Wizz Air satisfied with Belgrade performance
Low cost carrier Wizz Air has seen its passenger numbers increase in Serbia during 2019 despite limited network growth throughout the year. The budget airline handled over 895.000 travellers on flights to and from Belgrade and Niš, representing an increase of 11.9% on 2018. It added over 95.000 passengers. The airline held an 11% passenger share in the country and was the busiest low cost carrier in Serbia in 2019 with over 50% of the market, well ahead of Ryanair in second place and easyJet in third. Furthermore, it was the second busiest airline in the country overall, behind only Air Serbia but ahead of Lufthansa.
Wizz Air has not scheduled any notable network growth in Serbia for the upcoming summer season. The airline has terminated its seasonal two weekly service between Belgrade and Lyon which was launched last summer while services between the Serbian capital and Stockholm Skavsta will be reduced from three to two flights per week. On the other hand, the airline will boost operations from Nikola Tesla Airport to both Basel and Baden Baden from two to three weekly. Last month, Wizz Air noted it carried over five million passengers from Serbia since launching services to the country in 2010. It currently has two aircraft based in Belgrade and maintains thirteen routes to seven countries to and from the Serbian capital, as well as five routes to four countries to and from Niš.
Wizz Air’s Corporate Communications Manager, Paulina Gosk, said, “We are satisfied with the results we have had in this past year in Belgrade, but also with the reception we have had since we opened our services in that important airport in the Balkans”. However, the low cost carrier has previously said that high airport costs and government protectionism of Air Serbia are preventing it from developing its Belgrade base. Airport operator VINCI has said it will keep Belgrade's fees unchanged for the first three years of its 25-year concession. However, the operator can make changes to the airport's incentive plan.
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