Belle Air

This article is about an airline from Albania. For an airline from Switzerland with a similar name, see Belair (airline).
Belle Air
IATA ICAO Callsign
LZ LBY ALBAN-BELLE
Founded 2005
Commenced operations 2005
Ceased operations 24 November 2013[1]
Hubs Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
Fleet size 7
Destinations 24
Headquarters Tirana, Albania
Key people Arbi Xhelo, Founder & CEO
Website belleair.eu

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 stating economic difficulties.[1][3][4] Their fleet has been returned to the lessors.[1] Arbi Xhelo, an Albanian businessman, was the former Accountable Manager of Belle Air.[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.

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 fleet[7]
Aircraft active Passengers
Airbus A319-100 3 144
Airbus A320-200 2 180
ATR 72-500 2 68
Total 7

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "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.

External links

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