Star Airways
| Star Airways | |
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| IATA code : | 4S |
| ICAO code : | STB |
| Call sign : | |
| Founding: | 2008 |
| Operation stopped: | 2010 |
| Seat: |
Tirana , Albania
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| Home airport : | Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza |
| Fleet size: | 2 |
| Aims: | international |
| Star Airways ceased operations in 2010. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Star Airways was an Albanian airline based at Tirana Airport that was only operational for a very short time. She wanted to offer passenger flights with Airbus A320 aircraft.
history
Star Airways was founded by several Albanian and Italian investors and received the operating license in June 2009. On April 3, 2010, Star Airways received its first aircraft, an Airbus A320-231 with the registration ZA-RED, which was previously with the Mexican airline Mexicana de Aviación had been in use. Their second aircraft, previously of Nouvelair inserted Airbus A320-211 , arrived in May of the same year. Both aircraft were leased through the lessor ILFC .
On June 7, 2010, Star Airways began flight operations, but due to not granted permits not with their own aircraft, but with two McDonnell Douglas MD-82s from ItAli Airlines . The route network included several Italian cities from Tirana onwards. It was planned to expand the route network to include the destinations Istanbul , Antalya , Thessaloniki and Düsseldorf .
In the summer of 2010, the Albanian air traffic control authority withdrew the licenses again. Flight operations were completely stopped in September.
fleet
As of June 15, 2010, the Star Airways fleet comprised:
- 2 Airbus A320-200s (one of which was shut down)
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b codes at avcodes.co.uk
- ↑ flightglobal.com to Star Airways
- ↑ a b fleet at ch-aviation.ch
- ↑ Picture of the first A320 at flickr.com
- ↑ Star Airways to start operations on June 7. Retrieved June 15, 2010 .
- ↑ Official website: Destinazioni. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 15, 2010 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Airlines Suspending Operations: Albanian start-up Star Airways has AOC suspended but continues to fly reduced services. In: Flightglobal. July 12, 2010, accessed October 19, 2010 .
- ↑ News Airport Genova. (No longer available online.) September 9, 2010, archived from the original on April 30, 2012 ; accessed on October 19, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
