Albatros Airways

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Albatros Airways
IATA 4H	ICAO LBW	Callsign ALBANWAYS
Founded		2004
Hubs		Rinas Mother Teresa Airport
Fleet size		1
Destinations		8
Headquarters		Tirana, Albania
Key people		?
Website: http://www.albatrosairways.info

Albatros Airways is a low-cost airline based in Tirana in Albania. It flies to destinations in Italy using Fokker F100 aircraft. Its main base is Rinas Mother Teresa Airport (TIR), Tirana.

Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 2.1 Domestic 2.2 International 3 Fleet 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

The airline was established and started operations on 3 November 2004.

On September 1, 2006 the airline was grounded and according to local media it was advised to stop selling tickets. Albania's Civil Aviation announced, the company has debts of more than 500.000 USD. The Grounding led to heavy political controversies in Albania. The opposition and the management accused the government of having interfered against Albatros Airways violating the free market economy. The office of the President of Albania was blamed of having favored Albatros Airways.

[edit] Destinations

These are the scheduled international destinations as of July 2006:

[edit] Domestic

• Albania
  • Tirana (Rinas Mother Teresa Airport) Hub

[edit] International

• Italy
  • Bari
  • Milan-Orio
  • Pescara
  • Pisa
  • Rimini
  • Venice
  • Verona

[edit] Fleet

As of August 2006 the Albatros Airways fleet includes ^[1] :

• 1 Fokker 100 (leased from Montenegro Airlines).

[edit] References

1. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006

[edit] External links

• Albatros Airways
• Albatros Airways Fleet