| Airline: | Animawings |
| Iata: | A2[1] |
| Icao: | AWG |
| Callsign: | ANIMA WINGS |
| Aoc: | RO-067[2] |
| Headquarters: | Otopeni, Ilfov County, Romania |
| Fleet Size: | 2 |
| Parent: | Memento Group |
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 will serve business and leisure destinations from 10 cities across Romania.[3]
In March 2020, it was announced Aegean Airlines had taken a 25% stake in the airline.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]
In October 2021, Aegean Airlines increases its stake to 51%.[7]
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.[8]
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:[9] [10] [11]
, Animawings operates the following aircraft:
| In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | ||||||||
| Airbus A320-200 | 1 | - | - | 174 | 174 | To be returned to Aegean Airlines. | [15] [16] | |
| 1 | - | 180 | 180 | Leased from Dan Air. | ||||
| Airbus A220-300 | - | 12 | 8 | 130 | 138 | The first 2 aircraft will arrive in the summer of 2024. | [17] [18] | |
| Airbus A320neo | - | |||||||
| Total | 2 | 12 | ||||||