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Animawings

IATA ICAO Call sign A2 AWG ANIMA WINGS
Founded	2019; 5 years ago (2019)
AOC #	RO-067
Operating bases	Bucharest–Otopeni Cluj-Napoca
Fleet size	3
Parent company	Memento Group
Headquarters	Otopeni, Ilfov County, Romania
Key people	Antonio Stoian (CEO)
Website	www.animawings.com

Animawings (stylised as AnimaWings) is a Romanian airline headquartered in Otopeni, Romania. It is based at Henri Coandă International Airport in Bucharest and operates regular and charter commercial flights. From summer of 2024, the airline began serving business and leisure destinations from 10 cities across Romania.

History

In March 2020, it was announced Aegean Airlines had taken a 25% stake in the airline. The major part of the airline (75%) is owned by the Memento Group, a tour operator. In July 2020, the airline secured its Air Operating Certificate (OAC) and launched operations operating charter flights. In January 2021, the airline began selling tickets on its own website from 11 airports in Romania to destinations in Africa, Europe and Middle East.

In October 2021, Aegean Airlines increased its stake to 51%.

In February 2024, after 8 months of negotiations, the Romanian Competition Council approved Memento Group's purchase of the shares back from Aegean, now owning 100% of the airline.

Destinations

Following Memento Group's acquisition of Animawings, the airline is set to announce its new route network on 24 March. Currently, it operates scheduled flights to the following destinations:

Fleet

As of December 2024, Animawings operates the following aircraft:

References

1. ^ "Animawings-Airline Code Full Details". avcodes.co.uk.
2. "OPERATORI AERIENI ROMÂNI CERTIFICAŢI/AUTORIZAŢI ROMANIAN CERTIFIED/AUTHORIZED AIR OPERATORS 27.05.2022" (PDF). AUTORITATEA AERONAUTICĂ CIVILĂ ROMÂNĂ (in Romanian). 27 May 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
3. "The Pandel brothers acquire AnimaWings, Aegean Airline's subsidiary in Romania". boardingpass.ro (in Romanian). 14 February 2024.
4. "Greece's Aegean Airlines takes stake in Animawings". ch-aviation. 10 March 2020.
5. "Romania's Animawings secures AOC, launches operations". ch-aviation. 24 July 2020.
6. ^ "Romania's Animawings launches individual ticket sales". ch-aviation. 11 January 2021.
7. "Aegean Airlines Takes Majority Stake In Romania's Animawings". Aviationweek.com. 2021-10-15. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
8. "AEGEAN transfers its share in Animawings to Memento Group". AEGEAN Group. 14 February 2024.
9. "Animawings' Destinations| Animawings - Official page". Animawings Airline. Archived from the original on 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
10. "Flight schedule". animawings.com.
11. "Animawings: charters from Bucharest to Agadir, Morocco". boardingpass.ro. 23 January 2021.
12. "Charter flights from Bucharest to Marrakech from March 2021". boardingpass.ro. 12 February 2021.
13. "Animawings Adds Dubai Service From late-Dec 2024". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 2024-10-04.
14. Azorra delivers Romania’s first Airbus A220-300 to AnimaWings
15. "The Pandel brothers acquire AnimaWings, Aegean Airline's subsidiary in Romania". boardingpass.ro (in Romanian). 14 February 2024.
16. "Animawings: Bucharest - Cluj, Iași, Oradea, Paris, Larnaca from September 2024". boardingpass.ro. December 18, 2024.
17. "The number of aicraft directly from their website".

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