For the second consecutive year, fees at Tirana International Airport and Kukës International Airport have been revised downwards.

Eurocontrol, the organization managing European air traffic and billing the fees (on behalf of Albcontrol), decided that for the year 2024, the fee for Tirana Airport would be 218.33 euros per aircraft, down from 219.45 euros in 2023.

For Kukës Airport, categorized as a Zone 2 airport, the approved fee by Eurocontrol for this year is 109.16 euros, down from 109.73 in the previous year.

Meanwhile, the interest paid for overdue obligations has increased. While for the year 2023, this interest rate was 9.9%, there is a noticeable increase to 13.26% for this year.

Albania has two functional airports, while a third is under construction in Vlora, expected to be completed this year and start operations in 2025. Albania has experienced a tourist boom in the last two years, where air visitors are increasingly significant. Only at Tirana Airport in 2023, 7.25 million passengers were served. By the end of December, Albania received over 10 million tourists.

What is the terminal fee?

In an extended explanation from Eurocontrol, terminal fees are invoices sent by Eurocontrol every month (in the middle of the following month) for flights that took place in the previous month, along with the itinerary fee invoice.

Billing documents clearly indicate the country for which these fees are incurred. Payment terms for the terminal fees are the same as those for the itinerary applied by Eurocontrol, meaning 30 days from the invoicing date.

Regarding how these fees are calculated, Eurocontrol explains that member states determine the charging zones for terminals, which can be an aerodrome or several aerodromes located in a specific country where services are provided for which a fee must be paid. Terminal fees are only set for flights departing, considering two essential elements.

Firstly, the weight of the departing aircraft, and secondly, the unit rate for the aerodrome from which the departure takes place. The result obtained after multiplying these two elements is the value paid for the terminal. The weight factor is calculated in metric tons.