| Airline: | Albawings |
| Iata: | 2B |
| Icao: | AWT |
| Callsign: | ALBAWINGS |
| Founded: | February 2015 |
| Commenced: | September 2016 |
| Headquarters: | Tirana, Albania |
| Key People: |
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| Fleet Size: | 3 |
| Destinations: | 7 |
| Ceased: | January 12, 2024 |
| Num Employees: | 72[1] |
Albawings was an Albanian low-cost airline headquartered in Tirana, and was based at its hub at Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza.
Albawings was founded in February 2015.[2] Albawings was awarded the Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) by the Albanian Civil Aviation Authority on 4 February 2016.[3] [4] The first aircraft of the company, a Boeing 737-500, with which Albawings started its operations, is called "Spirit of Tirana".[5]
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.[6]
As of 12 January 2024 Albawings stopped flying.[7]
The fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of February 2020)(ZA-ALB, ZA-ALC, ZA-ALD and ZA-AWB):[8]
| Boeing 737-500 | 1 | 2016 | 2020 | stored in hangar | |
| Boeing 737-400 | 1 | 2016 | 2017 | leased from VVB Aviation Malta |