Lead singer of rock group Iron Maiden and Cardiff Aviation chairman, Bruce Dickinson, has personally delivered the latest aircraft to Albawings to Albania - named in honour of the late comedian Sir Norman Wisdom.
The Sir Norman Wisdom (Mr. Pitkin) commercial aircraft made its maiden voyage from Cardiff Aviation’s facilities at St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan to the Albanian capital of Tirana.
During the communist period in Albania the films of Sir Norman were the only western movies shown - as he was often cast as the little man, through the hapless character of Norman Pitkin, against big capitalist corporations.
Norman Wisdom after receiving his knighthood in 2000
Commercial pilot Dickinson said: "When we first entered into negotiations to provide a new aircraft to service routes from Albania, we were pleasantly surprised to find out just how respected Sir Norman is across the country.
"We’re delighted to honour his memory with our latest aircraft as ‘One good Turn’ and of course, we expect it to be a much smoother operator than Mr Pitkin.”
The Boeing 737 will carry out operations between Albania and Italy through the 2016-17 winter schedule, giving Albawings additional capacity on highly popular routes.
Mr Dickinson added: "We hope this is the foundation for an ongoing long-term relationship based around our ACMI operations."
Mr. Pitkin is the second 737-400 to join Cardiff Aviation’s ACMI airline in six months, with its sibling on operations with Air Djibouti.
The African airline was launched in August this year via Cardiff Aviation’s 'airline in a box' business model, which allows companies and countries to establish airlines with minimal financial risk.
Credits:walesonline.co.uk
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