Macedonian airports plan for future growth
TAV Macedonia, the operator of the country’s two international airports, is drafting plans for future development in Skopje and Ohrid as it marks ten years since the start of its twenty-year concession. "Having completed the first ten years of operations in the country, we are very happy with the management of Macedonia’s two airports, in every aspect, both for the company and for the overall economy of the country. Since 2010 we have invested 120 million euros in airport infrastructure and development, and have paid a total of 47.4 million euros in concession fees and taxes. Since the beginning of TAV Macedonia's operations, the investment cycles have improved all segments of airport operations”, the President and CEO of Turkey’s TAV Airports Holding, Sani Sener, said. He added, “We expect this development to continue at a similar pace in the coming period, taking advantage of the potential of Macedonia’s airports to become a joint regional hub and to contribute to the development of the country’s economy, as well as business relations between Macedonia and Turkey”.
TAV plans to expand Ohrid Airport’s terminal following strong passenger growth. General Manager Alper Ersoy, said, “We did some redesign work at Ohrid Airport to increase capacity. However, due to high traffic growth, we are close to utilising the full capacity of the airport. Therefore, we closely monitor occupancy rates and have plans to extend the terminal building to cope with increased traffic”. In addition, Mr Sener indicated TAV's willingness to extend its concession past 2029. “Many ministers and governments [in Macedonia] have changed, but the rules have not. The attitude towards foreign investors has not changed. That's why we're happy”, he said.
Commenting on future development in Skopje, Mr Ersoy noted, “We have sufficient space at Skopje Airport for further growth as the capacity of the terminal is 4.2 million travellers per year. Since the number of travellers and air traffic is increasing from year to year, we have some plans regarding passenger flow in order to be ready for future growth. We are monitoring passengers‘ needs, through tools such as customer relations emails, comment forms, airport service quality surveys (ASQ) and social media. We create plans to improve the quality of service to meet the needs of passengers based on this analysis. For example, we are now working on making smoking areas available past passport control due to many complaints that we do not have them in this zone. Passengers recognise our efforts in providing high quality services”.
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