In Summer 2010 Helvetic Airways will be flying to the Baltic Coast twice a week
Helvetic Airways will be including these destinations in its schedule in the summer of 2010 and is pressing ahead systematically with the niche strategy. From May through to October flights will be offered to the Baltic Coast every Thursday and Sunday. This will make it possible to enjoy short stays and weekend breaks in this holiday region in the North which is just waiting to be discovered.
"Switzerland is an important market for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern," explains Bernd Fischer, Managing Director of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Tourist Association. "By August we'd had around 30,000 visitors here on holiday from Switzerland - there's an enormous potential in that market." The airport's connection to tourist centres all around the Baltic Coast - like Warnemünde and Heiligendamm - the Baltic resorts on Fischland-Darß-Zingst, the island of Rügen and in the Mecklenburg lakelands, make holiday areas which were once quite isolated both for visitors from abroad and for holidaymakers from this region much more accessible. We are really pleased that Helvetic Airways is going to bring this lovely region a metaphorical step closer to Switzerland."
Helvetic Airways will put the flights on-line in the next few days at www.helvetic.com.
Swiss regional airline Helvetic Airways has been offering a range of short- and medium-haul services from Swiss airports since 2006. The airline operates Embraer E190-E2, E195-E2, E190 and E195 aircraft on scheduled, charter and wet-lease flights. Under a long-term wet-lease agreement, up to 15 Helvetic Airways aircraft operate on behalf of Swiss International Air Lines.
Helvetic Airways employs around 600 people. The company also has its own maintenance hangar at its corporate headquarters at Zurich Airport, staffed by around 60 aircraft mechanics. The airline offers innovative part-time models in the cockpit and cabin such as, for cabin crew, the Ski&Fly and Fly&Study options as well as the fully flexible Fly your way model. Current vacancies can be found at career.helvetic.com.
Helvetic Airways works closely with Horizon Swiss Flight Academy AG, based in Kloten since 2008 (www.horizon-sfa.ch). Both companies are part of the Helvetic Airways Group, headquartered in Freienbach, Switzerland.
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