Albawings is an Albanian

low-cost airline A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (occasionally referred to as '' no-frills'', ''budget'' or '' discount carrier'' or ''airline'', and abbreviated as ''LCC'') is an airline that is operated with an especially high emphasis on minimizing op ...

headquartered in

Tirana Tirana ( , ; aln, Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea ...

and based at its hub at

Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza ( sq, Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Tiranës Nënë Tereza, ), often referred to as the Rinas International Airport, is one of the two main international airports of the Republic of Albania. It serves th ...

History

Albawings was founded in February 2015. Albawings was awarded the Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) by the

Albanian Civil Aviation Authority The Albanian Civil Aviation Authority (AAC) ( sq, Autoriteti i Aviacionit Civil të Shqipërisë), formerly the ''General Directorate of Civil Aviation'' ( sq, Drejtoria e Pergjithshme e Aviacionit Civil, DPAC) is the civil aviation authority of A ...

on 4 February 2016. The first aircraft of the company, a

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, 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 The Boeing 737 Classic is a series of narrow-body airliners produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, the second generation of the Boeing 737 series of aircraft. Development began in 1979 and the first variant, the 737-300, first flew in Februa ...

owned by Cardiff Aviation and it is named after Sir Norman Wisdom, who was a very popular actor for Albanians during the communist regime of Enver Hoxha, mainly for his role of Mr. Pitkin. It has been recently reported that Albawings entered a codeshare agreement with Neos for flights to

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and to New York-JFK Airport.

Destinations

The airline operates flights to several Italian destinations.

Codeshare agreements

The Italian airline Neos and Albawings established a new codeshare partnership on June 16, 2022, covering two of the company's four weekly flights between

and Milan Malpensa. Upon receiving certification from the US Department of Transportation, the two also intend to expand their codeshare arrangement to include Neos' Milan Malpensa–

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route on the codeshare agreement.

Fleet

The fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of February 2020):

References

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* {{Airlines of Albania Airlines of Albania Albanian brands Airlines established in 2015 Low-cost carriers