Belair (airline)

Infobox Airline
airline = Belair

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fleet_size = 3
destinations = N/A
IATA = 4T
ICAO = BHP
callsign = BELAIR
parent =
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founded = 2001
headquarters = Zürich, Switzerland
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frequent_flyer = Topbonus
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alliance = Cooperation with airberlin
website = http://www.flybelair.com/

:"another airline called Belair operated from Belarusndash 1991-1999"

Belair (Belair Airlines AG) is a charter airline based in Zürich, Switzerland. It operates charter flights worldwide for its parent company Hotelplan and ad hoc charters for third parties. Its main base is Zürich Airportcite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 84 | date= 2007-03-27] .

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 Hotelplan, who now wholly own Belair. It has 132 employees.

In March 2007, airberlin acquired a 19% shareholding in Belair, owned by tour operator Hotelplan, to enable an increase in its activities in the Swiss market. [cite news | author= David Kaminski-Morrow | title= Air Berlin LTU move driven by access to Düsseldorf | work= Flight International | page= 9 | date= 2007-04-03] Since then, Belair belongs to the airberlin group (as LTU and Niki), operating low cost medium and long-haul flights, mostly to touristic destinations.

Destinations

*Antalya (Antalya Airport)
*Cancún (Cancún International Airport)
*Djerba (Djerba-Zarzis Airport)
*Hurghada (Hurghada International Airport)
*Malé (Malé International Airport)
*Phuket (Phuket International Airport)
*Punta Cana (Punta Cana International Airport)
*Sharm el-Sheikh (Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport)
*Vancouver (Vancouver International Airport)
*Varadero (Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport)
*Zürich (Zürich Airport)

Fleet

The Belair fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2007) :

*2 Boeing 757-200 (operated by airberlin)
*1 Boeing 767-300ER (operated by airberlin)

External links

* [http://www.flybelair.com/ Belair]
* [http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/Belair_(4T_BHP)?show=all Belair Fleet Detail]

References