Bern is going Helvetic!
Starting on 16th April 2011, Helvetic will be flying to several destinations in southern Europe and North Africa from Bern Airport. Scheduled flights will serve the Apulia region once a week (Fridays). In collaboration with tour operators Kuoni and Aaretal Reisen, Helvetic will offer the following charter destinations:
Wednesdays: | Heraklion (Greece) |
Thursdays: | Kos (Greece) |
Fridays: | Preveza, Zakynthos (Greece) |
Saturdays: | Djerba (Tunisia), Olbia (Sardinia), Reus (Spain) |
Sundays: | Enfidha (Tunisia), Palma de Majorca (Spain), Mahon (Spain) |
"We have been considering Bern Airport for a long time. Together with our partners Kuoni and Aaretal Reisen, we are now able to offer the Bern region an attractive selection of destinations. Helvetic will continue to uphold its values in terms of quality, punctuality, reliability and convenience here, living up to our motto, ,Swiss quality all along the line' ", according to Bruno Jans, CEO of Helvetic Airways.
Helvetic Airways flies with Fokker 100 machines which are serviced by SR Technics and fitted with comfortable leather seats. Our generous seat allowance of 84cm gives you a business class feeling.
Tobias Pogorevc, Helvetic Airways' CFO, describes the strategy in Bern as follows: "Helvetic Airways will stay true to its tried and tested niche strategy. Up to now we have offered niche destinations abroad; from Spring 2011 we will also be serving the 'niche' destination of Bern. We believe it has great potential."
The destination Brindisi can be booked online at www.helvetic.com immediately. You will very soon be able to book complete holiday packages through our partners Kuoni or Aaretal Reisen.
Swiss regional airline Helvetic Airways provides a range of short- and medium-haul air services from various Swiss airports. The carrier deploys its Embraer E190-E2, E195-E2 and E190-E1 aircraft on scheduled, charter and wet-lease flights. At least six Helvetic Airways Embraer E190-E2s and E195-E2s are being operated in winter 2023/24 and summer 2024 on behalf of Swiss International Air Lines in summer 2023 under a long-term wet-lease agreement.
The Helvetic Airways workforce numbers over 510 employees. The company also has its own maintenance hangar and operation at Zurich Airport, which is further home to its corporate head office. The airline offers innovative part-time employment models to its cockpit and cabin personnel. For its cabin attendants these include ‘Ski&Fly’, ‘Fly&Study’ and the fully flexible ‘Fly your way’ model. Details of current vacancies at Helvetic will be found at career.helvetic.com.
Helvetic Airways has been working closely with Horizon Swiss Flight Academy AG (www.horizon-sfa.ch), which is based in Kloten, Switzerland, since 2008. Both companies are part of the Helvetic Airways Group, which is domiciled in Freienbach, Switzerland.
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