Albatros Airways

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	Albens Vokopola, Valer Hoxha, Aleksandër Hoxha, Tritan Anamali, Fatmir Prifti,
Website	http://www.albatrosairways.info

Albatros Airways Sh. p.k. was a low-cost airline based in Tirana in Albania. It flew to destinations in Italy using Fokker F100 aircraft. Its main base was Rinas Mother Teresa Airport (TIR), Tirana. In 1 September 2006 the airline was grounded, only with one phone call on 31 August 2006, by the Albanian aviation authorities because of unpaid airport and air traffic control fees.^[1]

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

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. 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.

Destinations

These are the scheduled international destinations as of July 2006:

Domestic

• Albania
  • Tirana (Rinas Mother Teresa Airport) Hub

International

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

Fleet

As of August 2006 the Albatros Airways fleet includes:^[2]

• 1 Fokker 100 (leased from Montenegro Airlines).

External links

• Albatros Airways

References

1. ^ CH-Aviation 9 September 2006
2. ^ Flight International, 3–9 October 2006

Airlines of Albania Belle Air See also Defunct airlines of Albania

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