Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza

Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (Albanian: Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Tiranës Nënë Tereza, IATA: TIA, ICAO: LATI), often referred to as the Rinas International Airport, is one of the two main international airports of the Republic of Albania. It serves the city of Tirana, its metropolitan area, and surrounding region in the county of Tirana. The airport is named in honor of the Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary, Mother Teresa (1910–1997). It is located 6 nautical miles (11 kilometres; 6.9 miles) northwest of Tirana, in the municipality of Krujë, Durrës County.^[5][6]

Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Tiranës Nënë Tereza
IATA: TIA ICAO: LATI
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Tirana International Airport SHPK and Kastrati Group[1]
Serves	Tirana, Tirana County, Albania
Location	Rinas, Durrës County, Albania
Hub for	Air Albania Wizz Air
Focus city for	Ryanair
Elevation AMSL	108 ft / 33 m
Coordinates	41°24′53″N 19°43′14″E
Website	www.tirana-airport.com
Map
TIA Location in Albania Show map of Albania TIA Location in the Mediterranean Show map of Mediterranean TIA Location in Europe Show map of Europe
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 17/35 2,750 9,022 Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Passengers 10,708,975[2] Passenger change 23–24 48% Aircraft movements 68,346[2] Movements change 23–24 35%
Source: Albanian AIP at EUROCONTROL[3] LATI Airport record[4]

The airport serves as the main hub for the Wizz Air and country's flag carrier Air Albania.^[7] It is the largest airport in Albania and is one of the busiest Balkan airports after reaching 10 million passengers in 2024.^[8] On 9 December 2024, the airport celebrated a major milestone by surpassing 10 million passengers.

History

Early development

The airport was constructed from 1955 to 1957. Tirana had commercial airline services before. Domestic aviation started in 1926 when German airline Adria-Aero-Lloyd obtained a monopoly for domestic air routes in the country and began servicing Tirana, Shkodër, Korçë and Vlorë. These operations proved unprofitable, and the airline sold its rights to Italian company Ala Littoria which opened regular routes in 1935 between Tirana to Shkodër, Kukës, Peshkopia, Kuçova, Vlorë, and Gjirokastër.^[9] In 1938, the Yugoslav carrier Aeroput introduced regular commercial flights linking Tirana with Belgrade, Serbia, with a landing in Dubrovnik, Croatia.^[10]

After the Second World War and installation of an isolationist communist regime in Albania, air transportation was rare. From 1944 to 1948, there was a service to Belgrade, but after the break of relations with Yugoslavia, until 1953, there was only a twice-a-month connection to Budapest operated by Soviet-Hungarian company Maszovlet.^[9] From 1953 to 1955, there was no air service, until February 1955 when a route to Moscow was inaugurated, followed thereafter to other Eastern-European capitals. In the 1970s, Tirana was one of the first European cities to be served by China's CAAC Airlines, with a weekly flight to Beijing via Bucharest and Tehran. In the late 1980s, there were six airlines flying to Tirana, with a total of nine round-trips per week.^[9]

With the collapse of communism in Albania in 1991 and subsequent liberalisation of travel restrictions abroad for Albanians, the number of airlines operating at the airport increased rapidly. In 1999, there were 8,249 flights and 356,823 passengers, seven times more than in 1991.^[9]

Contemporary

The air traffic equipment and facilities of the airport have been heavily modernised, following investments by Tirana International Airport SHPK, a consortium led by Hochtief AirPort. Hochtief assumed management of the airport on 23 April 2005, for a 20-year concession period.^[11]

The concession included the construction of a completely new passenger terminal and various infrastructure improvements, among them the construction of a new access road, new parking lots, and a bridge over the old airport access road.^[12] The expansion resulted in an increased number of passengers per annum, estimated at 1.5 million passengers for 2009.^[13][14] The number of passengers effectively increased to more than 1.5 million in 2010.^[15]

The terminal building and its second expansion, the cargo building, its landscaping, and its carpark canopies were designed by Malaysian architect Hin Tan of Hintan.^[16]

In December 2016, the airport announced that it served 2 million passengers during 2016, reaching its second milestone.^[17]

The airport announced over 7.2 million passengers for 2023, exceeding their projections predictions for that year. This statistics marks a substantial increase of 40% compared to the previous year (2022) and 117% compared to the year 2019, solidifying TIA's position as a key player in the regional aviation industry.

