Face masks now required on all Helvetic Airways flights
The corresponding ordinance entered into effect on Monday 6 July and stipulates that face masks must be worn on all Swiss public transport. To ensure continuous health protection to and from Switzerland, Helvetic Airways has also adopted the new ordinance and now requires travellers to wear a face mask aboard any Helvetic Airways aircraft. The new requirement comes into effect today, is valid until further notice and applies to all flights and all passengers.
Helvetic Airways encourages its passengers to wear their own protective mask that covers both the mouth and the nose. Masks must be worn when boarding, during the flight and while deplaning. Children under six and persons who cannot wear a mask for medical reasons are exempted from the new provisions.
Helvetic Airways further advises its passengers to continue to follow the hygiene recommendations issued by the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health. All specific information regarding travelling by air in these COVID-19 times will be found on the Helvetic Airways website at www.helvetic.com/en/covid-19.
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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