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30 March 2010

Helvetic Airways is expanding

Helvetic Airways is expanding its existing fleet of four Fokker 100 by an additional two aircraft of the same type. The 50% expansion in capacity will come into service from May/June 2010, principally for deployment in charter and scheduled flights. The additional Fokker 100's are an ideal addition of our fleet as, thanks to their identical configuration, the uniformity of the fleet is retained. "Passengers with Helvetic Airways value not only good service, but the generous seat spacing and high level of in-cabin comfort", as CEO Bruno Jans knows.

In the months to come, the staff complement of the flight company will be raised by thirty full-time jobs to 150 employees. Recruiting and training of flight crew is fully under way. "On the one hand, Helvetic Airways will recruit experienced pilots, and on the other we benefit from working closely together with Horizon Swiss Flight Academy", explains CFO Tobias Pogorevc.

In the current business year 2009-2010, ending in March, numbers of passengers carried and passenger load factor have each increased in comparison with last year and for the third year in succession Helvetic Airways achieved a cash flow of around 5 million Swiss Francs.

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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