<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Tirana International Airport Nene Tereza</h2>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Early development:</strong> The airport was constructed from 1955 to 1957. Tirana had commercial airline services before. Domestic aviation started in 1926 when German airline Adria-Aero-Lloyd obtained a monopoly for domestic air routes in the country and begin servicing Tirana, Shkod&euml;r, Kor&ccedil;&euml; and Vlor&euml;. These operations proved unprofitable, and the airline sold its rights to Italian company Ala Littoria which opened regular routes in 1935 between Tirana to Shkod&euml;r, Kuk&euml;s, Peshkopia, Ku&ccedil;ova, Vlor&euml;, and Gjirokastra. In 1938, the Yugoslav carrier Aeroput introduced regular commercial flights linking Tirana with Belgrade, Serbia with a landing in Dubrovnik, Croatia.</p>
<p class="blog-para">After the Second World War and installation of an isolationist communist regime in Albania, air transportation was rare. From 1944 to 1948 there was a service to Belgrade, but after the break of relations with Yugoslavia, until 1953, there was only a twice-a-month connection to Budapest operated by Soviet-Hungarian company Maszovlet. From 1953 to 1955 there was no air service, until February 1955 when a route to Moscow was inaugurated, followed thereafter to other Eastern-European capitals.</p>
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<li class="blog-li"><strong>Contemporary:</strong> The air traffic equipment and facilities of the airport have been heavily modernised, following investments by Tirana International Airport SHPK, a consortium led by Hochtief AirPort. Hochtief assumed management of the airport on 23 April 2005, for a 20-year concession period.</li>
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<p class="blog-para">The concession included the construction of a completely new passenger terminal and various infrastructure improvements, among them the construction of a new access road, new parking lots, and a bridge over the old airport access road. The expansion resulted in an increased number of passengers per annum, estimated at 1.5 million passengers for 2009. The number of passengers effectively increased to more than 1.5 million in 2010.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The terminal building and its second expansion, the cargo building, its landscaping, and its carpark canopies were designed by Malaysian architect Hin Tan of Hintan.</p>
<p class="blog-para">In December 2016, the Airport announced that it has served 2 million passengers during 2016, reaching its second milestone.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 pt-5">Ground Transport Tirana International Airport N&euml;n&euml; Tereza</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The airport is linked with motorway SH60 10 nautical miles (19 kilometres; 12 miles) away to SH2 Durres -Tirana access road. Taxis and car rental facilities are available at the airport. The journey from Tirana to the airport takes 20&ndash;25 minutes.</p>
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<li class="blog-li"><strong>Bus:</strong> An airport bus, located outside Arrivals terminal, leaves on the hour every hour (6am to 2am), to the city centre, and the trip takes around 30 minutes. The shuttle runs an hourly service between the Airport and the back of the Opera building in the centre of Tirana.</li>
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