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Helvetic Airways restarts, pauses E190-E2 deliveries

Helvetic Airways (2L, Zurich) restarted scheduled operations on July 5, 2020, although initially, the Swiss carrier will operate a minimal number of flights on leisure routes as well as to the Balkans.

The carrier's initial network will include services from Berne to Palma de Mallorca, as well as from Zurich to Ohrid and Pristina. The first flight to Mallorca was operated with E190 HB-JVS (msn 19000265), Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows.

"Things are slowly starting to happen again, but it's still very unclear just how much demand there is for air travel. We will need to be very flexible and very responsive if we are to provide stable and profitable flight operations. Against this background, we are assuming that we will be able to gradually increase capacity over the next few months thanks to a destination offering that is adapted to the current conditions. In July, 20-30% of our capacity is used regularly, and we will continuously increase it in late summer," Chief Executive Tobias Pogorevc said.

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Swiss start-up carrier flyBAIR (Berne) will commence operations on July 18, after months of delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The virtual carrier announced on June 12 that its maiden flights would be between Berne and Palma de Mallorca, and Sion and Mallorca.

“The flyBAIR summer programme was adapted to the current situation together with all partners. With the adapted flight schedule for the period July-October 2020, the route network of the start-up company counts seven holiday destinations: In addition to Mallorca (from mid-July), Crete (Heraklion), and Rhodes (from mid-August) as well as Jerez, Kos Hippocrates, Menorca, and Preveza/Lefkas (from September 2020),” the carrier said.

It added that the Berne-Olbia route will not be operated during the summer of 2020. The carrier initially hoped to launch on May 2, between Berne, and Mallorca, but this had to be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic and travel restrictions, especially in Greece, Italy and Spain.

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