Bellview Airlines

Bellview
IATA
B3		 ICAO
BLV		 Callsign
BELLVIEW AIRLINES
Founded 1992
Ceased operations 2009
Hubs Murtala Mohammed International Airport
Focus cities Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
Port Harcourt International Airport
Frequent-flyer program Premium Club
Fleet size 8
Parent company Bellview Airlines Nig. Ltd.
Headquarters Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria
Key people Tunde Yusuf (Chairman), Kayode Odukoya (CEO)
Website http://web.archive.org/*/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]

History

In 1992, Bellview Airlines emerged from 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.

2014

In early March 2014, it was reported that Bellview Airlines will begain operations again with a joint venture with British Airways. New aircraft will be leased starting in mid-July from Iberia Airlines. Bellview Airlines will expand its service to Asia with 3 Boeing 777-200ER. The leased aircraft will part of a new expanded operation for British Airways. The other aircraft that Bellview Airlines owns is in storage and which is selling and currently on the market. Bellview Airlines has 12 orders for Airbus A320. New hubs will be announced in July 2014.

Destinations

A Boeing 767-200 of Bellview Airlines on approach of London Heathrow Airport in 2006.
A Bellview Airlines Boeing 737-200 at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in 2007.

At July 2009, Bellview Airlines offered scheduled flights to the following destinations:

Africa

Europe

Incidents and accidents

Fleet

Over the years, Bellview Airlines operated the following aircraft types:[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Contacts." Bellview Airlines. 21 April 2008. Retrieved on 27 November 2010. "CORPORATE HEAD OFFICE Bellview Plaza 66b, Opebi Road, Ikeja P.M.B 21766, Ikeja, Lagos Nigeria"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 85.
  3. ↑ Bellview Airlines at airlineupdate.com
  4. ↑ Lagos crash 2005
  5. ↑ Emergency landing
  6. ↑ Bellview Airlines historic fleet at airfleets.net

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