Pristina International Airport
| Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Prishtinës "Adem Jashari" Међународни Аеродром Приштина / Međunarodni Aerodrom Priština "Адем Јашари" / "Adem Jašari" | |||||||||||
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| IATA: PRN – ICAO: BKPR | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Prishtina International Airport J.S.C. | ||||||||||
| Serves | Pristina, Kosovo | ||||||||||
| Location | Slatina | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Adria Airways | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 545 m / 1,789 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°34′22″N 021°02′09″E / 42.57278°N 21.03583°ECoordinates: 42°34′22″N 021°02′09″E / 42.57278°N 21.03583°E | ||||||||||
| Website | Airportpristina.com | ||||||||||
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  PRN Location of airport in Kosovo | |||||||||||
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Pristina International Airport (officially known as Prishtina International Airport Adem Jashari) (IATA: PRN, ICAO: BKPR)[a] is an international airport located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southwest of Pristina, Kosovo.[2][3] It handles over 1.6 million passengers per year.[1] It is under the authority of the Republic of Kosovo and is the only port of entry for air travelers to Kosovo. Pristina International Airport is a secondary hub for Adria Airways of Slovenia. The airport is named after Adem Jashari, a leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army.
History
Pristina Airport was officially opened in 1965 by the Yugoslav government.
Pristina Airport was set up in the 1970s to be used for military use, while it was opened for flights to Belgrade in the 1990s. In 1985, Information Technology Unit was equipped with the technology according to ICAO standards. During the 1990s, the airport started operating international flights, mainly to and from Switzerland and Germany.
The apron and the passenger terminal were renovated and expanded in 2002 and again in 2009. In June 2006, Pristina International Airport was awarded the Best Airport 2006 Award by Airports Council International (ACI). Winning airports were selected for excellence and achievement across a range of disciplines including airport development, operations, facilities, security and safety, and customer service.[4]
On 12 November 2008, Pristina International Airport received for the first time in its history the annual one-millionth passenger (excluding military). A special ceremony was held at the airport where the one-millionth passenger received a free return ticket to a destination of his choice served by the airport. The passenger was on board Germanwings flight 4U 2946 arriving from Stuttgart, Germany.[5]
The airport was privatised in May 2010 with Limak Holding-Aeroport de Lyon awarded a 20-year contract to operate the airport. Passenger volumes grew further; 1.3 million passengers used the airport in 2010. A new 42,000 m2 landmark terminal was completed in October 2013 with operations beginning in November 2013.
Facilities
Passengers who fly through Pristina International Airport have at their disposal all the services offered at other airports including 'duty free'. The airport also has a restaurant and three bars for coffee and snacks as well as a lounge to passengers flying business class. The airport also provides extensive parking for more than 1,750 vehicles.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Adria Airways | Frankfurt, Ljubljana, London-Luton (begins 19 June 2016),[6] Munich Seasonal: Malmö |
| Air Berlin operated by Belair | Zürich |
| Austrian Airlines | Vienna |
| Croatia Airlines | Zagreb |
| easyJet | Berlin-Schönefeld (begins 27 March 2016)[7] |
| easyJet Switzerland | Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva |
| Germania | Basel/Mulhouse, Bergamo, Düsseldorf, London-Gatwick, Munich, Verona |
| Germania Flug | Geneva, Zürich |
| Germanwings | Berlin-Tegel, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, Stuttgart |
| Jetairfly | Brussels |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Oslo-Gardermoen Seasonal: Gothenburg |
| Pegasus Airlines | Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Copenhagen Seasonal: Gothenburg |
| Swiss International Air Lines | Geneva, Zürich |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk |
| Destinations map |
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 'Pristina'  Lubljana Zagreb Antalya Brussels Zurich London Copenhagen Frankfurt Berlin Stuttgart Hamburg Vienna Istanbul Dusseldorf Geneva Basel/Mulhouse Oslo Stockholm Gothenburg Bergamo Verona Destinations in Europe |
Statistics
Airport traffic from PIA
| Year | Passengers | Change | Air Movements | Change |
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| 2000 | 396,717 | 2,176 | ||
| 2001 | 403,408 |  1.687% |
3,902 | 79.32% |
| 2002 | 844,098 | 109.242% |
4,171 | 6.894% |
| 2003 | 835,036 |  1.074% |
4,163 | 0.192% |
| 2004 | 910,797 | 9.073% |
4,716 | 13.284% |
| 2005 | 930,346 | 2.146% |
4,983 | 5.662% |
| 2006 | 882,731 | 5.118% |
4,077 | 18.182% |
| 2007 | 990,259 | 12.181% |
4,316 | 5.862% |
| 2008 | 1,130,639 | 14.176% |
4,928 | 14.18% |
| 2009 | 1,191,978 | 5.425% |
5,709 | 15.848% |
| 2010 | 1,305,532 | 9.527% |
6,143 | 7.602% |
| 2011 | 1,422,302 | 8.944% |
6,738 | 9.704% |
| 2012 | 1,527,134 | 7.371% |
6,947 | 3.102% |
| 2013 | 1,628,678 | 6.649% |
7,305 | 5.153% |
| 2014 | 1,404,775 | 13.747% |
5,994 | 17.946% |
| 2015 | 1,549,198 | 10.3% |
6,334 | 5.7% |
Incidents and accidents
From 12 to 26 June 1999 there was a brief but tense stand-off between NATO and the Russian Kosovo Force in which Russian troops occupied the airport. A contingent of 200[8] Russian troops deployed in Bosnia and Herzegovina then crossed into Kosovo and occupied the airport in Pristina, the capital city of Kosovo.
Negotiations were conducted throughout the standoff, during which Russia insisted that its troops would only be answerable to Russian commanders, and that it retain an exclusive zone for its own peacekeepers. NATO refused, predicting that it would lead to the partition of Kosovo into an Albanian south and a Serbian north. Both sides eventually agreed that Russian peacekeepers would deploy throughout Kosovo, but independently of NATO.
After securing an agreement, Pristina Airport was reactivated by 53 Field Squadron (Air Support) Royal Engineers as a military airbase on 15 October 1999, then with 45 employees restarted international air transport to several European cities. During that period, the Russian KFOR along with NATO forces were in charge of security for the airport.
Accessibility
Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" is located 18 km south west of Pristina and 3 km south of Slatina and no farther than 80 km from the other cities. Airport buses are available 24 hours a day at two hourly intervals.
Notes
| a. | ^ Albanian: Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Prishtinës "Adem Jashari"; Serbian: Међународни аеродром Адем Јашари / Međunarodni aerodrom Adem Jašari) |
See also
References
- 1 2 "Civil Aviation Authority of the Republic of Kosovo" (PDF). Caa-ks.org. Retrieved 2015-05-17.)
- 1 2 Archived 25 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has been recognised as an independent state by 108 out of 193 United Nations member states.
- ↑ Archived 9 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Prishtina airport hits 1 million passengers". New Kosova Report. 12 November 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2016/01/05/jp-prnltn-jun16/
- ↑ http://www.easyjet.com/en/
- ↑ "Singer James Blunt 'stopped World War 3'". BBC. 14 November 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
In an interview with BBC Radio 5Live, to be broadcast later on Sunday, he said: "I was given the direct command to overpower the 200 or so Russians who were there.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pristina International Airport. |
- Official website
- Current weather for BKPR at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for PRN at Aviation Safety Network
- Civil Aviation Authority of Kosovo
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