The airport will have a dedicated road connection and a newly constructed water network. It will also house a school for training air traffic controllers. The facility will be managed by Munich Airport, one of the best in Europe.
The importance of this project is significant from many points of view. Not only will it relieve the now very high traffic burden on Rinas-Tirana Airport, but it will enable all of southern Albania to have a dedicated hub for tourism development on the Albanian coast. At least one million passengers are expected to transit the airport in its first year of operation.
Construction was complex because the area is 2 meters below sea level and required the construction of a drainage channel. There have also been many protests from environmentalists concerned about the area of the Vjosa-Narta National Park, which is considered one of the largest and most important ecosystems in the entire Mediterranean, as well as a preferred route for migration routes. The cost of the project is about 110 million euros. Ryanair has already expressed its willingness to open 17 routes in Vlora airport.
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