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| Founded | 1991 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza | ||||||
| Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
| Destinations | 5 | ||||||
| Parent company | MAK-Albania Sh. p.k. | ||||||
| Headquarters | Tirana, Albania | ||||||
| Website | http://www.albanianairlines.com.al/ | ||||||
Albanian Airlines MAK Sh. p.k. (trading as Albanian Airlines) is an airline based in Tirana, Albania. It operates scheduled international services. Its main base is Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza.[1]
History
The airline was established in May 1991 under the name of Arberia Airlines, and was the private airline of politicians for communist Albania. It was later renamed Albanian Airlines in May 1992 and started open operations to the public on 20 June 1995. It was formed as a joint venture between the Albanian state-owned Albtransport and Tyrolean Airways of Austria flying a single Austrian registered, De Havilland Canada Dash 8 - Serial Nimber 102 (OE-LGL). The aircraft were originally flown and maintained by Canadian pilots and mechanics under Austrian licences. Tyrolean opted out of the relationship in 1997, taking back the single Dash 8. Albanian Airlines was privatized in the same year and sold to Kuwaiti-based M.A. Kharafi & Sons Group. As a result, it was restructured in 1997 when its operations were based on a single Airbus A320 - 231 aircraft leased from Shorouk Air of Egypt. By 2001 it operated a fleet of 4 Tupolev Tu-134 aircraft on scheduled services from Tirana to Bologna, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Priština, Rome and Zürich. In July 2001 Albanian Airlines started upgrading its fleet by gradually removing its Tupolev aircraft and acquired its first BAe 146. Two more BAe 146 were added in 2003 and 2004. This upgrading process allowed the company to expand to new strategic markets such as Belgium and Germany.
Destinations
Albanian Airlines operates the following scheduled international services (as of January 2008)[2]
Fleet
The Albanian Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 16 July 2008) [1]:
- 1 BAe 146-100 (ZA-MAK)
- 1 BAe 146-200 (ZA-MAL)
- 1 BAe 146-300 (ZA-MEV)
- 1 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (ZA-ASA) (Wet leased from Global Aviation)
Gallery
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Albanian Airlines MD-82
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Albanian Airlines BAe 146-100
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Albanian Airlines BAe 146-200
External links
References
- ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 72.
- ^ AlbanianAirlines. "Albanian Airlines Destinations". Retrieved 2007-07-14.