Albania's "Mother Teresa" Tirana International Airport on Monday reported sharp growth in passenger traffic in 2008 despite the global economic downturn. The airport said it handled 1.27 million passengers — 14.6 percent more than the previous year — and 1,987 tons of cargo on 19,194 flights. In 2005, the airport's operations were taken over by a German-U.S. consortium, made up of Hochtief Air...