Pristina Airport’s traffic exceeds pre-pandemic levels

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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.
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Pristina Airport’s traffic exceeds pre-pandemic levels

NEWS FLASH

Pristina Airport handled 340.446 passengers in July, overtaking its previous best result for the month set in the pre-pandemic 2019. That year, the airport registered 280.013 travellers, while the figure stood at 88.607 passengers in 2020. During July, most capacity was offered from Pristina to Zurich, followed by Vienna, Geneva, Dusseldorf and Istanbul Sabiha Gocken Airport. August has also started off on a strong note for the airport, with a record 104.256 passengers handled during the first week of the month. Over the January - July period, Pristina Airport welcomed 1.056.370 travellers through its doors.

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Anonymous10:38
PRN had way more passengers in one week than LJU in first 6 months. Lol!
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JU520 BEGLAX10:59
Impressive !!
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Unknown14:19
Congrats. Hope other will follow suit. I think Kosovo needs a Terminal double its current size to handle its growth.
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Unknown17:26
and what about Basel ? i think Basel was the first destination ..yesterday 19 flights from Pristina to Basel..
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