Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza

Tirana International Airport
Mother Teresa
Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Tiranës
Nënë Tereza
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorKastrati Aviation Holding via Tirana International Airport SHPK[1]
ServesTirana, Tirana County, Albania
LocationRinas, Durrës County, Albania
Hub for
Operating base forRyanair (begins 29 March 2026)
Elevation AMSL108 ft / 33 m
Coordinates41°24′53″N 19°43′14″E / 41.41472°N 19.72056°E / 41.41472; 19.72056
Websitewww.tirana-airport.com
Map
TIA is located in Albania
TIA
TIA
Location in Albania
TIA is located in Mediterranean
TIA
TIA
Location in the Mediterranean
TIA is located in Europe
TIA
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Location in Europe
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
17/35 3,000 9,842 Asphalt
Statistics (2025)
Passengers11,640,044[2]
Passenger change 24–25Increase 9%
Aircraft movements69,896[2]
Movements change 24–25Increase 2%
Source: Albanian AIP at EUROCONTROL[3] LATI Airport record[4]

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 after 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]

The airport is a hub for Wizz Air.[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 present airport infrastructure at Rinas was constructed between 1955 and 1957. However, Tirana had been served by commercial aviation several decades earlier. Domestic air transport in Albania began in 1926, when the German airline **Adria-Aero-Lloyd** was granted a monopoly over internal air routes and commenced services linking Tirana with Shkodër, Korçë, and Vlorë. These operations proved financially unsustainable, and the airline subsequently transferred its rights to the Italian carrier Ala Littoria, which from 1935 operated regular domestic routes connecting Tirana with Shkodër, Kukës, Peshkopia, Kuçova, Vlorë, and Gjirokastër.[9] In 1938, the Yugoslav airline Aeroput introduced scheduled international services linking Tirana with Belgrade, with an intermediate stop in Dubrovnik, thereby integrating Albania into the regional Balkan air network on a limited scale.[10] Following the Second World War and the establishment of an isolationist communist regime, international air transport to and from Albania became highly restricted. Between 1944 and 1948, limited services operated between Tirana and Belgrade, but after the rupture of relations with Yugoslavia, Albania's only scheduled international connection until 1953 consisted of infrequent flights to Budapest operated by the Soviet–Hungarian airline **Maszovlet**.[9] From 1953 to early 1955, no regular civil air services operated. In February 1955, flights to Moscow were inaugurated, followed by connections to other Eastern European capitals, reflecting Albania's alignment within the socialist bloc. During the 1970s, Tirana was served by China's CAAC Airlines through a weekly long-haul service to Beijing via Bucharest and Tehran. By the late 1980s, a total of six airlines operated scheduled services to Tirana, offering approximately nine international round-trip flights per week.[9] Following the collapse of the communist regime in 1991 and the liberalisation of international travel for Albanian citizens, air traffic expanded rapidly. By 1999, Tirana Airport recorded 8,249 aircraft movements and 356,823 passengers, representing a sevenfold increase in traffic compared with 1991 levels.[9] Passenger volumes continued to rise steadily during the 2000s, exceeding 1.5 million annually by 2010,[11] and reaching two million passengers per year by 2016.[12] Growth accelerated markedly after 2020, with traffic surpassing 7.2 million passengers in 2023 and exceeding 10 million passengers in 2024, reflecting a sustained long-term expansion of civil aviation activity in Albania.[2][13]

Contemporary

The air traffic equipment and facilities of Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza have undergone extensive modernisation since the mid-2000s, following investments by Tirana International Airport SHPK, a consortium led by Hochtief AirPort. Hochtief assumed management of the airport on 23 April 2005 under a 20-year concession agreement structured as a build–own–operate–transfer (BOOT) arrangement.[14] The concession programme included the construction of a completely new passenger terminal and a range of supporting infrastructure works, including a new access road, expanded parking facilities, and a bridge over the former airport access route.[14] These investments significantly increased the airport's handling capacity, with passenger numbers reaching approximately 1.5 million by 2009 and exceeding that level in 2010.[15][16][11] The terminal building, its subsequent expansion, the cargo facilities, associated landscaping, and car-park canopies were designed by Malaysian architect Hin Tan of Hintan.[17] Passenger traffic continued to grow steadily in the following decade. In 2016, the airport reported serving two million passengers within a single calendar year for the first time.[12] Growth accelerated markedly after the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023, Tirana International Airport handled more than 7.2 million passengers, representing a substantial increase compared with both 2022 and pre-pandemic traffic levels in 2019. This trend continued in 2024, when the airport exceeded 10 million passengers for the first time, reflecting sustained expansion in airline operations and route connectivity.[18][19]

