Helvetic Airways certified for aircraft maintenance
Since 27 November, Helvetic Airways has been running its own line maintenance operation in Hangar F at Zurich airport. The "Maintenance" project came to a successful conclusion last week with the BAZL audit and EASA-145 certification. "With this extension of the value creation chain, we have achieved the autonomy and greater flexibility in operating our Fokker 100 fleet that we were aiming for", explains Bruno Jans, CEO of Helvetic Airways.
The recruitment of 35 specialists, aircraft mechanics, engineers and avionics technicians was completed within four months. Helvetic Airways now employs 180 staff (aircrew: 117; back office: 28; maintenance: 35).
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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