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'{{Infobox Airline |airline = Hi Fly |logo = Hi Fly logo.svg |logo_size = 100 |fleet_size = 10 |destinations = |IATA = 5K |ICAO = HFY |callsign = SKY FLYER |founded = {{Start date and age|2006}} |headquarters = [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]] |subsidiaries = [[Hi Fly Malta]] |key_people = <div> * Paulo Mirpuri, President * {{nowrap|Carlos Mirpuri, Vice-President}} |bases = [[Beja Airport]]<ref>{{citenews|url=http://theportugalnews.com/news/hi-fly-to-use-beja-for-parking-aeroplanes/37114|title=Hi Fly to use Beja for parking aeroplanes|work=The Portugal News Online|date=7 January 2016|accessdate=28 November 2016}}</ref> |website = [http://www.hifly.aero/en/ hifly.aero] |image=|aoc=|hubs=|focus_cities=|frequent_flyer=|parent=|num_employees=}} '''Hi Fly''' is a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[charter airline]] headquartered in [[Lisbon]].<ref>[http://www.hifly.aero/en/location-facilities.html Location & Facilities: Latino Coelho nr 1, Hi Fly Building]. hifly.com. retrieved 8 May 2015</ref> ==History== [[File:Hi Fly Portugal Airbus A330-223 CS-TQW (Mirupri Foundation livery).jpg|thumb|Hi Fly [[Airbus A330|Airbus A330-200]] in a Volvo Ocean Race/Turn the Tide on Plastic special livery]] [[File:Hi Fly Airbus A340-542 IGW CS-TFX (plain) approaching JFK Airport (operating for El Al).jpg|thumb|Hi Fly [[Airbus A340|Airbus A340-500]]]] The airline was incorporated in 2005 and concluded its initial certification process in April 2006, when it was issued with an Air Operator Certificate by the Portugal civil aviation authority, [[National Institute of Civil Aviation of Portugal|INAC]].<ref name="hifly1">{{cite web|url=http://www.hifly.aero/en/history-activity.html |title=Hi Fly - History and Activity |publisher=Hifly.aero |date= |accessdate=2014-01-01 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221174911/http://www.hifly.aero/en/history-activity.html |archivedate=2015-12-21 |df= }}</ref> Since obtaining its Air Operator's Certificate, the carrier has gained all the statutory EU-OPS (regulations specifying minimum safety and related procedures for commercial passenger and cargo fixed-wing aviation) and Federal Aviation Administration Safety Agency ([[European Aviation Safety Agency|EASA]]) approvals. It also obtained the [[IATA]] Operational Safety Audit ([[IOSA]]) certification in September 2011. Hi Fly's first aircraft was an [[Airbus A330|Airbus A330-300]] which had previously been operated by [[Air Luxor]] (which was owned by the same family that now owns Hi Fly before being sold and shut down). The aircraft was recently on contract to the [[Belgian Air Force|Air Component]] of the [[Belgian Armed Forces]] until the end of 2013. Two [[A310-300]]s were then added in 2008 and these were leased to [[Oman Air]] flying the carrier's first long-haul routes (to London/Heathrow and Bangkok). New aircraft were then delivered from Airbus in 2008 and 2009: an [[A330-200]] and two [[A340-500]]s, the latter used for approximately 5 years on behalf of [[Arik Air]] in Nigeria on its route between Lagos and New York/John F. Kennedy, painted in its colors, until Hi Fly repossessed the airframes in spring 2015. Since then, more [[Airbus A330|A330]]s and [[Airbus A340|A340]]s have also been obtained, including four in 2013. In February 2014, Hi Fly added its first narrow-body aircraft, an [[Airbus A321|A321]]-200 that has been leased to the Belgian Army in replacement of the former A330-300.