Hello ha sospeso tutte le operazioni di volo.

[albert]

Il comunicato sul sito della compagnia: http://www.hello.ch/emergency.html?L=1

"Hello has temporarily stopped flight operations with immediate effect

The airline Hello has temporarily stopped its flight operations. Reasons are the cancellation of large contracts, a dwindling tourism business and high fuel costs. Additionally there were serious errors of an executive manager in the finance department. Hello operated 4 Airbus A320 aircraft with approximately 140 employees. A social plan is in place.

The management and board of Hello AG have decided, to temporarily cease operation of the airline on Sunday night, 23.00 on 21st of October. Up until that point, all efforts to recapitalise the company have failed. All aircraft are currently on the ground in Switzerland. The management was able to avoid an uncontrolled breakdown of the operation. Tour Operators are informed and are already looking for alternative travel opportunities for their clients. For the approximately 140 employees a social plan in place. Also a care team is ready to support them.

The reason for the bankruptcy is the financial implosion of two large French customers, ever higher fuel costs and the strong Swiss Franc, which led to the cancellation of a large contract with Tui Germany. Also there is an increasingly fierce competition in the tourism business.

Additionally, there were serious booking keeping errors by the former Chief Financial Officer. He has left the company at the end of September. All the business figures supplied to the board and the management on a weekly and monthly basis turned out to have been incorrect. Therefore, management and board were convinced that there was sufficient funding available. However, this was not the case. A detailed assessment of the figures by the new CFO uncovered this situation. All efforts to find additional liquidity yielded no results.

The board of directors and the management are very disappointed and are regretful of this situation."

[mendris]

Il direttore di HELLO ha confermato oggi che vi sono cinque potenziali acquirenti della compagnia basilese. Avranno tempo un mese per farsi avanti. La data del fallimento è stata posticipata al 30 novembre prossimo dal tribunale competente. I 140 dipendenti avranno lo stipendio completo fino al 31.12.12. Sarà pagato con i beni personali dei membri del cda.

[mendris]

Grounding definitivo per HELLO. Non si sono trovati, infatti, investitori per un rilancio della compagnia, Rimarranno senza lavoro 155 dipendenti. Quattro A320 torneranno alla società di leasing.