First flight of Air Albania to take place in September – Company to cover the region, Belgrade excluded

The Albanian national airliner Air Albania will have its first flight in the first week of September, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced.

The first test flight will take place on August 31.

The airliner will initially use an Airbus 319 on the Tirana-Istanbul route. It will then commission two larger A320 planes.

Air Albania was founded in November 2017 with the help of Turkish Airlines, which owns a 49% stake. The remaining 51% is in Albanian ownership.

Edi Rama, who personally took part in establishing the company, has announced that services from Tirana to Skopje, Podgorica, Pristina, Sarajevo and Zagreb will be launched.

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