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Albatros Airways Sh.p.k was a low-cost airline based in Tirana in Albania. It flew to destinations in Italy using Fokker 100 aircraft. Its main base was Rinas Mother Teresa Airport (TIA), Tirana. On 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]

Albatros Airways

IATA ICAO Callsign 4H LBW ALBANWAYS
Founded	2004
Ceased operations	2006
Hubs	Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
Fleet size	1
Destinations	8
Headquarters	Tirana, Albania
Key people	Albens Vokopola, Valer Hoxha, Aleksandër Hoxha, Tritan Anamali, Fatmir Prifti,

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 favoured Albatros Airways. ^{[citation needed]}

Destinations

These are the scheduled international destinations as of July 2006:

Domestic

 Albania

• Tirana (Rinas Mother Teresa Airport) Hub

International

 Italy

• Bari
• Milan Orio al Serio
• Pescara
• Pisa
• Rimini
• Venice
• Verona

Fleet

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

• 1 Fokker 100 (leased from Montenegro Airlines).

See also

• List of defunct airlines of Albania

References

External links

• Official website via Wayback Machine

На других языках

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[de] Albatros Airways

Albatros Airways war eine albanische Billigfluggesellschaft mit Sitz in Tirana. Sie wurde im September 2006 gegroundet .

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- [en] Albatros Airways

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[fr] Albatros Airways

Albatros Airways (code AITA : 4H ; code OACI : LBW) est une compagnie aérienne à bas coûts d'Albanie. Elle relie ce pays à l'Italie en utilisant deux Fokker F100.

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