Pristina Airport’s traffic exceeds pre-pandemic levels

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Airbus terminates Qatar order

Airbus has raised the stakes in a dispute with major customer Qatar Airways over grounded and undelivered A350 jets by announcing it had revoked a separate contract for 50 smaller A321neo jets the airline plans to use for new routes. The move widens a dispute that moved closer towards a rare courtroom clash, with a procedural hearing over Qatar's claim for more than $600 million in compensation over A350 flaws pencilled in for the week of April 26 in London. Airbus revealed it was walking away from the contract for A321neos in skeletal arguments presented during a scheduling session over the A350 dispute at a division of Britain's High Court. "We confirm we did terminate the contract for 50 A321s with Qatar Airways in accordance with our rights", an Airbus spokesman said following a filing setting out provisional arguments. Qatar Airways is expected to fight the A321neo contract's termination, having said it plans to take delivery of the jets even though it is refusing to take more A350s until a dispute over surface erosion on the larger planes has been resolved. The airline said in a court filing that it was "working through the practical consequences" of the A321 decision, adding that Airbus was not entitled to declare a "cross-default" on the basis of Qatar's refusal to take more A350s in the main dispute. Qatar Airways had no immediate comment on the A321neo contract, which has its roots in an order 10 years ago worth $4.6 billion at list prices, originally for a smaller version. Qatar Airways has said the A321s will help it launch flights to new markets where there is currently not enough demand for larger aircraft, but which are out of reach of smaller A320s. Qatar's first A321neo is due to be delivered in February 2023, according to the airline filing. Industry experts say the hot-selling model can easily be resold, in contrast with a drop in demand for big jets like the A350, worsened by the pandemic.

Pristina Airport’s traffic exceeds pre-pandemic levels

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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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nico17:26
and what about Basel ? i think Basel was the first destination ..yesterday 19 flights from Pristina to Basel..
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