Ownership

In 2017, China Everbright Limited became the sole owner of Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza after acquiring the airport operator from Hochtief AirPort. The transaction followed an agreement with the Albanian Government to terminate the airport's long-standing monopoly on international flights from Albania.[20] China Everbright Limited is an international financial services group active in asset management, direct investment, brokerage, and investment banking.[21] On 25 December 2020, Kastrati Group acquired 100% of the shares of Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza from China Everbright Limited for a reported price of €71 million, becoming the airport's owner and operator through its aviation subsidiary, **Kastrati Aviation Holding**, via Tirana International Airport SHPK.[22][23]

Airlines and destinations

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

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Athens,[citation needed] Heraklion[24]
Seasonal: Rhodes[citation needed]
AJet Ankara,[25][better source needed] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[26][better source needed]
Air Cairo Seasonal charter: Sharm El Sheikh[27]
Air France Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle[28]
Air Serbia Belgrade[citation needed]
Air Transat Seasonal: Toronto–Pearson (begins 18 June 2026)[29]
airBaltic Seasonal: Riga,[30] Tallinn[31]
arkia Seasonal: Tel Aviv[citation needed]
Austrian Airlines Vienna[citation needed]
British Airways London–Heathrow[32]
Buzz Seasonal charter: Katowice,[33] Poznań,[34] Wrocław[34]
Chair Airlines Seasonal: Zürich (begins 9 July 2026)[35]
Croatia Airlines Seasonal: Zagreb[36]
easyJet Geneva[37]
Seasonal: Lisbon[38]
Enter Air Seasonal charter: Gdańsk,[34] Katowice[34]
Eurowings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,[citation needed] Düsseldorf,[citation needed] Stuttgart[39]
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki (begins 30 April 2026)[40]
Flydubai Dubai–International[41][42]
Flynas Seasonal: Riyadh[43]
Iberia Seasonal: Madrid[citation needed]
Israir Seasonal: Tel Aviv[44]
ITA Airways Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino[citation needed]
Jordan Aviation Seasonal charter: Amman–Queen Alia[citation needed]
Lufthansa Frankfurt[citation needed]
Seasonal: Munich[45]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen,[citation needed] Gothenburg (begins 19 June 2026),[46] Helsinki (begins 20 May 2026),[citation needed] Oslo[47]
Pegasus Airlines Antalya[citation needed] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[48]
