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Rinas Airport
Airport Directory » Albania » Tirana » Rinas AirportTirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (IATA: TIA, ICAO: LATI) is Albania's only international airport. It is usually known as Rinas International Airport, as it is turn up 25 klicks (16 land mile) northwest of Tirana, in the small town of Rinas. In 2001 the airport was named after Mother Teresa.
Facilities
The air traffic equipment and facilities of the airport have been to a great extent modernised coming after investing by Tirana International Airport SHPK, a syndicate guide by Hochtief AirPort. Hochtief presumed direction of the airport on April 23, 2005 for a 20 yr grant time period.
The grant included the building of a entirely new rider depot and various base improvements, including building of a new slip road. The new installations kick off on March 23, 2007 significantly better the services offered to air traveler in Albania; nevertheless, they do not render jetway installations. The new depot's current theoretic capacity (1 million per annum) was stand out in the same yr it was kick off which moved the operator to put in a 2 yr enlargement labor.
In 2007, the airport saw enter traffic through its depot. "In 2007, Tirana International Airport (TIA) entered its most good yr in terms of rider figure and freight traffic, assisting 1,107,325 riders and deal 3,483 short ton of freight. Passenger figure increased by 22 per cent compared to 2006 and shipment increased by 65 per cent. Achievements were put down also in the figure air traffic motilities (ATMs), which saw an increase of 15 per cent over the fig for 2006" - functionary TIA handout.
July 2008, Tirana International Airport set about the enlargement of the depot.
The work for the further modernisation of Tirana International Airport (TIA) set about on Friday 25 July 2008 with a ceremonial go to by Albania’s Prime Minister, Prof. Dr. Sali Berisha, high representatives of the Albanian authority and other extremely ranked guests from foreign internal representation to the land and its businessmen. Phase B of the Airport modernisation will significantly increase its operational capacities, and will have as its heart piece the enlargement of the new rider depot.
The be after enlargement of the rider depot is ground on the fundamental conception of supplying a individual incorporated depot with an ability to run across to the full all rider demands, their sequestration and functioning with maximal efficiency. The physical enlargement of the depot will include 14 additional check-in desks, luggage care installations, new gates, 3 airline counters, 3 airside entrances, and additional business office on the 1st floor. The enlargement of the depot will add an additional 3,943 m2 with the tallness of the building bushing from 7 to 13.5 metres. The building of the new luggage care installations covers 890 m². This guides to a aggregative size of the enlargement of 4,833 m². The volume of the construction shall be 40,000 m³.
The building works of the new depot shall be complete in September 2009.
Key Technical Features Phase B Investments
Extension of the Passenger Terminal 1.5 million Pax. per yr September 2009
Size: approx 3,583 m², frontage tallnesses 7-13.5 m, building surface 3943 m², the building of the surface of the metal shelter 890 m² which takes a aggregative of building surface 4,833 m². Volume of the physical object is 39,430 m³. The building has one high floor and subway to the full air status/heat up, with all province of the art rider service and retail installations.
Also for the Phase B, all projects of the designer Hin Tan shall be put to death by Albanian contractors: Trema Engineering two SHPK consorting to International Standards (British Standards). Design reexamine as good as building oversight lies with the German technologist corporation Diwi Consult International.
Since 2005 and the premise of direction by Hochtief AirPort, eminent improvements have take place to spread out the airport and its border installations for the takes of the riders. These include:
- new circumference route (opened November 2005)
- span on the old airport slip road (opened February 2006 and *important for access from the northward of the commonwealth)
- new rider depot (opened March 2007)
- new air freight center (opened March 2007)
- new slip road (opened March 2007)
- new water system (opened March 2007)
- new sewerage intervention constitute (opened June 2007)
- new parking lot (opened March 2007)
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