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Helios' Christmas donation to charity SmileTrain
Monday, 04 January 2010 12:23
Thanks to all of you who took part in our Christmas caption competition.

We were pleased that our picture below inspired many of you and were delighted to receive over 60 captions from customers, colleagues in the industry and suppliers alike. Here at the office we had fun reading them all and we've selected a few below for your enjoyment too!

As a result of all the captions received we are pleased to announce that we have donated £825 to Smile Train, the world's leading cleft charity. This money will go towards providing cleft surgery for five children and training one surgeon.

Happy New Year from us all at Helios!

FAA inspection


  • "No, we cannot accept a glowing red nose as acceptable low viz landing equipment!"
  • "And this button does what!!!?"
  • "This guy keeps mentioning FIR tree navigation; doesn't he mean I-F-R?'"
  • “I don’t care how far you have travelled Mr Claus, we are not giving you the air miles”!
  • "I'm afraid without any reindeer we can not give your COA."
  • "Only one red navigation light, where's the green one?"
  • "We clearly said it was only licensed for sub-orbital flights, Mr Branson."
  • "Is this certifiable as a aerial vehicle under the SESAR ConOps?"
  • "What do you mean you don’t need de-icing equipment? "
  • "[from the left] - hurry up guys, it's our turn to have our photo taken now…" 
  • "Where's the starter on this thing so I can get it out of the way of my executive jet?"
  • "Near disaster as reindeer droppings obscure TCAS gauge"
  • "Anchorage?!!! You're kidding me?!!! My Ryanair ticket says North Pole International!"

With programmes in 75 of the world's poorest countries Smile Train provides free surgery for children affected by cleft lip and palate. Helios is pleased to support Smile Train in bringing new smiles and new hope to thousands of children all over the world.

Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images