Hellenic Airlines
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| Founded | 1947 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 1951 | ||||||
| Hubs | Athens Hellenikon Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 8 | ||||||
| Destinations | 16 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Athens, Greece | ||||||
| Key people | General Tsarpalis | ||||||
Hellenic Airlines (
TAE Greek National Airlines
in 1951.
History
Queen Frederika
are in the background.In the post-
Air Transport of Greece (Greek: Αεροπορικαί Μεταφοραί Ελλάδος) and Daedalus Airlines (Greek: Δαίδαλος).[2]
Hellenic Airlines was a joint-operation with Scottish Aviation, Ltd., which took a 40% stake in the company and the Greek state and armed forces jointly held 60% of the company. From its base in Prestwick, Scotland, Scottish Aviation trained the Greek crews and maintained the company's fleet.
Hellenic Airlines operated twice-weekly services from
The Greek airline market in the 1940s and 50s was not robust and the
TAE Greek National Airlines
.
Destinations
Hellenic Airlines flew from Scotland to Greece and beyond to Egypt, Cyprus and Israel.
Domestic service
 Greece
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International service
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Cyprus
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Fleet
The fleet consisted on one converted ex-
B-24 Liberator used on international services from London - Athens and then on to Egypt and six Douglas DC-3s
used for domestic service and to Cyprus and Tel Aviv.
| Aircraft | Total | Type | Notes |
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| Douglas DC-3 | 6 | Propeller aircraft | |
B-24 Liberator
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2 | Propeller aircraft | SX-DAA "Maid of Athens"
SX-DAB |
References
- ^ a b ""Hellas" Hellenic Airlines". March 1950 Timetable. Hellenic Airlines. March 4, 1950. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ^ Daloumi, Elias. "Greek Airline Companies" (in Greek). Retrieved 2008-09-20.
- ^ "Flight Advertisements". Flight: 699–700. December 7, 1947. Archived from the original on Oct 14, 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2009 – via FlightGlobal.
- ^ "Greek Skies". 2005. Archived from the original on 2007-09-06. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
