Tirana Worldwide Airport documents 23 per cent development for 1st six months of 2011
• Airport now serving far more passengers than ever before
• Cargo figures increase by 17 per cent and ATMs by eleven for each cent
Tirana Worldwide Airport (TIA) had an superb efficiency for the initial six months of 2011. Passenger numbers increased by 23 for each cent, air visitors actions (ATMs) by ten.6 for each cent, and cargo by 17.7 per cent, compared with the exact same interval final year. Among January as well as the end of June, TIA served 793,984 passengers, an excellent determine that highlights the high requirements of service supplied from the Airport. TIA also recorded 10,352 ATMs and dealt with 1,084 tons of cargo.
"This yr has come with genuinely important developments for your Airport, that is probably the most crucial gates to Tirana and for that country like a whole. Visa liberalization has introduced noticeable adjust to our organization: there's significant development in domestic desire, that has introduced with it much better and extended services provided by the airways," said Mr Rolf Castro-Vasquez, Chief Operation Officer of TIA.
The airlines transporting most passengers to and from Tirana are Belleair (46.2%), Alitalia (9.6%), Albanian Airlines (9.1%), Austrian Airlines (6.1%) and Turkish Airlines (four.2%). Currently, fourteen airways fly in to and from TIA, connecting directly the Albanian richesse metropolis with 35 destinations, which includes Brussels, Barcelona and Paris, inaugurated this 12 months for your summer period.
The Airport has turn into an increasing number of appealing to airways whose selection to method TIA is according to its exceptional passenger development recorded over the final couple of years. In June, TIA welcomed Jetair, a well known low-cost airline, which operates among TIA and Brussels having a 2 times weekly support.
We're conscious in the hard situation with our passengers that have booked their flights with us and also have trustworthy us.
All passengers is going to be compensated back but we've a large number of passengers to refund and it is going to just take time because of the actual circumstance of Albanian Airways mainly following the revocation of its AOC (Air Operation Certificate).
For your second a group of persons in Albanian Airways is operating extremely hard to end the procedure and spend back again all passengers who bought tickets but did not fly with us.
We give to you personally a phone quantity and handle for your passengers to get in touch with and adhere to the refund approach software as beneath:
ALL ALBANIAN Airlines FLIGHTS ARE CANCELLED Until Additional COMMUNICATIONS.



