TIRANA, July 9 /ATA/ – The Swiss carrier Helvetic Airways will land in the Zayed North Wings airport in Kukes on Friday, marking the beginning of commercial flights from and to the newest airport in Albania or the airport.
The flight is organized by the Zürich-based Tour Operator Illyrian Eagle.
Prime Minister Edi Rama said that Albania’s second sky gate will open to the international commercial flights today.
“First commercial passenger plane flying from Zürich is scheduled to land in Zayed North Wings airport in Kukes on Friday, opening Albania’s second sky gate for commercial flights,” PM Rama said via social media.
The return flight to Zürich will be operated later on the day, after one hour and half of turnaround time, directed.
A ceremony on the airport’s tarmac is set to welcome the first flight Zürich to Kukës followed by a press conference.
Helvetic Airways is a Swiss regional airline based at Zürich Airport (ZRH) and operates 34 destinations worldwide, including Europe and Northern Africa, as well as scheduled flights on behalf of Swiss International Airlines and Lufthansa. Destinations include Bordeaux, Calvi, Larnaca, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife, Corfu, Heraklion, Kos, Rhodes, Shannon, Brindisi, Lamezia, Olbia, Pristina, Skopje, Ohrid, Bern, Zurich, Birmingham, Manchester and Inverness.
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.
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