Tirana International Airport documents 23 for each cent growth for 1st 6 months of 2011
• Airport now serving more passengers than ever before before
• Cargo figures boost by 17 for each cent and ATMs by 11 per cent
Tirana International Airport (TIA) had an outstanding performance for the first 6 months of 2011. Passenger numbers elevated by 23 for each cent, air site visitors actions (ATMs) by ten.6 for each cent, and cargo by 17.seven for each cent, compared using the exact same interval last yr. Among January as well as the finish of June, TIA served 793,984 passengers, an outstanding figure that highlights the high standards of support offered from the Airport. TIA also recorded 10,352 ATMs and dealt with one,084 a lot of cargo.
“This year has come with truly important developments for that Airport, which can be just about the most crucial gates to Tirana and for the country like a whole. Visa liberalization has brought obvious adjust to our company: there’s significant development in domestic need, that has introduced with it much better and prolonged services offered by the airways,” said Mr Rolf Castro-Vasquez, Chief Operation Officer of TIA.
The airlines carrying most passengers to and from Tirana are Belleair (46.2%), Alitalia (nine.6%), Albanian Airways (nine.1%), Austrian Airlines (six.1%) and Turkish Airways (four.2%). At the moment, fourteen airlines fly in to and out of TIA, connecting immediately the Albanian money metropolis with 35 destinations, including Brussels, Barcelona and Paris, inaugurated this 12 months for that summer time year.
The Airport has turn into more and more appealing to airlines whose choice to method TIA is according to its outstanding passenger growth recorded over the last couple of years. In June, TIA welcomed Jetair, a well known low-cost airline, which operates in between TIA and Brussels having a 2 times weekly services.
We’re aware of the hard scenario with our passengers that have booked their flights with us and also have reliable us.
All passengers will likely be paid out again but we have a large number of passengers to refund and it will take time due to the real situation of Albanian Airways mainly right after the revocation of its AOC (Air Operation Certificate).
For the moment a bunch of persons in Albanian Airways is operating quite difficult to finish the method and spend back all passengers who bought tickets but did not fly with us.
We offer to you personally a phone amount and address for your passengers to get in touch with and follow the refund process app as beneath:
ALL ALBANIAN Airlines FLIGHTS ARE CANCELLED Until Further COMMUNICATIONS.
