March 29 (SeeNews) - The airport of Tirana served 577,753 passengers in February, up from 341,247 a year ago, figures published by the airport operator Tirana International Airport (TIA) show.
In terms of destinations, London leads with 53,358 passengers, closely followed by Bergamo, Rome, and Pisa, TIA said in a monthly report last week.
Foreign tourist arrivals to Albania reached 480,500 in January, up 55% compared with the same month of the previous year, the tourism ministry said earlier this month.
In 2023, the airport of Tirana welcomed 7.26 million passengers, 40% more than a year earlier.
The airport of Tirana is expected to serve 8.4 million passengers in 2024, Maksim Et’hemaj, director of Albania’s civil aviation authority AAC, told local media last month.