Harmony Airways was a Canadian

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headquartered in

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, a suburb of

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. It operated holiday flights from Canada to

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and

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. Its main base was

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3 April 2007

History

The airline was officially announced as HMY Airways (an

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for Harmony) by David Ting Kwok Ho in February 2002. After acquiring two Boeing 757-200 jetliners in September and November 2002, the airline's inaugural flight flew from

in November 2002. The airline was wholly owned by David Ting Kwok Ho. Throughout the mid 2000s, the airline steadily expanded, first within Canad], but it soon expanded to

and to many destinations in southern USA. Future plans included expanding into

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, but those plans were never realized. The airline was renamed Harmony Airways in May 2004. Harmony's telephone reservations were contracted to a dedicated call centre team at Vantis Corporation in Calgary, Alberta (later briefly renamed Vantis-TravelCLICK before closing down Calgary operations in October 2006). Vantis (previously known as VIP) was a third-party call centre based in Calgary before being acquired by TravelCLICK in October 2005, then having operations moved to Jamaica in October 2006. Harmony's call centre contract with Vantis-TravelCLICK ended after Harmony ceased operations in 2007. From June 2006 to October 2006, Harmony Airways leased a Bombardier CRJ-100 to operate the

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route. The aircraft was configured in a single-class 50-seat configuration, and was painted in a hybrid,

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- Harmony Airways livery. On March 27, 2007, Harmony Airways announced that it had issued layoff notices to all staff, and that it was ending scheduled flight service on April 9, 2007, due to increasing fuel costs and having a hard time attracting full-service passengers amid low-cost competition, such as WestJet. Harmony also had a hard time attracting profitable business travelers, due to a lack of a frequent flier program and lacking services to popular business destinations.

Destinations

As of October 2006, Harmony Airways had services to the following destinations:

Canada

* Alberta **

– Calgary International Airport **

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–

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(Seasonal) * British Columbia ** Abbotsford – Abbotsford International Airport **

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–

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(Seasonal) **

–

(Base) ** Victoria –

Victoria International Airport Victoria International Airport serves Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is north northwest of Victoria on the Saanich Peninsula, with the bulk of the airport (including the passenger terminal) in North Saanich, British Columbia, North Saa ...

(Seasonal) * Ontario **

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–

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United States

* California **

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–

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–

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* Hawaii **

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– Hilo International Airport **

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* Nevada **

–

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* New York **

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Fleet

The Harmony Airways fleet consisted of Boeing 757-200 aircraft. For a short period of time in 2006, Harmony Airways operated a Bombardier CRJ-100 aircraft on its

route. As of March 2007 the Harmony Airways fleet included four Boeing 757-200 aircraft. On March 22, 2007, the

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reported that Harmony Airways would reduce its fleet to three 757s. In the summer of 2007, British engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce purchased two of Harmony's 757s in order to harvest the plane's RB211-535 engines to support other customers' engine needs. Rolls-Royce then sold the remaining aircraft hulls to an American salvage company.

Services

Harmony Airways offered two classes of service on their Boeing 757-200 aircraft (the Bombardier CRJ-100 was single-class):

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and Economy class. Both classes were advertised as being full-service compared to WestJet and other low-cost alternatives.

Business class

Available on Boeing 757-200 aircraft,

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was Harmony's flagship product. Business class was sometimes marketed as ''harmonyone''. Seats had a pitch of 52 inches, and a width of 22 inches. Passengers were given personal AVOD (Audio Video On Demand) systems to use during the flight. Amenity kits were also provided.

Economy Class

Harmony Airways promoted their economy class as higher quality than other airlines, stating "We really shouldn't even use the word economy". Seats had a pitch of . Harmony gave out free headphones in Economy class that passengers could keep, to use with the

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. Complimentary hot meals were served on longer routes.

References

External links

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