Podgorica aims to win back Tirana passengers - Last year 140,000 Montenegrins used the "Mother Teresa" airport
Podgorica Airport hopes that the upcoming opening of Wizz Air’s base in the Montenegrin capital will help it win back some of the 140,000 Montenegrin citizens who used Tirana Airport, which is growing rapidly. The head of the operator Montenegro Airports, Roko Tolić, said that “we need to be at least as attractive as our competitors. Currently, we are in the middle of a kind of squeeze between Dubrovnik and Tirana. We will try to change this, taking into account the company, our capabilities and the public interest.”
According to him, what is damaging is the number of citizens from Montenegro who travel to Tirana to find their onward connections there. This is one of the issues that I am expected to resolve and one of the reasons why I was appointed Executive Director of Montenegro Airports.
In 2025, almost 140,000 Montenegrin citizens flew to or from Tirana Airport, representing a 14% increase compared to 2024. This figure does not include travelers from Montenegro with foreign passports. The most popular destinations for Montenegrin passengers from Tirana were those to Italy and Spain.
Commenting on Wizz Air's future base in Podgorica, Tirana Airport General Manager Piervittorio Farabbi said that the new capacity in Podgorica will be complementary to the entire region, especially for markets such as Italy, Germany and France. "With the new portfolio of destinations in Podgorica and Tirana, we can also see diversification of demand, especially when it comes to tourist options," he added.
Wizz Air will open a base in Podgorica in March, launching fifteen new routes. The company handled just over 360,000 passengers in its Podgorica operations in 2025.
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