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Founded | 2003 | ||||||
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Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
Destinations | 11 | ||||||
Headquarters | Pristina, Suharekë, Kosovo | ||||||
Website | Official website |
Kosova Airlines is an airline based at Pristina International Airport. It was established in 2003 by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and by the Government of Kosovo.
Since 10 May 2006, Kosova Airlines ceased operating flights, after returning its last aircraft—a wet leased Boeing 737-700—to the now-defunct German airline Hamburg International. However, Kosova Airlines continues to operate flights between Pristina and Zurich through Swiss International Air Lines, and between Antalya and Pristina through the Turkish airline SunExpress. [1]
Kosova Airlines (Eurokoha Reisen) is also the biggest tour agency in Kosovo, and offers charter flights to Pristina from destinations in Europe.
Kosova Airlines offers flights with these airlines from the following places:
Kosova Airlines, during its time as an independent airline, flew to the following destinations:
The livery of the leased aircraft was never painted in a full scheme. The aircraft has a dark blue tail like that on the original Hamburg International livery. In the middle of the tail was a dark yellow map of Kosovo. The fuselage was white and towards the cockpit had the Hamburg International logo. Underneath the passenger windows towards the cockpit side of the aircraft was written "Operated in cooperation with Kosova Airlines". [2]
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