TIRANA, April 18 /ATA/ – “Lasgushi” aircraft of flag carrier Air Albania was the first scheduled commercial flight to safely touch down the runway of the newly-built Zayed North Wings airport in Kukes, northeastern Abania, on Sunday afternoon.
As the Prime Minister Edi Rama had long promised, the first to land on the runway of Kukes airport were a group of Kukes residents currently living and working in London. When the international airport project kicked off, the Premier had pledged that people sceptical of the project will be given priority to fly to Kukes for free.
Prime Minister Edi Rama decided to board the flight that departed from Rinas airport in line with the international flights regulation.
Kukës Airport is designed to serve passengers from the Albanian-speaking territories, mainly from Albania and Kosovo, as well as but also North Macedonia and Montenegro.
Kukes airport will mainly offer low-cost flights.
The Kukes airport covers an area of 512, 000 square meters and it has a single runway 1900 meters in length and 45 meters in width. It is a 3C category airport and it accommodates turboprop aircrafts and regional jets. The airport’s projected capacity is around one million passengers a year.
The international airport of Kukes is the second civil airport in Albania after the one in Rinas.
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