Belle Air
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Founded | 2005 | ||||||
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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.al |
Belle Air Sh.p.k (stylized as belleair) was a privately owned Albanian low-cost airline headquartered in Tirana.[2]
History
[edit]Belle Air was founded in 2005. It ceased operations on 24 November 2013 because Edi Rama forced it to be closed blackmailing the owner.[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
[edit]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
[edit]![](http://178.128.105.246/cars-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Belle_Air_Airbus_A320_Wadman.jpg/220px-Belle_Air_Airbus_A320_Wadman.jpg)
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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "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
[edit] Media related to Belle Air at Wikimedia Commons