Belle Air
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| Founded | June 2005 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 1 March 2006 | ||||||
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.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 June 2005 and launched the first scheduled connections on 1 March 2006[3]. It ceased operations on 24 November 2013 .[1][4][5] Their fleet has been returned to the lessors.[1][6] 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.[7]
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
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As of November 2013, at the time when it ceased operations, the Belle Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft:
| Aircraft | Total | Passengers |
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| Airbus A319-100 | 1 | 144 |
| Airbus A320-200 | 4 | 180 |
| ATR 72-500 | 2 | 68 |
| Total | 7 |
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "Albania's Belle Air Ceases Operations". 28 November 2013.
- ↑ "Contatto". Belle Air. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- ↑ World Airlines 2008, Flight International supplement, Reed Business Information Ltd.
- ↑ "Customer notice on the main page". Archived from the original on 28 November 2013.
- ↑ Dron, Alan (25 November 2013). "Albanian carrier halts services". Air Transport World. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013.
- ↑ "New routes launched during the last week (Saturday 8 November – Friday 14 November)". Anna.aero. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ↑ "Belle Air Europe suspends flights as well". 10 December 2013.
External links
Media related to Belle Air at Wikimedia Commons
