main base is Athens International Airport.
On 1 February 2010 operations commenced with a single McDonnell Douglas MD-83 undertaking scheduled and charter flights throughout Europe. An order for two Airbus A320-200's was announced quickly thereafter.
In February 2011 the airline announced that it will be re-branded as FlyHellas to distance itself from the Viking Airlines A.B group. The airline officially changed its name to Fly Hellas on 1 May 2011. The airline also announced that it would close its base at Gatwick Airport, however they would open a base at Manchester Airport.
As of November 2011 the airline went into administration, effectively ceasing all flights.
SX-SMS MD83 A/C Sold In November 2011 to Khors Aircompany
SX-SMT A320 A/C Returned to Leaser
SX-SMU A320 A/C Returned to Leaser
SX-SMV A320
The airline has offered to refund the flight cost, saying the aircraft could not take off due to (unspecified) unforeseen circumstances.
History
In October 2009 Viking Hellas was created and awarded their air operators certificate by the Hellenic CAA.On 1 February 2010 operations commenced with a single McDonnell Douglas MD-83 undertaking scheduled and charter flights throughout Europe. An order for two Airbus A320-200's was announced quickly thereafter.
In February 2011 the airline announced that it will be re-branded as FlyHellas to distance itself from the Viking Airlines A.B group. The airline officially changed its name to Fly Hellas on 1 May 2011. The airline also announced that it would close its base at Gatwick Airport, however they would open a base at Manchester Airport.
As of November 2011 the airline went into administration, effectively ceasing all flights.
Destinations
Fleet
The Fly Hellas fleet includes the following aircraft as of November 2011:| Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A320-231 Airbus A320 The Airbus A320 family is a family of short- to medium-range, narrow-body, commercial passenger jet airliners manufactured by Airbus Industrie.Airbus was originally a consortium of European aerospace companies, and is now fully owned by EADS. Airbus's name has been Airbus SAS since 2001... |
1 | 0 | 180 | Leased from AWAS | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 21.2 | |||
SX-SMS MD83 A/C Sold In November 2011 to Khors Aircompany
SX-SMT A320 A/C Returned to Leaser
SX-SMU A320 A/C Returned to Leaser
SX-SMV A320
Passenger sit-in
On Friday the 21st October 2011, Viking Hellas had a charter flight scheduled to fly from Manchester to Athens. The Airline however transfered (by bus) its passengers to fly from Birmingham. Having got on the plane, the passengers were asked to leave again. Around 100 passengers staged a sit in, eventually leaving many hours later with police keeping the peace.The airline has offered to refund the flight cost, saying the aircraft could not take off due to (unspecified) unforeseen circumstances.