Belle Air

Belle Air
Founded	2005
Commenced operations	2005
Hubs	Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
Secondary hubs	Pristina International Airport Adem Jashari
Fleet size	7 (+ 1 order)
Destinations	35
Headquarters	Tirana, Albania
Key people	A. Xhelo (founder & CEO)
Website	www.belleair.it

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This article is about an airline from Albania. For an airline from Switzerland with a similar name, see Belair (airline).

Belle Air Sh.p.k. (stylized belleair) is a privately owned low-cost airline, founded in 2005, having its head office in Tirana, Albania,.^[1] Belle Air operates international flights on scheduled service to several cities in Italy, Germany, Switzerland, UK, Greece, Belgium and Kosovo^[a] out of Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza. Belle Air Europe branding that was introduced in 2009, is operating flights to Italy, Germany, France and Belgium)^[2] out of Pristina International Airport Adem Jashari. Also, a limited number of charter services to Egypt and Turkey is offered.^[3] Belle Air is currently the only operating Albanian airline. It can be said to be the Albanian Flag Carrier List of active airlines from Albania at planespotters.net</ref>

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A Belle Air BAe 146-200 at Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (2007). This aircraft type was included in the airline's fleet between 2007 and 2009.^[4]

As of January 2012, the Belle Air fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 11.2 years:^[5]

**Belle Air fleet**^[6]
Aircraft	In Service	Orders	Passengers
Airbus A319-132	2	0	144
Airbus A320-233	2	1	180
ATR 72-500	2	0	68
McDonnell Douglas MD-82	1	0	164
Total	7	1

^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. The latter declared independence on 17 February 2008, while Serbia claims it as part of its own sovereign territory. Its independence is recognised by 88 UN member states.