{{Short description|Low-cost airline of Albania (2005–2013)}} {{About|the airline from Albania|the estate in Virginia, USA|Belle Air Plantation}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox airline |airline = Belle Air |logo = Belle Air logo.svg |logo_size = 250px |image = Belle Air Airbus A320 Wadman.jpg |caption = Airbus A320 |fleet_size = 7 |destinations = 24 |IATA = LZ |ICAO = LBY |callsign = ALBAN-BELLE |parent = |company_slogan = |founded = June 2005 |commenced = 1 March 2006 |ceased = 24 November 2013<ref name="ceasedCH">{{cite web|url=http://www.ch-aviation.ch/portal/news/23651-albanias-belle-air-ceases-operations|title=Albania's Belle Air Ceases Operations|date=28 November 2013}}</ref> |headquarters = Tirana, Albania |key_people = Arbi Xhelo, founder & CEO |hubs = {{nowrap|Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza}} |secondary_hubs = |focus_cities = |frequent_flyer = |lounge = |alliance = |website = [http://belleair.al/en/index.php belleair.al] }}

'''Belle Air Sh.p.k''' (stylized as ''belleair'') was a privately owned Albanian low-cost airline headquartered in Tirana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.belleair.eu/belleair-it/contatto.htm|title=Contatto|publisher=Belle Air|access-date=8 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004231635/http://www.belleair.eu/belleair-it/contatto.htm|archive-date=4 October 2013}}</ref>

==History== Belle Air was founded in June 2005 and launched the first scheduled connections on 1 March 2006<ref>World Airlines 2008, ''Flight International'' supplement, Reed Business Information Ltd.</ref>. It ceased operations on 24 November 2013 .<ref name="ceasedCH"/><ref name="ceased">{{cite web|url=http://www.belleair.it/|title=Customer notice on the main page|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131128220430/http://www.belleair.it/|archive-date=28 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last= Dron|first=Alan|title=Albanian carrier halts services|url=http://atwonline.com/airlines/albanian-carrier-halts-services|work=Air Transport World|date= 25 November 2013|archivedate=7 December 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207203232/http://atwonline.com/airlines/albanian-carrier-halts-services}}</ref> Their fleet has been returned to the lessors.<ref name="ceasedCH"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anna.aero/2008/11/14/new-routes-launched-during-the-last-week-sat-8-nov-fri-14-nov/|title=New routes launched during the last week (Saturday 8 November – Friday 14 November)|work=Anna.aero|accessdate=5 April 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ch-aviation.ch/portal/news/23681-belle-air-europe-suspends-flights-as-well|title=Belle Air Europe suspends flights as well|date=10 December 2013}}</ref>

==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.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

==Fleet== [[File:British Aerospace BAe 146-300, Belle Air (Hemus Air) JP6480647.jpg|thumb|right|British Aerospace BAe 146-300]]

[[File:ATR 72-212A(500), Belle Air JP7604770.jpg|thumb|right|ATR 72]]

As of November 2013, at the time when it ceased operations, the Belle Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft:{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;" |+ Belle Air former fleet |- style="background:silver;" ! Aircraft ! style="width:25px;"|Total ! Passengers |- |Airbus A319-100 |align=center|1 |align=center|144 |- |Airbus A320-200 |align=center|4 |align=center|180 |- |ATR 72-500 |align=center|2 |align=center|68 |- |'''Total''' |align=center|'''7''' | |}

== See also == * List of defunct airlines of Albania

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Belle Air}} * [http://www.belleair.al/ Official website]

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