TIRANA, February 8/ATA/- The Albania’s Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, Belinda Balluku stated on Monday that Kukës airport is in the certification phase and that the flights will start in April.
In her remarks, Minister Balluku informed that, the winning company on the construction of Vlora airport will be announced in the next few days to continue than with the construction works.
Kukës Airport is located 3.5 km in the south of the city of Kukës. Work on the construction of the airport started on May 10, 2003 and was completed on October 31, 2005.
In 2006, the works on the installation of navigation equipment were completed, along with their calibration and acceptance.
All funding for the construction of the airport is a gift from the United Arab Emirates UAE, with the exception of the costs of compensation paid to property owners for land expropriation at the airport, which were borne by the Albanian government.
The total investment (construction and supervision) was worth about $ 20 million, excluding the navigation equipment, which were not included in the initial agreement, but which were later funded by the UAE government. Meanwhile, the construction works on the passenger terminal started in 2019.
Kukes Airport will enable low cost flights, while bringing a new era of development in the whole area. It is also seen as a generator of thousands of new jobs that will be created year after year driven by the development of business and the local economy. //a.i/
