TIRANA, Oct 30 /ATA/ – Nearly 4.8 million passengers travelled by air in Albania in the third quarter of 2026, up 23.3% from the same period a year earlier, the National Institute of Statistics, INSTAT, said on Friday.
A total of 4,799,773 passengers used air transport in July-September, compared with 3,892,761 in the third quarter of 2025, INSTAT said.
Air freight and aircraft traffic also increased during the quarter compared with a year earlier.
A total of 35 foreign airlines operated in Albania during the period, while 153,664 aircraft flew through Albanian airspace, with overflights accounting for 81.7% of the total, INSTAT data showed.
Air freight handled by the country’s airports reached 732 tonnes, of which 76.2% consisted of incoming cargo and 23.8% of outgoing shipments.
The volume of air freight increased by 2.5% compared with the third quarter of 2025, INSTAT said.
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