Airline: | Belle Air |
Fleet Size: | 7 |
Destinations: | 24 |
Iata: | LZ |
Icao: | LBY |
Callsign: | ALBAN-BELLE |
Founded: | 2005 |
Commenced: | 2005 |
Ceased: | 24 November 2013[1] |
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]
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]
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.
As of November 2013, at the time when it ceased operations, the Belle Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft:
Aircraft | Total | Passengers | |
---|---|---|---|
Airbus A319-100 | 1 | 144 | |
Airbus A320-200 | 4 | 180 | |
ATR 72-500 | 2 | 68 | |
Total | 7 |