Belair

another airline called Belair operated from Belarus – 1991-1999

Belair (Belair Airlines AG) is a charter airline headquartered in Glattbrugg, Opfikon, Switzerland.^[1] It operates charter flights for its parent company Hotelplan and ad hoc charters for third parties. Its main base is Zürich Airport^[2].

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 224 employees (as of December 2008)^[2].

In March 2007, 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) for Hotelplan.

Destinations

There are the following scheduled services by Belair (which are traded by Air Berlin)

• Antalya (Antalya Airport) [seasonal]
• Hamburg (Hamburg Airport) [begins November 2009]
• Hurghada (Hurghada International Airport)
• Marsa Alam (Marsa Alam International Airport) (from November vía Hamburg)
• Sharm el-Sheikh (Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport) [seasonal]
• Zürich (Zürich Airport) hub

Fleet

The Belair fleet consists of the following aircraft (at April 2009)<[1] :

• 1 Airbus A319-100
• 2 Airbus A320-200
• 2 Boeing 757-200 (operated for Air Berlin) to be replaced by 3 further Airbus A320 family aircraft
• 1 Boeing 767-300ER (operated for Air Berlin) to be phased out

The average fleet age of Belair is 5.9 years as of April 2009.

External links

• About Belair - Air Berlin
• Belair Fleet Detail

References

1. ^ About Belair." Air Berlin. Retrieved on 21 June 2009.
2. ^ ^{a b} "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 84. 2007-03-27. 
3. ^ David Kaminski-Morrow (2007-04-03). "Air Berlin LTU move driven by access to Düsseldorf". Flight International: p. 9. 

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