{"id":10000,"date":"2021-04-08T13:28:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T13:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=10000"},"modified":"2021-04-08T13:35:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T13:35:14","slug":"civil-defense-commission-ministry-to-replace-air-traffic-controllers-with-new-ones-or-foreigners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/civil-defense-commission-ministry-to-replace-air-traffic-controllers-with-new-ones-or-foreigners\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil Defense Commission: Ministry to replace air traffic controllers with new or foreign ones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Euronews\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The government has decided to step in in order to make \u201cair traffic control operational again\u201d, including here by opting to replace the workers with new ones. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Euronews\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Following a proposal by the Minister of Infrastructure Belinda Balluku, the Civil Defence Commission, an organ under the Ministry of Defence, has decided to take the necessary measures in order to resume operations at the airport, and if required, replacing the controllers with new foreign or local ones. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Euronews\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u201cThe Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy, in light of the situation, has been charged with outlining the minimum criteria of the license according to international standards and every other necessary criterion in order to resume flights as earlier as possible\u201d, the commission wrote in a press release. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Euronews\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u201cThe Civil Aviation Authority will take all the necessary measures for the gradual resumption of air activities and if required, to speed up the licensing process of air traffic controllers in compliance with the order released by the Minister of Infrastructure and Energy\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Euronews\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Regarding the ongoing situation on Albania\u2019s main and only airport, the state police has detained three air traffic controllers from the company \u201cAlbcontrol\u201d after an official indictment by the Prosecution Office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Euronews\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The detained have been charged with abuse of office. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Euronews\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">All operations at the Tirana International Airport are blocked since Thursday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/04\/08\/flights-resume-on-friday-tia-flight-to-dubai-to-be-rerouted-from-podgorica\/\">Flights resume on Friday, TIA: Flight to Dubai to be rerouted from Podgorica<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/04\/08\/nearly-100-passengers-left-stranded-at-tiranas-international-airport-waiting-for-flights-to-resume\/\">Nearly 100 passengers left stranded at Tirana\u2019s International Airport, waiting for flights to resume<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/04\/07\/minister-of-infrastructure-balluku-air-traffic-dropped-by-57-in-2020\/\">Minister of Infrastructure Balluku: Troubles with Albcontrol wages due to decline in air traffic<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government has decided to step in in order to make \u201cair traffic control operational again\u201d, including here by opting to replace the workers with new ones. 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