Eurowings, easyJet and Wizz dominate in Pristina
Low cost carriers handled the bulk of Pristina Airport’s traffic in 2019 with Eurowings, easyJet and Wizz Air alone accounting for close to one million travellers. Eurowings, which based an aircraft in Pristina and launched a number of routes from the city in 2019, was unsurprisingly the busiest, handling 343.701 passengers, representing an increase of 109.6% on the year before. easyJet came in second, welcoming 268.694 travellers on board its aircraft, up 11.1% on 2018. It was followed by Edelweiss with 254.636 passengers, an improvement of 6%, and Wizz Air, which handled 253.282 travellers, up 153.3%. The busiest legacy carrier at Pristina Airport was Turkish Airlines with 179.351 passengers. The figure represents an improvement of just 0.1% on the year before. Overall, the Turkish carrier was the sixth busiest at the airport.
Busiest airlines at Pristina Airport in 2019
| Airline | PAX | Change (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Eurowings | 343.701 | ▲ 109.6 |
| easyJet | 268.674 | ▲ 11.1 |
| Edelweiss | 254.636 | ▲ 6.0 |
| Wizz Air | 253.282 | ▲ 153.3 |
| Orange2Fly | 232.669 | ▲ 16.2 |
| Turkish Airlines | 179.351 | ▲ 0.1 |
| Chair Airlines | 169.013 | ▲ 30.0 |
| Pegasus Airlines | 129.744 | ▲ 8.1 |
During 2019, two carriers with bases in Pristina went bankrupt - Adria Airways and Germania - which had an impact on the overall order of power among airlines operating at the airport. Adria accounted for 128.422 of all passengers during its almost ten-month run in 2019, while Germania, which ceased operations in early February, welcomed 24.789 travellers. In 2018, the German carrier was Pristina’s busiest with 321.499 passengers, while Adria was seventh busiest with 157.931 travellers. On the other hand, most other airlines saw their figures improve in Pristina, among which were Pegasus Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Austrian, Swiss International Air Lines and SAS Scandinavian Airlines.
Switzerland continued to maintain its position as the busiest market out of Pristina, with 33% of all passengers either departing or arriving from the country. It was closely followed by Germany with a 32% share, then Turkey (15%), Austria (5%), United Kingdom (3%), Slovenia (2%) and Norway (1%). New York remains the busiest unserved route from Kosovo with over 15.000 passengers transferring through other points to reach JFK Airport (10.000) or Newark (3.000). Other most common cities reached by transferring through different airports were Frankfurt, Copenhagen, London Heathrow, Chicago, Helsinki, Brussels, Toronto, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Antalya, Washington, Ankara and Munich. As previously reported, Pristina Airport handled a record 2.373.698 passengers in 2019, representing an increase of 9.6%. Aircraft movements stood at 9.113, up 8.6%.
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