Other airlines offering services to Tirana include Alitalia, Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa, Malev Hungarian Airlines, Olympic Airways, Swissair and Turkish Airlines . Travel to the areas of Bajram, Curri, Tropoje and the border with Kosovo is not recommended. For further information visitors should seek official advice. Other connections are slow. Passengers may travel via a number of European cities including Zurich, Athens, Rome, Vienna, Istanbul, Sofia, Paris and Budapest.
Taxis are also available to and from the airport.
There is a small duty-free shop. Nationals of Albania pay Lk1000. The main ports are Durres, Vlora and Saranda. There are no international passenger services at present. Road links to the Kosovo region are either closed or too dangerous to use, owing to political tensions in the region.