TIRANA, October 12/ATA/ Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku, at the same time Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, stated today that in the first 9 months of 2024, at the “Mother Teresa” international airport were handled 8,250,000 passengers or 53.7% more than last year.
At the conference organized at the end of the 2024 summer tourist season, Balluku appreciated that the flows of tourists exceeded the expectations set at the beginning of the current year.
Also, Balluku emphasized that during the same period, at Rinas airport were handled 53,320 aircrafts or 44.5% more compared to 2023.
Balluku said that the forecasts for the number of passengers until the end of the year are 10.4 million passengers, but she expects that even this figure will be exceeded.
“We predict that the year will end with 69,000 flights. During this year, there have been 45,100 passengers at Rinas airport”, she added.
Also, Balluku emphasized that there has been an increase in the number of new destinations from 109 new destinations towards Europe in 2023, this year there were 136 new destinations.
“The year 2025 will have a number of innovations in infrastructure, but the most important is the opening of Vlora Airport, giving Albania one of the largest airports in the region with a category E runway, 3.2 km long. We expect to have transoceanic flights that will not limit the number of tourists coming,” she said. /p.s./