On 9 December 2024, TIA reached a significant milestone, exceeding 10 million passengers.^[18][19]

Ownership

In 2017, China Everbright Limited became the sole owner of Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza. After reaching an agreement with the Albanian Government to end its monopoly on international flights from Albania, Hochtief AirPort sold the operation of Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to China Everbright Limited,^[20] a company specializing in asset management, direct investment, brokerage and investment banking.^[21] On 25 December 2020, Kastrati Group bought all the shares of the airport from China Everbright Limited for 71 million euros.^[22][23]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular year-round and seasonal scheduled and charter flights to and from Tirana:

Airlines	Destinations
Aegean Airlines	Athens[24] Seasonal: Heraklion,[citation needed] Rhodes[25]
Air Albania	Athens,[26] Bergamo,[26] Bologna,[26] Brussels,[26] Geneva,[26] Istanbul,[27] Milan–Malpensa, Rome–Fiumicino,[26] Treviso,[26] Verona,[26] Vienna[26] Seasonal: Ankara[26] Seasonal charter: Antalya[28] Bodrum,[citation needed] Katowice,[citation needed] Lisbon,[28] Porto,[28] Zielona Góra[29]
Air Baltic	Seasonal: Riga,[30] Tallinn (begins 2 June 2025),[31] Vilnius (begins 3 June 2025)[31]
Air Cairo	Seasonal charter: Sharm El Sheikh[32]
Air France	Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle[33]
Air Montenegro	Seasonal charter: Bratislava,[34] Brno[35]
Air Serbia[36]	Belgrade[37]
Austrian Airlines	Vienna[38]
British Airways	London–Heathrow[39][40]
Buzz	Seasonal charter: Katowice,[41] Kraków,[42] Poznań,[42] Riga,[citation needed] Vilnius,[43] Wrocław[42]
Corendon Airlines	Seasonal charter: Antalya[citation needed]
Croatia Airlines	Seasonal: Zagreb[44][45]
EasyJet	Seasonal: Geneva,[46] Lisbon (begins 24 June 2025)[47]
Enter Air	Seasonal charter: Gdańsk,[42] Katowice,[42] Warsaw–Chopin,[48] Wrocław[citation needed]
European Air Charter	Seasonal charter: Sofia[42]
Eurowings	Düsseldorf[49][50] Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,[51] Stuttgart[52]
Flydubai	Dubai–International[53]
Freebird Airlines	Seasonal charter: Antalya,[citation needed] Bodrum[citation needed]
Heston Airlines	Seasonal charter: Tallinn[42]
Iberia	Seasonal: Madrid[54]
Israir	Seasonal: Tel Aviv
ITA Airways	Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino[55]
LOT Polish Airlines[56]	Warsaw–Chopin Seasonal: Warsaw–Radom[57] Seasonal charter: Katowice[citation needed]
Lufthansa	Frankfurt[58] Seasonal: Munich[59][60]
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Seasonal: Copenhagen,[61] Oslo[citation needed]
Pegasus Airlines	Antalya,[62] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Ryanair	Bari,[63] Beauvais,[64] Bergamo,[64] Bologna,[64] Bristol (ends 30 March 2025),[63] Bucharest–Otopeni,[64] Budapest,[63] Catania,[64] Charleroi,[64] Kraków,[64] Lamezia Terme,[65] London–Stansted,[64] Manchester,[64] Naples,[66] Pisa,[64] Prague,[64] Rome–Ciampino,[64] Stockholm–Arlanda,[64] Treviso,[64] Vienna,[63] Warsaw–Chopin (begins 31 March 2025),[67] Warsaw–Modlin,[64] Weeze[64] Seasonal: Birmingham (ends 30 March 2025),[63] Edinburgh,[64] Marseille[63]
Scandinavian Airlines	Seasonal: Copenhagen,[68] Stockholm–Arlanda
Sky Express	Athens[69]
Smartwings	Seasonal: Prague[70] Seasonal charter: Bilbao,[71] Bratislava,[72][73] Brno,[72] Budapest,[74][75] Debrecen, (begins 2 June 2025)[76] Gdańsk,[citation needed] Katowice,[77] Łódź, (begins 30 May 2025)[78] Olsztyn-Mazury, (begins 12 June 2025)[79] Poznań,[80] Rzeszów,[citation needed] Warsaw–Chopin,[81] Wrocław[77]
SunExpress	Seasonal: Antalya,[82][83] Izmir[84]
Sundor	Seasonal: Tel Aviv (begins 31 March 2025)[85]
Swiss International Air Lines	Zürich[86]
Transavia	Amsterdam[87] Seasonal: Bordeaux (begins 10 July 2025),[88] Lyon,[89] Nantes (begins 10 July 2025),[88] Paris–Orly[90]
TUI fly Belgium	Seasonal: Brussels[citation needed]
TUI fly Netherlands	Seasonal: Amsterdam (begins 12 July 2025)[91]
Vueling	Seasonal: Barcelona (begins 2 July 2025)[92]
Wizz Air	Abu Dhabi,[93] Ancona,[94] Athens,[95] Barcelona,[96] Bari, Basel/Mulhouse, Beauvais, Bergamo, Berlin, Bologna, Budapest, Catania, (ends 29 March 2025)[97] Charleroi,[98] Dortmund, Eindhoven, Genoa,[94] Hahn, Hamburg, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Leipzig/Halle,[99][100] London–Luton, Lyon,[101] Madrid,[102] Malmö, Memmingen, Milan–Malpensa, Naples,[103] Nice,[104] Nuremberg,[101] Perugia,[94] Pescara,[94] Pisa, Prague,[105] Rimini, Rome–Fiumicino, Salerno,[106] Sandefjord, Stuttgart,[107] Treviso, Trieste,[103] Turin,[108] Valencia,[99][100] Verona, Vienna Seasonal: Comiso,[109] Gdańsk,[110] Katowice,[111] Kraków,[105] Poznań,[110] Warsaw–Chopin,[101] Wrocław[101]