<ref>[http://www.ch-aviation.ch/portal/news/24581-portugals-hi-fly-to-add-a-first-a321-200-in-february Portugal's Hi Fly to add a first A321-200 in February]. ch-aviation.com. retrieved 8 May 2015</ref> At the start of March 2013, [[Hi Fly Malta]] was created as Hi Fly's [[Malta|Maltese]] subsidiary operating a fleet of [[Airbus A340-600]]s; that division now houses a pair of A340-300s. Hi Fly's head office is located in [[Lisbon]]’s city centre. Inside are all the corporate offices plus departments for flight and ground operations, engineering and maintenance, safety, security, commercial, finance, administration as well as quality control. There are also training classrooms for flight and cabin crews. At [[Lisbon Airport]], there is a maintenance hangar operated by MESA, a group subsidiary. In May 2015, Saudi-Arabian airline [[Saudia]] immediately terminated a long-term leasing contract with Hi Fly over two [[Airbus A330]]s after one of them was seen at [[Ben Gurion Airport]] in [[Israel]] wearing the full Saudia livery. According to Israeli media reports, the A330 was undergoing routine maintenance with Israel Aerospace Industries' MRO wing Bedek as per its contract with Hi Fly. However, Arab News reported that even though the aircraft was not operating a commercial service for Saudia at the time, the Saudis claimed that Hi Fly had violated the terms of its contract by sending the jet to a country with which Saudi Arabia has no official diplomatic ties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ch-aviation.com/portal/news/37308-saudia-ends-hifly-contract-over-israel-mro-boob|title=Saudia ends HiFly contract over Israel MRO boob|author=|date=|website=ch-aviation.com}}</ref> Hi Fly subsequently returned the aircraft to its lessor along with its remaining A330-300. In the summer of 2018, Hi Fly became the first airline to order secondhand [[Airbus A380]] aircraft, placing an order for two aircraft.<ref>{{citenews|url=https://thepointsguy.com/2017/08/used-airbus-a380s-coming-soon/|title=Report: The First Used Airbus A380 Is Coming Soon|author=Genter, J.T.|publisher=[[The Points Guy]]|date=26 August 2017|accessdate=16 December 2017}}</ref> In autumn 2017, Hi Fly, in a sponsorship of the [[Turn the Tide on Plastic]] yacht team in the [[Volvo Ocean Race]], painted one of its A330s in a livery similar to the yacht, with the port side bearing a dirty oceans livery and the starboard side a clean oceans livery.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://mirpurifoundation.org/mirpuri-news/volvo-ocean-race-2017-18/new-turn-the-tide-on-plastic-aircraft/|title=New Turn the Tide on Plastic aircraft|work=Mirpuri Foundation|date=20 October 2017|accessdate=16 December 2017}}</ref> On 19 July, 2018, its newly painted Airbus A380, registered as 9H-MIP, arrived at the [[Farnborough Airshow]], carrying the Save the Coral Reefs livery.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/farnborough-colourful-hi-fly-a380-makes-air-show-a-450505/|title=PICTURES: Colourful Hi Fly A380 makes Farnborough bow|work=FLIGHTGLOBAL|date=19 July 2018}}</ref> Hi-Fly's A380 saw a brief lease to [[Norwegian Long Haul]] in August 2018, which operated the aircraft following engine problems with their Dreamliner fleet.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morris |first1=Hugh |title=Budget fliers to New York could be upgraded to luxurious first class after Norwegian forced to lease A380 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/norwegian-a380-london-new-york/ |website=The Telegraph Online |publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |accessdate=5 November 2018}}</ref> Norwegian leased the A380 again in late 2018 to help deal with the passenger backlog as a result of the [[Gatwick Airport drone incident]]. Hi Fly is testing serving passengers with compostable materials in the food and drink service rather than single-use plastic. A flight in December 2018 was the first ever without disposable cups, silverware, and containers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90286801/airline-hi-fly-makes-first-single-use-plastic-free-flight|title=The world’s first passenger flights without any single-use plastic just took off|last=Locker|first=Melissa|date=2018-12-28|website=Fast Company|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-30}}</ref> ==Destinations== Hi Fly has no scheduled destinations. It has specialised in worldwide [[aircraft lease]]s and [[Aircraft lease#Wet lease|ACMI]] services on medium to long term contracts for airlines, tour operators, governments, companies and individuals.