Albawings
History
Albawings was founded in February 2015. Albawings was awarded the Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) by the Albanian Civil Aviation Authority on 4 February 2016. The first aircraft of the company, a Boeing 737-500, with which Albawings started its operations, is called "Spirit of Tirana".
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.
As of 12 January 2024 Albawings stopped flying.
Fleet
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The fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of February 2020)(ZA-ALB, ZA-ALC, ZA-ALD and ZA-AWB):<ref> "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World: 4. October 2019.</ref>
Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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C | Y | Total | ||||
Boeing 737-400 | 3 | 188 | 188 | [1] | ||
Total | 3 |
Former fleet
Aircraft | total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Boeing 737-500 | 1 | 2016 | 2020 | stored in hangar |
Boeing 737-400 | 1 | 2016 | 2017 | leased from VVB Aviation Malta |