Statistics

Traffic

Annual passenger traffic at TIA airport. See Wikidata query.

Year	Passengers	Change	Aircraft Operations	Change	Cargo (metric tons)	Change	Ref.
2005	785,000	20.77%	15,400	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	[112]
2006	906,103	15.43%	15,856	2.96%	2,435	N.A.	[112]
2007	1,105,770	22.04%	18,258	15.15%	3,832	57.37%	[112]
2008	1,267,041	14.58%	19,194	5.13%	2,497	34.84%	[112]
2009	1,394,688	10.07%	20,064	4.53%	2,265	9.29%	[112]
2010	1,536,822	10.19%	20,768	3.51%	2,355	3.97%	[112]
2011	1,817,073	18.24%	22,988	10.69%	2,656	12.78%	[112]
2012	1,665,331	8.35%	20,528	10.70%	1,875	29.41%	[112]
2013	1,757,342	5.53%	19,942	2.85%	2,164	15.41%	[112]
2014	1,810,305	3.02%	17,928	3.02%	2,324	13.53%	[112]
2015	1,997,044	10.3%	20,876	16.4%	2,229	4.1%	[112]
2016	2,195,100	9.9%	22,352	7.1%	2,200	1%	[113]
2017	2,630,338	19.8%	24,336	9%	2,266	3%	[113]
2018	2,947,172	12%	25,462	3%	2,245	0.9%	[113]
2019	3,338,147	13.3%	28,695	12.5%	2,372	5.7%	[113]
2020	1,310,614	60,7%	15,280	46,8%	1,796.8	24.3%	[113]
2021	2,923,533	123.1%	26,152	73%	1,983	10.4%	[113]
2022	5,198,550	77.8%	38,517	47.3%	2,045	3.1%	[113]
2023	7,257,662	39.6%	51,050	32.5%	1,953	4.5%	[113]
2024	10,708,975	48%	68,346	35%	2,257	18%	[114]
2025 (31.01)	699,501	12%	4,500	4%	178	9%	[115]

