Belle Air Explained

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]

History

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

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:

Belle Air former fleet[7]
AircraftTotalPassengers
Airbus A319-1001144
Airbus A320-2004180
ATR 72-500268
Total7

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Albania's Belle Air Ceases Operations. 28 November 2013.
  2. Web site: Contatto. Belle Air. 8 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20131004231635/http://www.belleair.eu/belleair-it/contatto.htm. 4 October 2013.
  3. Web site: Customer notice on the main page. https://web.archive.org/web/20131128220430/http://www.belleair.it/. 28 November 2013.
  4. News: Dron. Alan. Albanian carrier halts services. Air Transport World. 25 November 2013. 7 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131207203232/http://atwonline.com/airlines/albanian-carrier-halts-services.
  5. Web site: New routes launched during the last week (Saturday 8 November - Friday 14 November). Anna.aero. 5 April 2015.
  6. Web site: Belle Air Europe suspends flights as well. 10 December 2013.
  7. Web site: Operator Aircraft List Albania. Planespotters.net. 4 January 2011. 10 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150810122846/http://www.planespotters.net/Production_List/Country/Albania. dead.