2 hours agoPolice launch patrol with long arms at Pristina airport
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Pristina International Airport “Adem Jashari” has provided details about preparations and investments made by the company for the summer season. In this case, it was said that millions of euros have been made in equipment, but preparations have also been made in terms of security, where police officials have launched patrols with long arms. After presentation [...]
Following the equipment presentation, Pristina Airport Director “Adem Jashari” Haldun Firat Kokturk said that even this year they have started well in travel growth figures, where during July, they are expected to have an increase of 20 per cent and that means that for the first time in Kosovo's history, 300 thousand travelers will have within a year.
The “of course, these ongoing increases bring new responsibilities simultaneously, since, with traffic, we need to have more staff, more cooperation and more equipment. Our security colleagues will report to you about the measures they've taken, but in the past year, we've discussed additional measures to be taken, given the continued increase of traffic and these devices that you're seeing are equipment that we've invested with a budget of close to 3 million and that has increased the capacity of operating through these equipment and have invested in our IT delivery to a lot of 600 thousand euros and all are functional and everything is done digitally, of course we've been committed to keeping access to the right level because we are among the most successful airports in Europe, he said that they should be able to invest in equipment and equipment.
Last “we had 2.2 travellers, we believe to reach 2.5 million travelers per year, which is a large number”, he said.
The commander of the border station at Aeroport, Shpend Maliqi, said they expect a major influx of travellers, sometime within two months about 600 thousand travellers and as police are prepared and have an operational plan that has started on 15 June and ends on 15 September.
We are 24 hours with capacity 100 percent and ready to respond to any problem and challenge we face. It was also reported that because of increasing security measures and the number of travelers, we have begun patrolling even with long arms, which is an additional “measure, he said.
He added that there are 105 police officials, and after the request they have made, they hope their number will increase.
