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 to Heathrow Airport out of Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.[2] The airline was shut down in 2009.[3]
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Founded | 1992 | ||||||
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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 | 13 | ||||||
Parent company | Bellview Airlines Nig. Ltd. | ||||||
Headquarters | Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria | ||||||
Key people | Tunde Yusuf (Chairman), Kayode Odukoya (CEO) | ||||||
Website | https://web.archive.org/*/http://www.flybellviewair.com/ |
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 London Heathrow services[why?].
In July 2009, Bellview Airlines offered scheduled flights to the following destinations:[4]
Over the years, Bellview Airlines operated the following aircraft types:[7]