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- For the similarly named American coal mine, see Belle Ayr Mine.
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| Founded | 2005 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza | ||||||
| Secondary hubs | Pristina International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
| Destinations | 21 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Tirana, Albania | ||||||
| Key people | Arbi Xhelo | ||||||
| Website | http://www.belleair.al | ||||||
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Belle Air Sh. p.k. is a low-cost airline based in Tirana, Albania, operating international flights to several cities in Italy, as well as Greece, Turkey and Kosovo. It is privately owned and its main base is Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza.[1]
Destinations
Belle Air is flying from Tirana to the following destinations:[2]
Italy
- Ancona (Ancona Airport)
- Bari (Bari International Airport)
- Bologna (Bologna Airport)
- Bergamo (Orio al Serio Airport)
- Cuneo (Cuneo Levaldigi Airport)
- Florence (Peretola Airport)
- Forlì (Forlì Airport)
- Genoa (Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport)
- Milan (Malpensa International Airport)
- Parma (Parma Airport)
- Perugia (San Egidio Airport)
- Pisa (Galileo Galilei International Airport)
- Rome (Leonardo da Vinci Airport)
- Treviso (Treviso Airport)
- Trieste (Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport)
- Verona (Verona Airport)
Fleet
The Belle Air fleet includes the following aircraft (as of 31 March 2009):
- 1 ATR 42-300 (operated by Hemus Air)
- 1 ATR 72-500 (To be delivered in June 2009)
- 1 BAe 146-200 (operated by Hemus Air)
- 1 BAe 146-300 (operated by Hemus Air)
- 1 McDonnell Douglas MD-82
- 1 Airbus A319 (to start operations on 20 June 2009)
- 2 Airbus A320 (to start operations in april and May 2009)
Incidents and accidents
On August 17, 2007, Belle Air Flight LBY 601, a MD 80, destined for Antalya (Turkey), returned to its departure point, Tirana International Airport, after 33 minutes of flight for technical reasons. No passengers were hurt.[3]
On February 20, 2008, the motor of a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 leaving from Verona to Tirana caught fire just before takeoff from Verona Airport. All the passengers were safely evacuated. Preliminary reports indicate that this may have been caused due to an oil leakage from a damaged hydraulic pipe.[4] [5]
External links
References
- ^ Flight International Directory: World Airlines, p.85, 27 March 2007
- ^ [1]
- ^ Ministria e Puneve Publike, Transportit dhe Telekomunikacionit. Tirane, Shqiperi
- ^ www.VIVICASELLE.eu: Motore a fuoco. Emergenza al Catullo
- ^ md80.it - belleair