Busiest routes

Routes with the highest number of passengers (2024)^[116]

Rank	Destination	Airport(s)	Number of Passengers	Top carriers
1	London	LHR, LTN, STN	838,073	British Airways, Ryanair, Wizz Air
2	Bergamo	BGY	697,727	Air Albania, Ryanair, Wizz Air
3	Rome	CIA, FCO	606,906	Air Albania, ITA Airways, Ryanair, Wizz Air
4	Bologna	BLQ	476,009	Air Albania, Ryanair, Wizz Air
5	Treviso	TSF	440,426	Air Albania, Ryanair, Wizz Air
6	Pisa	PSA	426,476	Ryanair, Wizz Air
7	Istanbul	IST, SAW	407,968	Air Albania, Pegasus Airlines
8	Vienna	VIE	395,013	Air Albania, Austrian Airlines, Ryanair, Wizz Air
9	Milan	MXP	374,028	Air Albania, Wizz Air
10	Brussels	BRU, CRL	348,534	Air Albania, Ryanair, TUI fly Belgium, Wizz Air

Highest number of passengers by country (2024)^[116]

Rank	Destination	Number of Passengers
1	Italy	4,545,560
2	Germany	1,117,942
3	United Kingdom	965,361
4	Turkey	561,826
5	Poland	519,608
6	France	490,241
7	Austria	395,013
8	Belgium	348,534
9	Greece	313,077
10	Spain	280,229

Top carriers

Top carriers by market share at Tirana Airport (2024)^[117]

Rank	Carrier	Market share
1	Wizz Air	54.84%
2	Ryanair	22.23%
3	Air Albania	3.42%
4	Lufthansa	2.84%
5	Austrian Airlines	2.10%

Ground transport

Taxi rank at the airport

SH60 linking Tirana Airport with SH2 Tirana-Durrës Highway

The airport is linked with motorway SH60 10 nautical miles (19 kilometres; 12 miles) away to SH2 Durrës–Tirana access road. Taxis and car rental facilities are available at the airport. The journey from Tirana to the airport takes 20–25 minutes.

Bus

An airport bus, located outside Arrivals terminal, provides an hourly service that is available 24 hour a day and 7 days a week to/from city centre.^[118]

Rail

A new electrified light rail train line is being built between Tirana and Durrës with a link to Tirana Airport planned to be completed by 2024–25.^[119]

Incidents and accidents

• 3 October 2006: Turkish Airlines Flight 1476, flying from Tirana to Istanbul, was hijacked by Hakan Ekinci in Greek airspace. The aircraft, with 107 passengers and six crew on board, transmitted two coded hijack signals which were picked up by the Greek air force; the flight was intercepted by military aircraft and landed safely at Brindisi, Italy.
• 30 June 2016: Three armed and masked people entered the cargo terminal, where they stole a huge amount of money that was to be transported abroad on airplanes. The amount of cash could have been up to 3 million euros. The incident caused national security concerns.^[120][121]
• 9 April 2019: An Austrian Airlines flight headed to Vienna was delayed for 3 hours, following an armed robbery. The aircraft's engines were running, when three men wearing masks and military fatigues stepped up to the fuselage, stealing 6 million euros. One of the robbers was shot dead in an exchange of fire with the police about one kilometre from the airport.^[122]

See also

• Transport in Albania
• List of airports in Albania

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External links

• Official Website
• Accident history for TIA at Aviation Safety Network