Albawings

Albawings

Albawings

Albanian low-cost airline

Albawings is an Albanian low-cost airline headquartered in Tirana and based at its hub at Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza.

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History

Albawings was founded in February 2015.[2] Albawings was awarded the Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) by the Albanian Civil Aviation Authority on 4 February 2016.[3][4] The first aircraft of the company, a Boeing 737-500, with which Albawings started its operations, is called "Spirit of Tirana".[5]

On 11 December 2016, the second aircraft was delivered by Bruce Dickinson. The leased plane was a Boeing 737-400 owned by Cardiff Aviation and it is named after Sir Norman Wisdom, who was a popular actor for Albanians during the communist regime of Enver Hoxha, mainly for his role of Mr. Pitkin.[6]

Destinations

As of 12 January 2024 Albawings stopped flying. However on the start of April 2024, they started to fly again.


Fleet

Albawings Boeing 737-500

The fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of February 2020)(ZA-ALB, ZA-ALC, ZA-ALD and ZA-AWB):[7]

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Former fleet

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References

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    "Albawings - Overview, Competitors, and Employees". apollo.io. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
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    "About - Albawings". Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
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    "Start-up Albawings takes delivery of first B737 aircraft". Retrieved 21 February 2017.
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    "airlinersphotostream.com". Archived from the original on 2016-10-14. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
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    Italiavola (7 March 2016). "Albawings.com, il Boeing 737/500 Spirit of Tirana". Retrieved 21 February 2017.
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    Pyke, Chris (12 December 2016). "Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson flies the Sir Norman Wisdom to Albania". Retrieved 21 February 2017.
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    "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World: 4. October 2019.

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