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Pristina International Airport

Coordinates: 42°34′22″N 021°02′09″E / 42.57278°N 21.03583°E / 42.57278; 21.03583
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Pristina International Airport

Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Prishtinës
File:Prishtina International Airport Adem Jashari.png
Summary
Airport typePublic/Military
OperatorLimak Kosovo International Airport J.S.C.[1]
ServesPristina, Kosovo
LocationSlatina
Hub forAdria Airways
Elevation AMSL545 m / 1,789 ft
Coordinates42°34′22″N 021°02′09″E / 42.57278°N 21.03583°E / 42.57278; 21.03583
WebsiteOfficial website
Map
PRN is located in Kosovo
PRN
PRN
Location of airport in Kosovo
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
17/35 2,501 8,210 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Passengers1,887,402
Passenger change 16–17Increase8.3%
Movements change 16–17Increase%
Sources: Civil Aviation Authority of the Republic of Kosovo[2]
Kosovo AIP at EUROCONTROL[3]

Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" (Albanian: Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Prishtinës "Adem Jashari"; (IATA: PRN, ICAO: BKPR)[a] is an international airport located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south-west of Pristina, Kosovo.[a] The airport is under the authority of Kosovo.[4] The Airport has flights to numerous European destinations.

The Airport handles more than 1.7 million passengers per year and is the only port of entry for air travelers to Kosovo.[2] It is named in honour of Adem Jashari, the founder of the Kosovo Liberation Army, which fought for the secession of Kosovo from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the 1990s. Prishtina International Airport serves as a secondary hub for Adria Airways from Slovenia.[5]

History

From 12 to 26 June 1999 there was a brief but tense stand-off between NATO and the Russian Kosovo Force in which Russian troops occupied the airport. A contingent of 200[6] Russian troops deployed in Bosnia and Herzegovina then crossed into Kosovo and occupied the airport in Pristina, the capital city of Kosovo.

The apron and the passenger terminal were renovated and expanded in 2002 and again in 2009. In June 2006, Pristina International Airport was awarded the Best Airport 2006 Award by Airports Council International (ACI). Winning airports were selected for excellence and achievement across a range of disciplines including airport development, operations, facilities, security and safety, and customer service.[7]

On 12 November 2008, Pristina International Airport received for the first time in its history the annual one-millionth passenger (excluding military). A special ceremony was held at the airport where the one-millionth passenger received a free return ticket to a destination of his choice served by the airport.[8]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Pristina:[9]

AirlinesDestinations
Air Prishtina Basel/Mulhouse, Bergamo (begins 25 March 2018),[10] Copenhagen (begins 23 March 2018),[10] Düsseldorf, Geneva, Hamburg, Hannover, Munich, Paris–Charles de Gaulle (begins 28 March 2018),[10] Stuttgart, Verona, Zürich[11]
Adria AirwaysFrankfurt, Ljubljana, Munich
Seasonal: Malmö
Austrian AirlinesVienna
easyJetBerlin–Schönefeld
easyJet SwitzerlandBasel/Mulhouse, Geneva
Edelweiss AirZürich
EurowingsCologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, Munich (begins 24 March 2018),[12] Stuttgart
Germania Copenhagen (begins 23 March 2018), Paris–Charles de Gaulle (begins 28 March 2018)[13]
Charter: Düsseldorf,[14] Munich
Norwegian Air Shuttle Copenhagen (begins 28 March 2018),[15] Oslo–Gardermoen
Seasonal: Gothenburg, Helsinki
Orange2Fly Seasonal charter: Basel/Mulhouse, Düsseldorf, Malmö (begins 9 June 2018),[16] Munich, Stuttgart[17]
Pegasus AirlinesIstanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Scandinavian AirlinesSeasonal: Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda
Swiss International Air LinesGeneva
TUI fly BelgiumBrussels
Turkish AirlinesIstanbul–Atatürk
Wizz AirBudapest, London–Luton

Statistics

Check-in hall
Apron view
Passenger and Flight movements statistics (2004–2017)[18]
Year Passengers Change Air Movements Change
2004 910,797 9.1% 4,716 13.3%
2005 930,346 Increase2.1% 4,983 Increase5.7%
2006 882,731 Decrease5.1% 4,077 Decrease18.2%
2007 990,259 Increase12.2% 4,316 Increase5.9%
2008 1,130,639 Increase14.2% 4,928 Increase14.2%
2009 1,191,978 Increase5.4% 5,709 Increase15.9%
2010 1,305,532 Increase9.5% 6,143 Increase7.6%
2011 1,422,302 Increase8.9% 6,738 Increase9.7%
2012 1,527,134 Increase7.4% 6,947 Increase3.1%
2013 1,628,678 Increase6.6% 7,305 Increase5.2%
2014 1,404,775 Decrease13.7% 5,994 Decrease17.9%
2015 1,549,198 Increase10.3% 6,773 Increase13.0%
2016 1,744,202 Increase12.6% 7,254 Increase7.1%
2017 1,887,402 Increase8.3% Increase%
2018 (01.01. - 31.01.) 144,137 Increase17.3% Increase%

See also

Annotations

  1. ^ Template:Kosovo-note

References

  1. ^ "PPP Agreement" (PDF). PPP Unit. p. 1. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Civil Aviation Authority of the Republic of Kosovo" (PDF). Caa-ks.org. Retrieved 4 February 2017.)
  3. ^ [1] Archived 25 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Mbyllet Aeroporti i Gjakovës, punëtorët lëshojnë punën?".
  5. ^ "Slovenian Airline Adria Airways offers tickets to and from Ljubljana and will fly you to your final destination with a smile!". Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Singer James Blunt 'stopped World War 3'". BBC. 14 November 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2014. In an interview with BBC Radio 5Live, to be broadcast later on Sunday, he said: "I was given the direct command to overpower the 200 or so Russians who were there.
  7. ^ [2] Archived 9 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Prishtina airport hits 1 million passengers". New Kosova Report. 12 November 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  9. ^ airportpristina.com - Destinations retrieved 27 July 2016
  10. ^ a b c "Air Prishtina schedules new routes in S18". routesonline.com. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  11. ^ https://www.airprishtina.com/en/time-table/
  12. ^ "Eurowings to launch new Pristina service". EX-YU Aviation News. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  13. ^ https://www.flygermania.com/en-gb/fluginformation/flugplan/
  14. ^ https://www.dus.com/en/flights/find-flights?destination=airport,Prishtina,2385,PRN&direction=from_dus&airline=&startDate=2018-01-04%2012:59&returnFlight=false
  15. ^ http://www.exyuaviation.com/2018/02/norwegian-to-add-fourth-pristina-service.html
  16. ^ http://www.exyuaviation.com/2018/01/orange2fly-to-launch-new-pristina.html
  17. ^ https://www.flyrbp.com/
  18. ^ caa-ks.org - Statistics retrieved 16 February 2017

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