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• Airport now serving more passengers than ever ahead of
• Cargo figures improve by 17 for each cent and ATMs by eleven for each cent
Tirana International Airport (TIA) had an outstanding performance for the first 6 months of 2011. Passenger numbers elevated by 23 per cent, air traffic actions (ATMs) by ten.6 for each cent, and cargo by 17.seven per cent, compared with the very same period last year. Between January along with the end of June, TIA served 793,984 passengers, an outstanding determine that highlights the substantial requirements of services provided from the Airport. TIA also recorded 10,352 ATMs and handled one,084 a lot of cargo.
“This calendar year has come with genuinely essential developments for that Airport, that is probably the most critical gates to Tirana and for the nation as a whole. Visa liberalization has brought obvious alter to our company: there is significant development in domestic demand, that has brought with it much better and extended services supplied by the airways,” stated 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 Airlines (9.1%), Austrian Airways (six.1%) and Turkish Airlines (4.2%). Currently, fourteen airways fly in to and out of TIA, connecting immediately the Albanian capital town with 35 destinations, which includes Brussels, Barcelona and Paris, inaugurated this year for the summer time period.
The Airport has turn out to be increasingly more appealing to airways whose decision to method TIA is according to its remarkable passenger development recorded over the last few many years. In June, TIA welcomed Jetair, a well-known low-cost airline, which operates between TIA and Brussels with a twice weekly assistance.
We are aware from the difficult situation with our passengers that have booked their flights with us and have trustworthy us.
All passengers will likely be compensated again but we have thousands of passengers to refund and it'll take time because of the actual scenario of Albanian Airways primarily right after the revocation of its AOC (Air Operation Certificate).
For the moment a group of individuals in Albanian Airways is operating quite difficult to end the approach and pay back again all passengers who bought tickets but did not fly with us.
We provide to you personally a telephone number and tackle for your passengers to make contact with and follow the refund procedure app as below:
ALL ALBANIAN Airways FLIGHTS ARE CANCELLED Till Additional COMMUNICATIONS.