PRIšTINA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

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'Priština International Airport' (Serbian: Међународни аеродром Приштина, ''Međunarodni aerodrom Priština''; Albanian: ''Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Prishtinës'') is an international airport located 16km outside of Priština, in the Republic of Serbia's province Kosovo. It is a regional airport that handles around a million passengers per year.^[1]
Priština International Airport carries out airport services such as receiving and sending off planes and passengers, cargo depot, catering and sells goods, as well as performs other commercial activities for airport users, such as renting the business premises, parking facilities and other.

Contents

History

Award

Airlines and destinations

Scheduled Airlines

Charter Airlines

Sources

External links

See also

History

Priština Airport was officially opened in 1965. It was initially opened for domestic flights only - to and from Belgrade.
During the 1990s the airport started operating international flights, mainly to and from Switzerland and Germany. Following the Kosovo War, the airport was reactivated as a military airport on October 15, 1999 and then started to operate international civilian air transport to several European cities. During that period of time the Russian KFOR forces along with other NATO forces and allies were in charge for security of the airport. Airport Priština initially begun its operations and other airport matters with 45 employed workers in total.^[2]
The apron and the passenger terminal were renovated and expanded in 2002. Since then the airport has received between 800.000 and 1.000.000 passengers annually. The airport has re-build the facilities and new equipment was installed. In the last 3 years the company renovated and reorganized the airport completely.^[3]

Award

In June 2006, Priština International Airport was awarded the ‘Best Airport 2006 Award’, an honour presented by Airport Council International (ACI). Airports across Europe once again competed in the ‘ACI EUROPE Best Airport Awards’ for the prestigious title of ‘Best Airport 2006’. Winning airports were selected for excellence and achievement across a range of disciplines including airport development, operations, facilities, security and safety, and customer service.^{[4] [5]}

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate to and from Priština (as of August 2007)^[6]:

Scheduled Airlines

★ Adria Airways (Ljubljana)

★ Albanian Airlines (Tirana)

★ Austrian Airlines (Vienna)

★ British Airways (London Gatwick)

★ Germanwings (Cologne/Bonn, Hamburg, Stuttgart)

★ Hemus Air (Sofia)^[7]

★ Malév Hungarian Airlines (Budapest)

★ Meridiana (Verona)

★ Scandinavian Airlines System (Copenhagen)

★ Turkish Airlines (Istanbul-Atatürk)

Charter Airlines

★ Air Berlin (Munich, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hanover, EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg)

★ Air Italy (Verona)

★ ATA Airlines (New York JFK)^{[8] [9]}

★ Atlasjet (Antalya, Istanbul-Atatürk)

★ Belair (airline) (Zurich)

★ Club Air (Ancona)

★ Edelweiss Air (Zurich, Geneva)

★ FlyNordic (Gothenburg)

★ Hello (Zurich, Geneva)

★ LTU International (Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Zurich)

★ SunExpress (Antalya)

★ Swiss International Air Lines (Zurich, Geneva)

★ XL Airways Germany (Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Munich, Cologne, Zurich)^[10]

Sources

★ Aeronautical Information Publication

1. Prishtina International Airport Statistics
2. Prishtina International Airport History
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4. Pristina International Airport wins prestigious “Best Airport 2006 Award”
5. Pristina International Airport wins prestigious “Best Airport 2006 Award”
6. Airlines operating at PIA
7. Airlines operating at Prishtina International Airport
8. Adriatic Eagle Air and ATA Airlines charter flights
9. Adriatic Eagle Air lands first direct flight in Kosovo from JFK. First Flight JFK to Pristina
10. Air Prishtina in partnership with XL Airways Germany

External links

★ Priština International Airport

★ Priština Airport map

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See also

★ List of the largest airports in the South Slavic countries