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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] Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... IATA airline designators, sometimes called IATA reservation codes, are two-character codes assigned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to the worlds airlines in accordance with the provisions of Resolution 762. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with ICAO airline code. ... Most airlines employ a distinctive and internationally recognised call sign that is normally spoken during airband radio transmissions as a prefix to the flight number. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar. ... An airline hub is an airport that an airline uses as a transfer point to get passengers to their intended destination. ... Rinas Mother Teresa Airport (IATA: TIA, ICAO: LATI) (Albanian: Rinas or Rinasi) is an Airport serving Tirana, Albania and is Albanias main airport. ... A holding company is a company that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors. ... M.A. Kharafi & Sons (Mohammed Abdel mohsen Al-Kharafi & Sons WLL) is a large private company based in Kuwait with a variety of commercial interests and revenues for 2006 estimated at USD$3. ... Nickname: Coordinates: , Country Albania Founded 1614 Elevation 295 ft (90 m) Population (2005 est)[1]  - City 585,756  - Metro 700,000 Tirana (Albanian: Tiranë or Tirana) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Albania. ... An Airbus A380 of Emirates Airline An airline provides air transport services for passengers or freight. ... Nickname: Coordinates: , Country Albania Founded 1614 Elevation 295 ft (90 m) Population (2005 est)[1]  - City 585,756  - Metro 700,000 Tirana (Albanian: Tiranë or Tirana) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Albania. ... Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (Mother Teresa) (IATA: TIA, ICAO: LATI) is Albanias only international airport. ...

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 to 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 - 102. 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. Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Tyrolean Airways (German: Tiroler Luftfahrt AG) was an airline based in Innsbruck, Austria, a member of the Austrian Airlines Group and the Star Alliance. ... Dash 8 is also a series of diesel locomotives built by GE; see List of GE locomotives The de Havilland Canada Dash 8 is a series of twin-engined, medium range, turboprop airliners introduced by de Havilland Canada (DHC) in 1984. ... The State of Kuwait is a small oil-rich monarchy on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed by Saudi Arabia in the south and Iraq in the north. ... M.A. Kharafi & Sons (Mohammed Abdel mohsen Al-Kharafi & Sons WLL) is a large private company based in Kuwait with a variety of commercial interests and revenues for 2006 estimated at USD$3. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... The Airbus A320 family of short-to-medium range commercial passenger aircraft are manufactured by Airbus S.A.S.. Family members include the A318, A319, A320, and A321, as well as the ACJ business jet. ... This article is about the year. ... An Aeroflot Tu-134 sits on the tarmac The Tupolev Tu-134 (NATO reporting name Crusty) was a Russian twin-engined airliner, similar to the American Douglas DC-9. ... For the food product, see Bologna sausage. ... For other uses, see Frankfurt (disambiguation). ... Istanbul (Turkish: , Greek: , historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see other names) is Turkeys most populous city, and its cultural and financial center. ... The Palace of Youth building The building of the former Rilindja newspaper, also the tallest in PriÅ¡tina. ... For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ... For other uses of Zurich, see Zurich (disambiguation). ... The BAe 146 (also known as the Avro RJ) is a medium-sized commercial aircraft manufactured by BAE SYSTEMS. It carries its four jet engines on a high wing above the fuselage; not below, or at mid-fuselage, as on most conventional civilian aircraft. ... The BAe 146 (also known as the Avro RJ) is a medium-sized commercial aircraft manufactured by BAE SYSTEMS. It carries its four jet engines on a high wing above the fuselage; not below, or at mid-fuselage, as on most conventional civilian aircraft. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Destinations

Albanian Airlines operates the following scheduled international services (as of January 2008)^[2] January 2008 was the first month of the current year. ...

• Albania
  • Tirana (Rinas Mother Teresa Airport)
• Germany
  • Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurt International Airport)
• Greece
  • Athens (Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport)
• Italy
  • Bologna (Guglielmo Marconi Airport)
  • Rimini (Federico Fellini International Airport)
  • Rome (Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport)
  • Turin (Turin International Airport)
• Kosovo
  • • Pristina (Pristina International Airport)
• Turkey
  • Istanbul (Atatürk International Airport)
• UK
  • London (Stansted International Airport)

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offices/headquarters

Albanian Airlines has offices and headquarters in:

• Athens, Greece

• Bologna, Italy

• Frankfurt, Germany

• Istanbul, Turkey

• Priština, Kosovo

• Rome, Italy

• Turin, Italy

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Fleet

a DC-9 airplane

a Fokker 50

The Albanian Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of February 2008): February 2008 is the second month of the leap year and has yet to occur. ...

• 1 BAe 146-100 ZA-MAK
• 1 BAe 146-200 ZA-MAL
• 1 BAe 146-300 ZA-MEV
• 1 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (which is operated by Bulgarian Air Charter)

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External links

• Albanian Airlines
• Albanian Airlines Fleet

References

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