<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | pages= 90–91 | date= 2007-04-03}}</ref> ==Fleet== As of July 2018, the Hi Fly fleet - including its subsidiary [[Hi Fly Malta]], which operates the [[Airbus A380]] - consists of the following aircraft:<ref name="fleet">[https://www.planespotters.net/airline/Hi-Fly planespotters.net - Hi Fly] retrieved 1 March 2017</ref> <center> {| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center" |+ '''Hi Fly fleet''' |- !rowspan="2"|Aircraft !rowspan="2" |In service !rowspan="2" |Orders !colspan="4"|Passengers !rowspan="2" |Notes |- !<abbr title="First class">F</abbr> !<abbr title="Business class">C</abbr> !<abbr title="Economy class">Y</abbr> !Total |- |[[Airbus A321|Airbus A321-200]] |1 |&mdash; |4 |12 |137 |153<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hifly.aero/en/a321/cs-trj.html|title=A321-231 - CS-TRJ - Fleet - Hi Fly|author=|date=|website=Hi Fly}}</ref> | |- | rowspan="4" |[[Airbus A330|Airbus A330-300]] | rowspan="4" |4 | rowspan="4" |1<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/hifly_airline/status/984448014126370816|title=Hi Fly on Twitter|author=|date=|website=twitter.com}}</ref> |&mdash; |24 |242 |266<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hifly.aero/en/a330/cs-tqw.html|title=A330-200 - CS-TQW - Fleet - Hi Fly|author=|date=|website=Hi Fly}}</ref> | rowspan="4" | |- |&mdash; |31 |267 |298<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hifly.aero/en/a330/cs-tqp.html|title=A330-200 - CS-TQP - Fleet - Hi Fly|author=|date=|website=Hi Fly}}</ref> |- |&mdash; |42 |288 |330<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hifly.aero/en/a330/cs-tfz.html|title=A330-200 - CS-TFZ - Fleet - Hi Fly|author=|date=|website=Hi Fly}}</ref> |- |&mdash; |12 |313 |325<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hifly.aero/en/a330/CS-TKW.html|title=A330-300 {{!}} 9H-AGU - Fleet|website=Hi Fly|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref> |- |{{nowrap|[[Airbus A330neo|Airbus A330-900neo]]}} |&mdash; |10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hifly.aero/en/welcoming-the-new-airbus-a330-900neo.html|title=Welcoming the New Airbus A330-900neo - Latest News - Media Centre - Hi Fly|author=|date=|website=Hi Fly}}</ref> |colspan="3"|TBA |365 | |- |[[Airbus A340|Airbus A340-300]] |2 |&mdash; |12 |42 |213 |267<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hifly.aero/en/a340/cs-tqy.html|title=A340-300 - CS-TQY - Fleet - Hi Fly|author=|date=|website=Hi Fly}}</ref> | |- |[[Airbus A340|Airbus A340-500]] |2 |— |&mdash; |36 |201 |237<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hifly.aero/en/a340/cs-tfx.html|title=A340-500 - CS-TFX - Fleet - Hi Fly|author=|date=|website=Hi Fly}}</ref> | |- |[[Airbus A380|Airbus A380-800]] |1 |— |12 |60 |399 |471 | |- <!--DO NOT ADD THE A380 AS THESE ARE REGISTERED TO HI FLY MALTA--> !Total !10 !11 ! colspan="6" | |} </center> {{clear}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commonscat-inline|Hi Fly}} *[http://www.hifly.aero/en/index.html Official website] {{Portalbar|Portugal|Companies|Aviation}} {{Airlines of Portugal}} {{IATA members|europe}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hi Fly (Airline)}} [[Category:Airlines of Portugal]] [[Category:Airlines established in 2006]] [[Category:Companies based in Lisbon]] [[Category:IATA members]]'