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{{Short description|Defunct Romanian airline}}
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| founded            = 2001
| ceased             = 2004
| headquarters       = [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]]
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| hubs               = [[Aurel Vlaicu International Airport|Băneasa Airport]]
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'''Angel Airlines''' was a private airline with its base at [[Aurel Vlaicu International Airport|Băneasa Airport]] (the capital's second airport), [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]]. It operated domestically, to main cities in Romania.

==History==
Angel Airlines was founded in August 2001, first flying from Bucharest to [[Baia Mare]] and [[Iași]]. It was founded as a result of Romania's rapid economic development, and the growing domestic and short-haul international airline market. The major goal of Angel Airlines was to connect other cities in Romania and the region with Bucharest, the country's business center, and a major economic center in the [[Eastern Europe|Eastern]] and [[Central Europe]] region.

The company declared [[bankruptcy]] and closed in 2004.

==Services==
Angel Airlines used to fly to the following destinations from [[Bucharest]]:

*[[Arad, Romania|Arad]]
*[[Baia Mare]]
*[[Constanța]]
*[[Iași]]
*[[Oradea]]
*[[Satu Mare]]
*[[Sibiu]]
*[[Suceava]]
*[[Târgu Mureș]]

Some flights were under codeshare agreements with [[TAROM]], the national carrier. According to Angel's business practise, Angel had two flights on each route, one in the morning and one in the evening, for maximum efficiency.

In August 2002, the airline adopted a new business strategy that was still focused on efficient timing and routes, but also on international and charter flights. The airline was in agreement with a number of Romanian tour operators to provide charter flights to destinations in [[Turkey]], [[Albania]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Greece]], and [[Italy]]. The airline also introduced the following international and domestic flights:

*[[Constanța]]–[[Istanbul]] (two flights per week)
*[[Bucharest]]–[[Tirana]] (two flights per week)

Angel Airlines was also planning to introduce flights on the route Bucharest–Tirana–[[Bari]] and Bucharest–[[Craiova]]–[[Rimini]].

==Fleet==
The Angel Airlines fleet consisted of two [[BAe Jetstream]] 31 aircraft.

==External links==
{{Portal|Romania|Companies|Aviation}}
*[http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?&airlinesearch=Angel%20Airlines&nr_of_rows=36&first_this_page=0&page_limit=15&sort_order=photo_id+DESC&nr_pages=3 Photos on airliners.net]

==References==
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{{Airlines of Romania}}

[[Category:Defunct airlines of Romania]]
[[Category:Airlines established in 2001]]
[[Category:Airlines disestablished in 2004]]
[[Category:Romanian companies established in 2001]]

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