Helios Airways
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Helios Airways (IATA: ZU, ICAO: HCY, and Callsign: Helios) is a low-cost airline operating scheduled and charter flights from Larnaca and Paphos in Cyprus. It was established in 1999 as the first independent privately-owned airline in Cyprus and in May 2000 operated its first charter flight to London Gatwick. Helios was acquired in 2004 by Libra Holidays Group of Limassol, Cyprus.
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Services
Helios Airways operates the following services (as of February 2005):
- Scheduled services to Athens, Birmingham, Dublin, London Gatwick, London Heathrow, London Luton, Manchester, Sofia, Thessaloniki and Warsaw
- Charter services to Amsterdam, Bristol, Cairo, Humberside, Kristianstad, Newcastle and Stockholm
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Fleet
On August 15, 2005 the Helios Airways fleet consisted of:
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Incidents
- December 20, 2004. A Helios Boeing 737-300 registered as 5B-DBY suffers a loss of cabin pressure en route from Warsaw. Three passengers are rushed to hospital when the plane lands in Larnaca, Cyprus.
- 14 August 2005. The same aircraft crashes en route from Larnaca to Athens, killing all 121 aboard. Loss of cabin pressure is suspected to be the cause.
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