Transportation

Road network:

The road network consisting of 630 km of

main roads has been rebuilt to a high extent

in the past years or built from scratch respec-

tively. With the ongoing construction of the

highway to Albania, Kosovo is becoming an

important point in connecting the Adriatic

Sea with the Western Europe.

Railway:

Combined length of 330 km. It covers the

entire territory, connecting both the south

with north and east with west.

Air transportation:

Prishtina International Airport (PIA) is, with

over 1 million passengers per year, one of

the most frequented airports of the region. It

serves different international airway lines and

offers flights to the most important European

centres. Prishtina Airport was the first and

only airport to offer direct connection to New

York (USA) starting from 2007. In June 2006,

the airport was awarded the ‘Best Airport

2006 Award’ in the category of 1 million pas-

sengers per year’. In 2008 the Government of

Kosovo gave the green light for starting the

procedures on granting a concession on the

Prishtina International Airport.