VQ VKH Commenced operations February 2010 Destinations 28 Founded 2009 Fleet size 1 Hub Manchester Airport | VKH DELPHI Secondary hubs Manchester Airport Headquarters Athens, Greece Ceased operations December 5, 2011 Parent organization Viking Airlines | |
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Fly Hellas (formerly Viking Hellas Airlines) was a privately owned charter airline. Its main base is Athens International Airport.
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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.
On October 2010, its parent Viking Airlines ceased operations, attempting to resume operations in March 2011. This did not happen. During this time, in February 2011 Viking Hellas 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.
On 2 November 2011, Fly Hellas announced due to financial difficulties, they were to stop all flights for November 2011, hoping to return in December. On 5 December, it was announced that Fly Hellas would not be restarting flights and ceased all operations permanately, as well as going into administration. All 4 aircraft have been returned to their lessors.
Fleet
The Fly Hellas fleet included the following aircraft as of November 2011: