Pristina Airport maintains growth

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EU okays Alitalia successor

EU competition regulators have given the green light to a slimmed down successor to Alitalia and said the new state-owned airline was not liable for repaying 900 million euros in illegal state aid received by its predecessor. The approval of Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA) will be greeted with relief in Rome, which has been negotiating for months to prevent the decision on the 900 million euros of loans from hindering the launch of the new airline. Alitalia is unlikely to repay that aid, plus interest, as the carrier's coffers are empty and money it may collect from the sale of assets is not expected to be enough. ITA will operate with less than half of Alitalia's fleet of aircraft and will only be allowed to take over limited parts of its predecessor's handling and maintenance businesses. Alitalia's brand and its loyalty programme will be sold in an open tender, said the European Commission, which oversees the EU's competition policy. The new carrier is due to start flying in place of Alitalia on October 15 and plans to employ only a small part of its predecessor's 11.000 total workforce under a new, less generous labour contract. The uncertainty over the future of thousands of workers has sparked protests. The Italian government has set aside a total of 3 billion euros for ITA, but the Commission only gave a green light to an initial 1.35 billion euros capital injection by Rome into the carrier over the next three years.
Reuters

Pristina Airport maintains growth

NEWS FLASH

Pristina Airport welcomed 181.931 passengers through its doors in May, representing an increase of 8% on the same month last year. During the January - May period, the airport handled 850.160 travellers, up 11.1%. As a result, it added an extra 84.989 passengers so far this year. Numbers are expected to further grow in June after Eurowings stationed its first aircraft in Pristina, launched new routes and boosted frequencies on existing services.

Month	PAX	Change (%)
JAN	168.777	▲ 17.1
FEB	138.269	▲ 11.9
MAR	169.108	▲ 12.4
APR	192.075	▲ 8.1
MAY	181.931	▲ 8.0

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Anonymous13:02
Norwegian boosted its operations to PRN. Oslo 4x weekly, Goteborg 1x, Kopenhagen 1x and Helsinki + Stockholm already have 1x weekly.
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