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Founded | 2005 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 2005 | ||||||
Ceased operations | 24 November 2013 | ||||||
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.
History
Belle Air was founded in 2005. It ceased operations on 24 November 2013 . Their fleet has been returned to the lessors. 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.
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
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
- ^ "Albania's Belle Air Ceases Operations". 28 November 2013.
- "Contatto". Belle Air. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- "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.
- "Operator Aircraft List Albania". Planespotters.net. Archived from the original on 10 August 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
External links
Media related to Belle Air at Wikimedia Commons
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