Belle Air

This article is about the airline from Albania. For the estate in Virginia, USA, see Belle Air Plantation.

Belle Air
IATA ICAO Call sign
LZ LBY ALBAN-BELLE
Founded2005
Commenced operations2005
Ceased operations24 November 2013[1]
HubsTirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
Fleet size7
Destinations24
HeadquartersTirana, Albania
Key peopleArbi Xhelo, founder & CEO
Websitebelleair.al

Belle Air Sh.p.k (stylized as belleair) was a privately owned Albanian low-cost airline headquartered in Tirana.[2]

History

Belle Air was founded in 2005. It ceased operations on 24 November 2013 .[1][3][4] Their fleet has been returned to the lessors.[1][5] Belle Air Europe was a sister company to the airline, founded in 2009 and based in Ancona, Italy. It ceased operations two days after the parent company.[6]

Destinations

Belle Air operated international flights on scheduled services to several cities in Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Switzerland and the UK out of Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza.[citation needed]

Fleet

Belle Air Airbus A320-200

As of November 2013, at the time when it ceased operations, the Belle Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft:

Belle Air former fleet[7]
Aircraft Total Passengers
Airbus A319-100 1 144
Airbus A320-200 4 180
ATR 72-500 2 68
Total 7

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Albania's Belle Air Ceases Operations". 28 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Contatto". Belle Air. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Customer notice on the main page". Archived from the original on 28 November 2013.
  4. ^ Dron, Alan (25 November 2013). "Albanian carrier halts services". Air Transport World. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013.
  5. ^ "New routes launched during the last week (Saturday 8 November - Friday 14 November)". Anna.aero. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Belle Air Europe suspends flights as well". 10 December 2013.
  7. ^ "Operator Aircraft List Albania". Planespotters.net. Archived from the original on 10 August 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2011.

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