Luna's service is a clock timetable — every full hour, 24/7 — not a flight-following shuttle. Landing at 23:05 means waiting until 00:00; missing a departure can cost up to an hour with luggage. Buy and board with the clock, not the arrivals screen.
The Tirana end of the line is behind the Palace of Opera and Ballet — easy to miss if you walk the main boulevard. The airport page carries the exact map pin; riders heading to a hotel on the east side of Skanderbeg Square are minutes away, but the stop is not a formal station.
Tirana Airport explicitly recommends licensed taxis that are yellow with the Auto Holiday Albania and airport logos, parked at the terminal and its pick-up area. Offers made inside arrivals are off-rank; the airport's own reference price for the centre is about 2,200 ALL, so a 40-euro hand-wave is not the 'official' taxi.
Kastrati Group has been expanding TIA at record pace — terminal extension, a new façade, underground parking, gates going from 14 toward 20 through 2026, plus 3D security scanners promised in the 2026–2028 programme. Wayfinding, shop rows and pick-up points have moved more than once, and photos in older guides no longer match the building.