Priština International Airport
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| Priština International Airport Међународни аеродром Приштина Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Prishtinës |
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| IATA: PRN - ICAO: BKPR | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military/Public | ||
| Operator | Priština International Airport J.S.C. | ||
| Serves | Priština | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,789 ft (545 m) | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 17/35 | 8,202 | 2,500 | Asphalt |
Priština International Airport (IATA: PRN, ICAO: BKPR) (Albanian: Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Prishtinës; Serbian: Међународни аеродром Приштина or Međunarodni aerodrom Priština) is an international airport located 16km outside of Priština, Kosovo, Serbia. It is a regional airport that handles around a million passengers per year.
Priština International Airport carries out airport services such as receiving and sending off planes and passengers, cargo depot, catering and sells goods, as well as performs other commercial activities for airport users, such as renting the business premises, parking facilities and other.
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[edit] History
Priština Airport was officially opened in 1965. It was initially opened for domestic flights only - to and from Belgrade.
During the 1990s the airport started operating international flights, mainly to and from Switzerland and Germany. Following the Kosovo War, the airport was reactivated as a military airport on October 15, 1999 and then started to operate international civilian air transport to several European cities. During that period of time the Russian KFOR forces along with other NATO forces and allies were in charge for security of the airport. Airport Priština initially begun its operations and other airport matters with 45 employed workers in total.
The apron and the passenger terminal were renovated and expanded in 2002. Since then the airport has received between 800.000 and 1.000.000 passengers annually. The airport has re-build the facilities and new equipment was installed. In the last 3 years the company renovated and reorganized the airport completely.
[edit] Award
In June 2006, Priština International Airport was awarded the ‘Best Airport 2006 Award’, an honour presented by Airport Council International (ACI). Airports across Europe once again competed in the ‘ACI EUROPE Best Airport Awards’ for the prestigious title of ‘Best Airport 2006’. Winning airports were selected for excellence and achievement across a range of disciplines including airport development, operations, facilities, security and safety, and customer service.
Priština International Airport was pronounced winner of the ‘Best Airport 2006 Award’ in the category ‘up to 1 million passengers per year’.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate to and from Priština (as of March 2007):
[edit] Scheduled Airlines
- Adria Airways (Ljubljana)
- Albanian Airlines (Tirana)
- Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
- British Airways (London Gatwick)
- Malév Hungarian Airlines (Budapest)
- Scandinavian Airlines System (Copenhagen [seasonal March 28 - October 27])
- Turkish Airlines (Istanbul-Atatürk)
[edit] Charter Airlines
- Air Berlin (Munich, Stuttgart and Dusseldorf Began March 31, 2007. Frankfurt - Summer 2007)
- Atlas Jet (Istanbul-Atatürk}
- dba (Munich, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Hannover)
- Edelweiss Air (Zurich, Geneva)
- Germanwings (Cologne/Bonn, Hamburg, Stuttgart)
- Hello (airline) (Zurich, Geneva)
- Kosova Airlines (Zurich, Geneva, Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Hannover, Gothenburg-Landvetter)
- LTU International (Dusseldorf, Stuttgart)
- Meridiana (Verona)
- Star XL German Airlines (Dusseldorf, Stuttgart)
- Swiss International Air Lines (Zurich, Geneva)
[edit] Sources
- (Serbian) Aeronautical Information Publication
[edit] External links
| International airports in Serbia |  |
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| Belgrade Nikola Tesla International Airport | Niš Constantine the Great International Airport | Priština International Airport | Vršac International Airport | |||||||||
