Bellview Airlines

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Bellview
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IATA ICAO Callsign
assigned to different airlines Bhutan AirlinesBLVBELLVIEW AIRLINES
Founded1992
Ceased operations2009
Hubs Murtala Mohammed International Airport
Focus cities Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
Port Harcourt International Airport
Cairo International Airport
Julius Nyerere International Airport
Frequent-flyer program Premium Club
Fleet size21 (When ceased operation)
Parent company Bellview Airlines Nig. Ltd.
Headquarters Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria
Key peopleTunde Yusuf (Chairman), Kayode Odukoya (CEO)
Website https://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[ when? ], [2] it operated scheduled passenger flights within Africa as well as international flights to London Heathrow Airport; Amsterdam Airport Schiphol; Dubai International Airport; Madrid–Barajas Airport; Düsseldorf Airport and Madrid–Barajas Airport out of Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. [2] The airline was shut down in 2009. [3]

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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 .[ citation needed ]

In October 2009, Bellview Airlines suspended all operations following the suspension of its international routes [ why? ]

Destinations

A Boeing 767-200 of Bellview Airlines on approach of London Heathrow Airport in 2006. Boeing 767-241-ER, Bellview Airlines AN1075402.jpg
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. Bellview Airlines Sierra Leone Boeing 737-200 Iwelumo.jpg
A Bellview Airlines Boeing 737-200 at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in 2007.

In July 2009, Bellview Airlines offered scheduled flights to the following destinations: [4]

Africa

Europe

Incidents and accidents

Fleet

Over the years, Bellview Airlines operated the following aircraft types:
AircraftIn serviceRetiredPassengersNotes
FCYTotal
Yakovlev Yak-40 11993———24The aircraft was sold for parts.
Douglas DC-9-30 119981684100The aircraft was scrapped.
Airbus A300-600 32009—28238266Register # 5N-BVU, 5N-BVV, 5N-BVX.
Boeing 737-200 520098—106114
Boeing 737-300 4200912—116128
Boeing 767-200ER 32009—18186204Register #'s 5N-BGH-Stored, PP-VNS Sold to Varig Airlines, 5N-BHC-Returned to the lessor.
Boeing 767-300ER 220091824178220Both aircraft sold to Japan Airlines as J614 and J615.

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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. 1 2 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International . 2007-03-27. p. 85.
  3. ↑ Bellview Airlines at airlineupdate.com Archived 2012-09-04 at archive.today
  4. ↑ "Bellview Airlines: A tale of life, peak and plunge". ATQ News. 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  5. ↑ Lagos crash 2005
  6. ↑ Nzeshi, Andy Ekugo And Onwuka (2006-01-03). "Nigeria: FG Clears Chanchangi, Converts Bellview License Revocation to Suspension". This Day (Lagos). Retrieved 2017-08-29.
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