Investor Presentaiton
Opportunities to Foreign Investment in Kosovo
6.3 Case Study 3
Prishtina International Airport (PIA)
Brief summary
Prishtina International Airport is the only Airport in the Republic of Kosovo. It
commenced with its functioning since year 1965. Initially, its destination was to serve as
military airport, whilst later on it was in conformity to civilian needs, too. After the war
in Kosovo, 1999, up to the year 2003, the international multinational force, KFOR,
managed Prishtina International Airport whereas after 2003 it has gained a status of the
civilian airport. After transfer from military to civilian authorities, Airport was come
under the supervision by the state of Iceland, a country that last year, 2008, has certified
this Airport for accomplishment of the safety conditions and criteria. During this period,
Company has invested, in different projects, over €50 Million, in order to convert it to a
safe Airport for operations of biggest international airliners and to modernize it in order
to keep step with the time and other Airports in the region. Projects, which were under
investment and that are worthy to emphasize out are as follows: resurfacing of the
runway in a value of €16 Million, runway lighting with its cost of €6 Million, perimeter
fence and road in an amount of over €1 Million, and many other smaller projects.
Figure 6.2 Statistics on passenger traffic 2005-2010
Passenger traffic
2005-2010
1,400,000
1,305,532
1,191,978
1,200,000
1,130,639
990,259
1,000,000
930,346
882,731
800,000
600,000
400,000
200,000
0
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Source: Civil Aviation Authority of Kosovo
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