Belair (airline)
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| Founded | 2001 | |||
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| Hubs | Zürich Airport | |||
| Frequent-flyer program | topbonus | |||
| Alliance | cooperation with Air Berlin | |||
| Fleet size | 9 | |||
| Destinations | 10 | |||
| Headquarters | 8152 Glattbrugg, Switzerland | |||
| Website | www.airberlin.com | |||
Belair (Belair Airlines AG) is an airline headquartered in Glattbrugg, Opfikon, Switzerland.[1] It operates scheduled flights on behalf of Air Berlin and ad hoc charters for third parties. Its main base is Zürich Airport[2].
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[edit] History
The airline was established and started operations on 3 November 2001. It was formed on the demise of the SAirGroup out of its leisure carrier Balair by one of Balair's largest customers, the holiday tour operator Hotelplan. It has 313 employees (as of December 2011)[2].
In March 2007, German airline Air Berlin acquired a 49 per cent shareholding in Belair (with Hotelplan holding the other 51 per cent), to enable an increase in its activities in the Swiss market.[3] Since then, Belair belongs to the Air Berlin Group (as LTU International and Niki), operating low cost medium haul flights to holiday destinations. Aside of these scheduled operations, Belair operates extensive charter service (medium to long haul).
[edit] Destinations
As of May 2011, Belair operates scheduled flights to the following destinations[4]:
[edit] Africa
- Hurghada - Hurghada International Airport
- Luxor - Luxor International Airport
- Marsa Alam - Marsa Alam International Airport
- Sharm el-Sheikh - Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport
- Nador - Nador International Airport [seasonal]
- Djerba - Djerba-Zarzis International Airport [seasonal]
- Enfidha - Enfidha – Hammamet International Airport [seasonal]
[edit] Western Asia
- Antalya - Antalya Airport [seasonal]
- Bodrum - Milas-Bodrum Airport [seasonal]
[edit] Europe
- Basel - EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg base
- Geneva - Geneva International Airport
- Zürich - Zurich Airport base
[edit] Fleet
The Belair fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of May 2011)[5]:
All Belair aircraft are painted in Air Berlin colors. The average fleet age of Belair is 3.9 years as of April 2009.
[edit] References
- ^ About Belair." Air Berlin. Retrieved on 21 June 2009.
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 84. 27 March 2007.
- ^ David Kaminski-Morrow (3 April 2007). "Air Berlin LTU move driven by access to Düsseldorf". Flight International: p. 9.
- ^ Air Berlin timetable. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
- ^ http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=4T&al_op=1 Belair fleet list at ch-aviation.ch. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
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