The overbilling scandal that deepened Air Albania's losses

2025-09-05 08:28:00, Denoncim CNA

The overbilling scandal that deepened Air Albania's losses

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In several consecutive articles, CNA has brought investigative materials that are trying to shed light on the fate of "Air Albania" and who led the company into a difficult financial situation.

After the issue of balance sheets that are not declared to the Central Bank but appear in the media, CNA is bringing up another issue.

Everything came out of the media news where the seizure by the IBN company against "Air Albania" was reported (according to the decision of Appeal No. 643 (30-2025-3979), dated 13.05.2025 - General Jurisdiction, and the decision of the Supreme Court that overturned this seizure).

This latest decision by the Supreme Court shows Air Albania's complaint for excessive billing, accepted by CEO Sinan Dilek.

This overbilling is part of the loss presented in the balance sheet declared by Turkish Airlines for "Air Albania", material that was also published in the media.

Who owns and what do the balance sheets of "Air Albania" hide?
September 4, 11:19

The overbilling, which amounts to millions of euros, represents part of the loss that catering company IBN had previously reported.

Supreme Court decision:

• Suspension of the execution of the Appeal decision until the appeal is reviewed.

• Lifting of the seizure measure imposed on the bank accounts and shares of “Air Albania” sh.pk by the Private Executor's Office “QEVA” sh.pk (letters 591/10, 591/11, 592/9, 592/10, 593/9, 597/6, dated 19.05.2025).

But Supreme Court documents show that in just one year, 44,000 passengers were billed only for business class, the first section of the plane where extra service is provided.

Can Air Albania have 44,000 business passengers in a year? With such figures, the company should be excelling in revenue and not having such losses. How is this possible?

These figures found in the court decision documents speak of a painful truth that could border on a major scandal.

Let's do a simple calculation. An airplane has only 8 business class seats on average and they are often half empty? (Not everyone can travel in business class).

With simple mathematics it tells us the truth.

44 thousand business passengers per year, divided by 365 days (with a maximum of 2 "Air Albania" aircraft in the fleet), comes out to 120 business passengers per day.

Taking the maximum number of official flights per day, the figure is that for each "Air Albania" flight there would be 20 VIP passengers.

Each flight carries 20 business passengers, this figure is two and a half times greater than the aircraft's capacity of 8 people maximum per flight.

Investigation/ Balances and strikes against "Air Albania", is "Turkish Airlines" behind it?!
August 29, 10:15

So the court's decision shows us the truth about Air Albania's losses, which are essentially millions and millions of euros in overbilling.

Could there be another reason that Sinan Dilek, former CEO of "Air Albania", did not see the facts but may have falsified the figures in collaboration with the company that provided the service?

CNA will further deepen its investigation by publishing illegal payments outside the CEO's authorization, the mismatch of agency accounts, and other benefits.

All of this is a wake-up call for Albanian shareholders who must demand their rights immediately.

After the truth about the overbilling that deepened the losses was revealed once and for all by the Supreme Court./ CNA