Zadar Airport overtakes 2018 end-of-year result
Zadar Airport has overtaken its record 2018 annual passenger result by early September, handling over 605.792 travellers. It anticipates welcoming between 780.000 and 800.000 passengers by year’s end. Growth is expected to stand between 25% and 30%. The impressive figures come on the back of Ryanair's major summer expansion from the coastal city. Apart from the eight new routes introduced by the budget airline, the airport saw easyJet double its capacity, while Laudamotion, Transavia, Condor, Air Serbia and Iberia introduced new services, for a total of fifteen new routes. This summer, some 25 airlines maintained operations to 37 points across the continent.
The greatest portion of passengers came from Germany and the United Kingdom, while Frankfurt was the busiest route, followed by London Stansted, Charleroi, Stuttgart, Cologne and Dublin. “Generally, all airlines saw a good occupancy rate. For comparisons sake, Ryanair carried almost double the number of passengers to Frankfurt than Croatia Airlines. It is true that they have more flights on the route but Ryanair’s average cabin load factor amounts to 97% compared to Croatia Airlines’ 71%. At the same time, Greece’s Aegean Airlines, which had a load factor of over 70% on its route from Athens last year, discontinued its flights”, the airport’s spokesman, Nikola Barać, said.
Zadar Airport will initiate a seventy million euro expansion and overhaul of its facilities in order to enable it to handle long haul flights. It will become the latest airport in the country, following Zagreb, Dubrovnik and Split, to carry out major upgrades. They include the overhaul of the runway and its extension by 700 metres, as well as the expansion of the terminal building and apron. The Croatian government will assist with the financing. Zadar Airport's General Manager, Josip Klišmanić, noted that necessary project documentation will be obtained during 2019 in order for work on the project to commence as soon as possible. No firm timeframe has been given as to when construction work could be completed.
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