Leipzig Airport cancels Tirana flights: Travelers in excitement!

Leipzig Airport cancels Tirana flights: Travelers in excitement!

Leipzig Airport is busy during the holiday season. But not all flight connections remain in place. From November 1, 2025, the direct connection to Tirana, the charming capital of Albania, will be canceled. This connection was operated by the airline WizzAir, which started flight operations to Tirana on September 30, 2024. Unfortunately, the reason for the cancellation of the connection in the 2025/2026 winter flight schedule is not officially known, but it is speculated that the low utilization contributed to this. As early as January 2025, occupancy fell to a modest 62.2%, after previously being almost 90% in October 2024.

Tirana is known for its impressive mix of Ottoman, Italian and communist architecture. The city is attracting more and more travelers, but the flight to Albania is now paused in order to possibly be flown to again three times a week from Leipzig in the 2026 summer flight schedule. A bright spot is the fact that the connection to Bucharest in Romania still exists in winter. Other destinations also remain available to passengers and new flight destinations have been announced.

New flight destinations and collaborations

Leipzig/Halle Airport is being strengthened through new collaborations. SunExpress has been flying to Varna and Burgas in Bulgaria since May in collaboration with Electra Airways, and these services will remain open through the winter. Despite the cancellation of Tirana, there are still interesting travel destinations on offer for passengers.

Looking at overall traffic, the EU recorded an 8.7% increase year-on-year in 2024, with almost 1.1 billion passengers transported. Aviation continues to show positive trends in the coming months as the sector recovers after the COVID-19 pandemic brought major challenges. In particular, the increase in countries such as Hungary, which recorded an increase of 19.2% compared to 2023, gives hope for a positive development. International extra-EU transport accounted for 49.3% of all passengers, while intra-EU traffic was 36.3% and national traffic was 14.3%.

What is clear is that the developments at Leipzig/Halle Airport are a further step in the ever-changing aviation landscape, and travelers can hope for new opportunities after some connections were temporarily canceled.

For further information on current developments at Leipzig Airport, read the detailed reports Thuringia24 and Central German newspaper. Provides further statistics and insights Eurostat.