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| Founded | 1992 | |||
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| Ceased operations | 2010 | |||
| Hubs | Murtala Mohammed International Airport | |||
| Focus cities | Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Port Harcourt International Airport |
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| Frequent-flyer program | Premium Club | |||
| Fleet size | 2 (at closure) | |||
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| Parent company | Bellview Airlines Nig. Ltd. | |||
| Headquarters | Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria | |||
| Key people | Tunde Yusuf (Chairman), Kayode Odukoya (CEO) | |||
| Website | http://www.flybellviewair.com/ | |||
Bellview Airlines was an airline headquartered at Bellview Plaza in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria.[1] Founded in 1992 and having had 308 employees,[2] it operated scheduled passenger flights within Africa as well as to London out of Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.[2] The airline was shut down in 2009.[3]
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In 1992, Bellview Airlines emerged out of Bellview Travels Limited, a Lagos based travel agency, originally concentrating on offering executive charter services using a single Yakovlev Yak-40 aircraft. In 1993 scheduled domestic passenger services commenced with a leased Douglas DC-9-30. In order to expand further, a subsidiary in Sierra Leone was founded in 1995, which later merged back into its parent company.
The Government of Nigeria set a deadline of April 30, 2007, for all airlines operating in the country to re-capitalise to avoid being grounded, in an effort to ensure better services and safety. Bellview Airlines satisfied the criteria of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and was subsequently re-registered for operation.
In October 2009 Bellview Airlines suspended all operations following the suspension of its London Heathrow services.
At July 2009, Bellview Airlines offered scheduled flights to the following destinations:
Over the years, Bellview Airlines operated the following aircraft types:[6]
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