Tafa Air was a failed low-cost airline project based in Tirana

Tirana

Tirana is the capital and the largest city of Albania. Modern Tirana was founded as an Ottoman town in 1614 by Sulejman Bargjini, a local ruler from Mullet, although the area has been continuously inhabited since antiquity. Tirana became Albania's capital city in 1920 and has a population of over...

, Albania

Albania

Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

, focusing on Albanians living abroad (mostly in Germany

Germany

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). The airline was set up by Albanian businessman Taf Tafa and is supported by Albanian and Kosovan shareholders. Services commenced on 18 December 2009, with scheduled flights out of Tirana International Airport and Pristina International Airport

Priština International Airport

Pristina International Airport Adem Jashari is an international airport located southwest of Pristina, Kosovo. It is an international airport that handles over a million passengers per year, co-located with Slatina Air Base. It is under the authority of the Government of Kosovo and is the only...

 to Athens International Airport.

In early February 2010, Tafa Air was forced to suspend operations again, when Lithuania

Lithuania

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n airline flyLAL Charters

FlyLAL Charters

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 discontinued the aircraft lease contract that provided Tafa Air with its only airplane. Tafa originally announced to restart services in late March or early April of the same year, but the company has dissolved since then.