Ryanair Bari,[citation needed] Beauvais,[49] Bergamo,[49] Bologna,[49] Bratislava (begins 29 March 2026),[50] Bucharest–Otopeni,[49] Budapest,[citation needed] Catania,[49] Charleroi,[49] Dublin (begins 30 March 2026),[51][better source needed] Eindhoven (begins 1 June 2026),[52] Genoa (begins 2 June 2026),[52] Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden (begins 3 June 2026),[52] Kraków,[49] Lamezia Terme,[53] Liverpool, (begins 30 March 2026)[54] London–Stansted,[49] Malta (begins 1 April 2026),[51] Manchester,[49] Memmingen (begins 2 June 2026),[52] Milan–Malpensa (begins 29 March 2026),[51] Naples,[51] Pescara (begins 29 March 2026),[51] Parma (begins 1 June 2026),[52] Pisa,[49] Prague,[49] Rome–Ciampino,[49] Stockholm–Arlanda,[49] Treviso,[49] Trieste (begins 30 March 2026),[51] Turin (begins 29 March 2026),[51] Verona (begins 29 March 2026),[51] Vienna,[citation needed] Warsaw–Chopin,[55] Warsaw–Modlin,[49] Weeze[49]
Seasonal: Alghero (begins 1 June 2026),[52] Birmingham (resumes 1 April 2026),[51] Edinburgh,[49] Gdańsk (begins 31 March 2026),[56] Katowice (begins 4 June 2026),[57] Poznań (begins 30 March 2026),[51] Wrocław (begins 1 June 2026)[52]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen[citation needed]
SkyUp Airlines Seasonal: Chișinău (begins 9 June 2026)[58]
Sky Express Athens,[citation needed] Heraklion[citation needed]
Smartwings Seasonal: Prague[citation needed]
Seasonal charter: Bratislava,[59] Brno,[59] Budapest,[citation needed] Debrecen,[citation needed] Katowice,[citation needed] Łódź,[citation needed] Poznań,[citation needed] Wrocław[citation needed]
SunExpress Seasonal: Antalya,[citation needed] Bodrum, (begins 11 June 2026)[60] Izmir[citation needed]
Sundor Tel Aviv[61]
Swiss International Air Lines Zürich[citation needed]
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam,[62] Bordeaux,[63] Lyon,[64] Nantes,[63] Paris–Orly[citation needed]
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels[65]
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam[66]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul[67]
Vueling Barcelona[68]
Wizz Air Ancona,[69][70] Athens,[69][71] Barcelona,[69] Bari,[69] Basel/Mulhouse,[69] Beauvais,[69] Bergamo,[69] Berlin,[69] Billund,[72] Bologna,[69] Bratislava (begins 16 March 2026),[73] Charleroi,[69][74] Catania (resumes 4 May 2026),[75] Cologne/Bonn,[72] Dortmund,[69] Eindhoven,[69] Genoa,[69][70] Hahn,[69] Hamburg,[69] Kalamata (begins 31 March 2026),[76] Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden,[69] Larnaca,[77] London–Gatwick,[78] London–Luton,[79] Lyon,[69][80] Madrid,[69][81] Málaga,[77] Malmö,[69] Malta,[77] Memmingen,[69] Milan–Malpensa,[82] Naples,[83][84] Nuremberg,[80] Perugia,[70][69] Pescara,[69][70] Pisa,[69] Prague,[69][85] Rimini,[69] Rome–Fiumicino,[86] Stockholm–Arlanda,[72] Stuttgart,[69][87] Treviso,[69] Trieste,[69][84] Turin,[69] Valencia,[69][88] Verona[69]
Seasonal: Alghero (begins 24 June 2026),[89] Budapest,[90] Comiso,[91] Gdańsk,[92] Katowice,[93] Kraków,[85] Nice,[69][94] Palma de Mallorca (begins 23 June 2026),[89] Poznań,[92] Sandefjord,[69] Santander (begins 29 March 2026),[76] Sofia (begins 4 July 2026),[95] Tallinn (begins 22 June 2026),[89] Vilnius (begins 31 March 2026),[96] Warsaw–Chopin,[69][80] Warsaw–Radom (begins 24 June 2026),[89] Wrocław[80]

