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HLX.com (formerly Hapag-Lloyd Express) is a no-frills, high-frequency, express airline based in Hannover, Germany. It is a subsidiary of TUIfly, a part of TUI AG. TUIfly groups Arkefly (Holland), Jetairfly (Belgium), Hapagfly and HLX.com (Germany), Thomsonfly (United Kingdom), TUIfly Nordic (Sweden), and Corsairfly (France) with a fleet of more than hundred aircraft.

HLX operates services within Germany and to destinations in Europe. Its main bases are Cologne Bonn Airport and Hannover Airport, with another hub at Stuttgart Airport.

Code Data

• IATA Code: X3
• ICAO Code: HLX
• Callsign: Excellence

History

Hapag-Lloyd Express was established in 2002 and started operations in December 2002. Its main competitors are more established no-frills carriers such as Ryanair and Easyjet, as well as the other recent low-cost startups such as Germanwings and Basiq Air. It is currently engaged in a price war with these carriers. In an attempt to win this price war, it expanded rapidly in the first half of 2004, announcing many new routes that it viewed as underserved by other airlines, including routes from Dublin to Hamburg and Stuttgart. It is a subsidiary of TUI AG, which also includes the Hapag-Lloyd cargo container line and cruise line, and the charter airline, Hapagfly. In November 2005 it's rebranded as 'HLX.com' due to the new marketingstrategy of the TUIfly alliance.

Services

HLX.com operates the following services (at July 2006):

• Domestic scheduled destinations: Berlin (Tegel International Airport), Cologne, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig, Munich, Sylt and Stuttgart.

• International scheduled destinations: Bari, Bilbao, Birmingham, Cagliari, Catania, Dublin, Dubrovnik, Genoa, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Manchester, Marseille, Milan (Malpensa International Airport), Naples, Nador, Newcastle, Olbia, Oporto, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Paris (Orly Airport), Pisa, Rijeka, Rimini, Rome (Ciampino Airport), Salzburg, Stockholm (Stockholm-Arlanda Airport), Valencia and Venice.

Fleet

The Hapag-Lloyd Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (at July 2006):

• 5 Boeing 737-500
• 8 Boeing 737-700
• 3 Boeing 737-800
• 2 Fokker 100

• TUI AG has leased 2 new Boeing 737-700 from ILFC for 6 years. The aircraft are to be delivered to Hapag Lloyd Express or Hapagfly in March and April 2007.

Livery

Hapag-Lloyd Express aeroplanes are highly recognisable with a distinctive "New York taxi" style look -- a chequered black and white line wrapped around a yellow body, aiming to convey the image of quick, cheap point-to-point service.

The majority of the fleet (wet-lease) is operated by Germania (Germania Fluggesellschaft mbH (ST/GMI)).

External links

• [HLX.com]
• [TUIfly]
• [HLX.com Fleet]
• [HLX.com Passenger Opinions]

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