Balair (ii)

Balair was formed in 1953 & began operations the same year.as a flying school and pilot training organisation. Commercial service began with a Vickers Viking in Jun1957

[CTA was formed in Sep1978 to succeed the privately owned charter airline SATA. Operations began on 02Nov1978. Merged with BALAIR ( formed in 1953) to form BALAIR – CTA. Merger split and the airlines went back to their respective names. [On the demise of the SAirGroup, Hotelplan took Balair and CTA and renamed it to BELAIR. Belair was registered in the Swiss Commercial Register on 16Oct2001 & operations started on 03Nov2001. Belair plans to cease operations on 31Oct2017. Its bankrupt parent company Air Berlin terminated Belair on 28Oct2017]]