Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
| Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Tiranës Nënë Tereza |
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| IATA: TIA – ICAO: LATI | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Tirana International Airport SHPK[1] | ||||||||||
| Operator | Tirana International Airport SHPK (Part of AviAlliance) [1] | ||||||||||
| Serves | Tirana, Albania[1] | ||||||||||
| Location | Rinas[1] | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 108 ft / 33 m | ||||||||||
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| Website | www |
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Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (Albanian: Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Tiranës Nënë Tereza, IATA: TIA, ICAO: LATI) is Albania's only international airport. It is commonly known as Rinas International Airport, as it is located in the village of Rinas 6 nautical miles (11 kilometres; 6.9 miles) northwest[2] of Tirana. In 2001, the airport was named after Mother Teresa. It serves as a focus city for Alitalia, Blue Panorama Airlines, and Adria Airways.
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History
Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza was constructed during a period of two years, from 1955 to 1957. However, Tirana had commercial airline services before. As early as 1938, Yugoslav carrier Aeroput introduced regular commercial flghts linking Tirana with Belgrade with a landing in Dubrovnik.[4] With the fall of communism in Albania in 1991, and subsequent liberalization of travel restrictions abroad for Albanians, the number of airlines operating at the airport increased.
Facilities
The air traffic equipment and facilities of the airport have been heavily modernised following investments by Tirana International Airport SHPK, a consortium led by Hochtief AirPort. Hochtief assumed management of the airport on 23 April 2005, for a 20-year concession period.[5]
The concession included the construction of a completely new passenger terminal and various infrastructure improvements, among them the construction of a new access road, new parking lots, and a bridge over the old airport access road.[6] The expansion resulted in an increased number of passengers per annum, estimated at 1.5M passengers for 2009.[7][8] The number of passengers effectively increased to more than 1.5M in 2010.[9] The Terminal building and its second expansion, the Cargo building, its landscaping and carpark canopies was designed by Malaysian Architect Hin Tan of Hintan Associates.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Adria Airways | Brussels, Frankfurt, Ljubljana, Munich (begins 28 March 2016),[10][11] Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Aegean Airlines operated by Olympic Air |
Athens |
| Air Serbia | Belgrade |
| Air Vallée | Bari, Pescara, Rimini |
| Alitalia | Bari, Bologna, Genoa, Milan–Malpensa, Pisa, Rome–Fiumicino, Turin, Venice-Marco Polo |
| Austrian Airlines | Vienna |
| Blu-express operated by Blue Panorama Airlines |
Ancona, Bergamo, Bologna, Genoa, Milan–Malpensa, Perugia, Pisa, Rome–Fiumicino, Venice-Marco Polo, Verona |
| British Airways | London–Gatwick |
| Germanwings | Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart |
| Jetairfly[12] | Brussels |
| Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine |
Frankfurt (begins 27 March 2016),[13] Munich (ends 27 March 2016)[14] |
| Pegasus Airlines | Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen |
| Small Planet Airlines | Seasonal charter: London-Gatwick, London-Stansted |
| SmartWings operated by Travel Service Airlines |
Seasonal: Prague |
| Transavia France | Seasonal: Paris–Orly |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul–Atatürk |
| Volotea | Verona |
Statistics
Traffic
| Passengers | Change | Aircraft operations | Change | Cargo (metric tons) |
Change | |
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| 2005 | 785,000 |  20.77% |
15,400 | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. |
| 2006 | 906,103 | 15.43% |
15,856 | 2.96% |
2,435 | N.A. |
| 2007 | 1,105,770 | 22.04% |
18,258 | 15.15% |
3,832 | 57.37% |
| 2008 | 1,267,041 | 14.58% |
19,194 | 5.13% |
2,497 |  34.84% |
| 2009 | 1,394,688 | 10.07% |
20,064 | 4.53% |
2,265 | 9.29% |
| 2010 | 1,536,822 | 10.19% |
20,768 | 3.51% |
2,355 | 3.97% |
| 2011 | 1,817,073 | 18.24% |
22,988 | 10.69% |
2,656 | 12.78% |
| 2012 | 1,665,331 | 8.35% |
20,528 | 10.70% |
1,875 | 29.41% |
| 2013 | 1,757,342 | 5.53% |
19,942 | 2.85% |
2,164 | 15.41% |
| 2014 | 1,810,305 | 3.02% |
17,928 | 3.02% |
2,324 | 13.53% |
| Source: Facts and Figures about Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza.[9] | ||||||
Routes
| City | Airport(s) | Weekly departures (July–August 2015) |
Airlines |
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 Italy, Rome |
Rome-Fiumicino | 27 | Alitalia, Blu-express |
 Turkey, Istanbul |
Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Istanbul-Atatürk | 20 | Pegasus Airlines, Turkish Airlines |
| Italy, Milan |
Milan-Malpensa | 15 | Alitalia, Blu-express |
 Austria, Vienna |
Vienna | 16 | Austrian Airlines |
 Greece, Athens |
Athens | 13 | Aegean Airlines |
Ground transportation
Car
The airport is linked with motorway SH60 (10 km away) to SH2 Durres -Tirana access road. Taxis and car rental facilities are available at the airport.
Bus
Rinas Express airport bus, located outside Arrivals terminal, leaves on the hour every hour (8am to 7pm), to the city centre, and the trip takes around 25 to 30 minutes.
Owners
The following companies are the owners of the Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza:[6]
See also
References
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- ↑ Airport record for Nënë Tereza/Rinas International Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 1 August 2013
- ↑ Drustvo za Vazdusni Saobracaj A D – Aeroput (1927–1948) at europeanairlines.no
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- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- ↑ Tirana International Airport, Albania – HOCHTIEF.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://www.exyuaviation.com/2015/12/adria-to-introduce-new-tirana-service.html
- ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2015/12/14/jp-tiamuc-s16/
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2015/11/20/lh-tia-s16/
- ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2015/11/20/lh-tia-s16/
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza. |
- Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Map of the airport
- Year numbers of airport
- Aerial photo of Rinas Mother Teresa Airport
- Airport record for Nënë Tereza/Rinas International Airport at Landings.com.
- Accident history for TIA at Aviation Safety Network
- Aeronautical chart for LATI at SkyVector
- Current weather for LATI at NOAA/NWS
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