Albanian Airlines, as the National Flag Carrier of Albania, has a MISSION to provide safe, efficient, qualitative, reliable and punctual air-travel services to its customers. Albanian Airlines was founded as a joint venture in 1992. Albanian Airlines aims at becoming the leader in local and regional air market.

• The commercial company “ALBANIAN AIRLINES MAK” SH.P.K.  was established in Tirana - Albania on 20 June 1995 through the Verdict No. 11289 of the First Instance Court of Tirana. Its activity was granted by a Purchasing Agreement signed between former ALBANIAN AIRLINES and  MAK  Aviation BV which was declared winner of the bid amongst 13 commercial companies.

Former Albanian Airlines was a joint-venture company established in 1992 by ALBTRANSPORT- a state enterprise under the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications of Republic of Albania and Tyrolean Airways – a small airline from north Austria.

ALBANIAN AIRLINES is the largest airline in Albania, both in terms of assets and branch network. The head office of the company is located in Tirana City while the activities are conducted in two main places, one at the “Mother Teresa” International Airport (the main one in Albania) focused on the Operational and Maintenance and the other one for Commercial, Finance & Administrative issues in Town Office. In additions there are some branches and other General Sales Agents (GSA) outside of Albania, like Italy, Germany, Turkey, Greece, United Kingdom and Kosovo. Beyond this, plenty of travel agencies are selling the tickets of Albanian Airlines, in and outside of country. Officially the first Air Operation Certificate (AOC) No.0003 was issued on July 3, 1995 which act is renewable on annual bases. The company was authorized by Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Albania (DGCA) to operate in the international commercial air transport and is designed as flag carrier of Republic of Albania in accordance with Albanian Civil Aviation Law and also in compliance with the recommended standards and practice of ICAO, Annex 6. The first flight was performed by an AIR BUS A320/200 leased from Egypt Air.

Being a scheduled airline ALBANIAN AIRLINES had a great chance to begin its flights around Europe alone without having any real competitor for certain time. 

The Company is also authorized to perform charter flights without any specific restrictions around the world areas. Turkey, Egypt, Zurich are the most required charter destinations performed in cooperation with main local travel agencies, during summer season, but not exclusively.

On March 1997 the Company was obliged to release the AIR BUS A320 and continue its normal operation with three leased aircrafts type TU –134.

The reputation of the Company was raised when the management decided to open a new destination in Pristine (Kosovo). Note, Kosovo is over 90% populated by ethnic Albanians and was part of ex-Yugoslavia, but it became free country on 1999, after NATO campaign. This destination was considered and remains as a political bridge between two parts of the same nation. At the middle of year 2001 the Company did another great step on purchasing an aircraft type BAe 146/200 with 94 seats available, which was followed by two other similar aircrafts purchased in March 2003 (BAe146/300) and later in February 2006 (BAe146/100).

ALBANIAN AIRLINES is the sole airline in Albania, which has a fleet able to perform daily flights to many destinations around Europe, like Rome, Bologna, Milan, Turin and Bari (Italy); Pristine (Kosovo) and Istanbul (Turkey), besides other frequent destinations like Frankfurt – Germany of three times/ week or London – UK or Athens – Greece.

People trust ALBANIAN AIRLINES because this is a traditional airline in Albania which never plays with fares. People trust ALBANIAN AIRLINES because this airline has never recorded any incident. People trust ALBANIAN AIRLINES because during the “dark years” 1997 was the sole foreign company which didn’t stop flying giving a significant light of life in the desert. Step by step the company raised its reputation being always punctual and offering the best of services towards passengers. Individuals, groups, ethnic Albanians and many foreigners use to fly with ALBANIAN AIRLINES. Also the highest officials including the President of Republic of Albania, the Prime minister and other heads of state or private entities prefer to fly anywhere with ALBANIAN AIRLINES. It is the only airline where the country language is available on board through the well trained Albanian Flight Attendants.

All Employees are well qualified for their work. Step by step the maintenance staff became more qualified as well. Pilots are another valuable asset of the Company. Every 6 months they take refreshment at Customer Training Centre, Woodford – Manchester/ UK which is the largest centre that ensure both technical check of the aircrafts and the test abilities and skills of the crew.

ALBANIAN AIRLINES is biggest operator of Tirana International Airport (TIA) “Mother Teresa” and the one which settles huge amounts for the supplies and services taken around all airports where she operates.

Clients, not only in Albania, trust ALBANIAN AIRLINES because the Company is something different than the others. It provides a wide range of destinations and services that are permanently and clearly given in advance to them.  

After successfully implementing e-ticketing service in June 2007 and the e-booking on line the company is in the highest level of the functionality in trade.

• At the moment we carry over 200.000 passengers per year, and we fly 3000 annually scheduled flights. Successfully competing with other Airlines in modern equipment, convenience of connections and the quality of service we link East and West in the Mediterranean and Europe.
• From August 2009, Albanian Airlines is owned by EVSEN Group based in Azerbaijan.

• Albanian Airlines has its own aircraft, model BAE 146 series 100, 200 and 300, MD82 and we are in the process of adding our fleet by B747, 757, 767. We have a professional staff that makes the flying experience with us a pleasant on.