Helvetic Airways in the skies

In the 2007 / 2008 financial year, Helvetic Airways achieved a solid result from the wet lease and scheduled flight business. The ACMI partnership with Swiss International Airlines was strengthened, so that Swiss now has 3 Fokker 100s in its fleet. As a convenience airline, Helvetic Airways successfully positioned itself on the air traffic market in southern Italy, Sicily and Andalusia (Jerez de la Frontera). The airline also collaborated with various tour operators in charter traffic to offer flights to destinations in northern and southern Europe.

In 2007 / 2008, Helvetic Airways carried a total of more than 500,000 passengers. Bruno Dobler is optimistic about the summer and autumn of 2008, because the number of bookings is already significantly greater than at the same time last year.

Helvetic Airways has a strong focus on training its 120 employees. In view of the rapidly expanding air traffic, Helvetic Airways has entered into a broad agreement with the flight school Horizon Swiss Flight Academy Ltd., Bülach, Switzerland, (www.horizon-sfa.ch). In addition to training the cabin crew, they also offer comprehensive airline pilot training using state-of-the-art equipment, such as the flight simulator (D-Sim-42) and training aircraft (DA42 Twin Star).