2021-04-18 18:05:50 GMT2021-04-19 02:05:50(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
TIRANA, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Albania opened its second international airport on Sunday with the landing of the first passenger plane operated by Air Albania airline in Kukes city in the northeast of the country.
The plane arriving from London, the United Kingdom (UK) first landed shortly in Tirana International Airport to pick up Prime Minister Edi Rama, who flew to Kukes together with the flight passengers, mainly Albanian emigrants living and working in the UK, to inaugurate the newly opened Kukes International Airport.
The airport will "open the gates" to the economic development of the Kukes district, Rama told the participants at the inauguration ceremony.