The news was announced by Prime Minister Edi Rama, who shared a video published by the European Civil Aviation Agency, Eurocontrol.

“Good morning and with this video published by the European Civil Aviation Agency, Eurocontrol, which shows how Albania ranks at the top places of comprehensive air traffic assessment, I wish you all a lovely Sunday ahead,” said Rama.

“Albania has reached more than 100% flights per day since the summer of 2021. Albania 135% last week, 107 flights per day,” the video published by Rama says.

The European Civil Aviation Agency, Eurocontrol, announces that ” air traffic is now 85% of 2019 level. Four of the ten countries ranked at the top reach almost 100%. “Last week Portugal 97% with 1157 flights per day, Turkey 94% with 2680 flights per day, Norway 94% with 1404 flights per day, Spain 93% with 4526 flights per day.”
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“Flights from Albania are 18% higher during the week of February 24-March 2 compared to the corresponding period of 2019,” according to the weekly report of Eurocontrol.
Eurocontrol reports that in February 2022, flight traffic increased by 71% compared to the same period of 2019.

Ryanair was the busiest airline operator with 1959 flights per day on average, followed by EasyJet with 1118 flights, Turkish Airlines with 1001 flights, Air France with 830 flights, Lufthansa with 797 flights and KLM with 634 flights.

This week also coincides with the dramatic developments in Ukraine due to the Russian invasion, which led to the closure of Ukrainian airspace on February 24 and the banning of Russian airlines from European airspace and of European airlines from Russian airspace.
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