Statistics

Traffic

PassengersYear01,000,0002,000,0003,000,0004,000,0005,000,0006,000,0007,000,0008,000,00020042007201020132016201920222025PassengersAnnual passenger traffic
Year Passengers Change Aircraft operations Change Cargo
(metric tons) 		Change Ref.
2005 785,000 Increase20.77% 15,400 N.A. N.A. N.A.
[97]
2006 906,103 Increase15.43% 15,856 Increase 2.96% 2,435 N.A.
[97]
2007 1,105,770 Increase22.04% 18,258 Increase15.15% 3,832 Increase57.37%
[97]
2008 1,267,041 Increase14.58% 19,194 Increase 5.13% 2,497 Decrease34.84%
[97]
2009 1,394,688 Increase10.07% 20,064 Increase 4.53% 2,265 Decrease 9.29%
[97]
2010 1,536,822 Increase10.19% 20,768 Increase 3.51% 2,355 Increase 3.97%
[97]
2011 1,817,073 Increase18.24% 22,988 Increase10.69% 2,656 Increase12.78%
[97]
2012 1,665,331 Decrease 8.35% 20,528 Decrease10.70% 1,875 Decrease29.41%
[97]
2013 1,757,342 Increase 5.53% 19,942 Decrease 2.85% 2,164 Increase15.41%
[97]
2014 1,810,305 Increase 3.02% 17,928 Decrease 3.02% 2,324 Increase13.53%
[97]
2015 1,997,044 Increase 10.3% 20,876 Increase 16.4% 2,229 Decrease4.1%
[97]
2016 2,195,100 Increase 9.9% 22,352 Increase 7.1% 2,200 Decrease1%
[98]
2017 2,630,338 Increase 19.8% 24,336 Increase 9% 2,266 Increase3%
[98]
2018 2,947,172 Increase 12% 25,462 Increase 3% 2,245 Decrease 0.9%
[98]
2019 3,338,147 Increase 13.3% 28,695 Increase 12.5% 2,372 Increase 5.7%
[98]
2020 1,310,614 Decrease 60,7% 15,280 Decrease 46,8% 1,796.8 Decrease 24.3%
[98]
2021 2,923,533 Increase 123.1% 26,152 Increase 73% 1,983 Increase 10.4%
[98]
2022 5,198,550 Increase 77.8% 38,517 Increase 47.3% 2,045 Increase 3.1%
[98]
2023 7,257,662 Increase 39.6% 51,050 Increase 32.5% 1,953 Decrease 4.5%
[98]
2024 10,708,975 Increase 48% 68,346 Increase 35% 2,257 Increase 18%
[99]
2025 11,640,044 Increase 8.7% 69,896 Increase 2.3% 2,805 Increase 24.3%
[100]
(31.01) 2026 712,030 Increase 2% NA N/a NA N/a
[101]

Busiest routes

Routes with the highest number of passengers (2025)[102]
Rank Destination Airport(s) Number of passengers Top carriers
1 Italy Milan BGY, MXP 1,022,161 Ryanair, Wizz Air
2 United Kingdom London LGW, LHR, LTN, STN 933,098 British Airways, Ryanair, Wizz Air
3 Italy Rome CIA, FCO 587,812 ITA Airways, Ryanair, Wizz Air
4 Italy Bologna BLQ 505,558 Ryanair, Wizz Air
5 Italy Treviso TSF 464,857 Ryanair, Wizz Air
6 Austria Vienna VIE 442,643 Austrian Airlines, Ryanair
7 Turkey Istanbul IST, SAW 424,585 Pegasus Airlines, Turkish Airlines
8 Italy Pisa PSA 401,156 Ryanair, Wizz Air
9 Greece Athens ATH 374,627 Aegean Airlines, Sky Express, Wizz Air
10 Italy Bari BRI 365,934 Ryanair, Wizz Air
Highest number of passengers by country (2025)[102]
Rank Destination Number of passengers
1 Italy Italy 4,659,170
2 Germany Germany 1,556,384
3 United Kingdom United Kingdom 1,017,122
4 France France 587,125
5 Turkey Turkey 586,837
6 Poland Poland 485,978
7 Austria Austria 442,643
8 Greece Greece 400,175
9 Belgium Belgium 358,115
10 Spain Spain 355,214

Top carriers

Top carriers by market share at Tirana Airport (2025)[103]
Rank Carrier Market share
1 Hungary Wizz Air 54.33%
2 Republic of Ireland Ryanair 21.86%
3 Germany Lufthansa 2.86%
4 Turkey Pegasus Airlines 2.54%
5 Albania Air Albania 2.33%

Ground transport

Taxi rank at the airport
SH60 linking Tirana Airport with the SH2 Tirana–Durrës highway

Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza is connected to the national road network via SH60, which links the airport to the SH2 Durrës–Tirana highway and provides access to the A1 corridor. Since 2024, road connectivity has been improved through upgraded junctions and access roads serving the airport area. Taxis and car rental services are available at the terminal, and the journey between central Tirana and the airport typically takes 20–25 minutes, depending on traffic conditions.

Bus

An airport bus service operates between the airport and Tirana city centre, with stops located outside the arrivals terminal. The service runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with departures approximately every hour.[104]

Rail

A new electrified railway line linking Tirana, Durrës, and Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza is under development. The project includes a dedicated airport station and is planned to begin operations with electric trains in early 2027, providing the first direct rail connection between the airport and Albania's main urban centres.[105]

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.[106][107]
  • 9 April 2019: An Austrian Airlines flight headed to Vienna was delayed for three 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.[108]

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