Belgrade Airport expects traffic “restart” in 2021
Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport expects for passenger numbers to begin recovering by the summer of 2021 but figures could remain choppy in the coming months. “No one can say with certainty how the situation with the pandemic will evolve, but we expect a return to our more usual operations during the summer of 2021. In the coming months, we anticipate a gradual growth in traffic, most likely with a small jump during the Christmas holidays. If the virus is put under control, we could expect a real restart in April or May of next year, if the health situation improves in Europe and worldwide”, Belgrade Airport’s Chief Technical Officer, Nicolas Brousse, said.
| Month | PAX | Change (%) |
|---|---|---|
| JAN | 403.145 | ▲ 16.0 |
| FEB | 356.729 | ▲ 13.0 |
| MAR | 163.568 | ▼ 56.0 |
| APR | 5.894 | ▼ 98.7 |
| MAY | 9.666 | ▼ 98.1 |
| JUN | 69.086 | ▼ 88.5 |
| JUL | 116.937 | ▼ 84.1 |
Belgrade Airport handled 1.125.025 during the first seven months of the year, representing a decrease of 66.4% compared to the same period last year. The airport was the 87th busiest on the continent during the seven-month timeframe, ahead of the likes of Luxembourg, Vilnius and Tallinn, but behind Malta, Keflavik and Thessaloniki. The airport’s recovery efforts have been undermined by an entry ban for the majority of Serbian nationals into the European Union, which was upheld for another two-week period at a meeting held by the block yesterday. However, the resumption of flights to Montenegro and an increase in charter operations compared to previous months is expected to have softened the negative trends in August and September.
Currently, sixteen carriers maintain scheduled operations from Belgrade, including Air Cairo, Air France, Air Serbia, Austrian Airlines, Belavia, easyJet, Etihad Airways, Flydubai, Lufthansa, Montenegro Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Pegasus Airlines, Qatar Airways, Swiss International Air Lines, Turkish Airlines and Wizz Air. Transavia and LOT Polish Airlines are set to resume operations from Amsterdam and Warsaw on October 1, while others are expected to do so at the start of the 2020/2021 winter season, if circumstances permit. LOT Polish Airlines plans to commence new services between Budapest and the Serbian capital on October 25, Eurowings from Stuttgart on the same date, while Ukraine’s SkyUp Airlines will inaugurate flights from Kiev on October 27, although changes remain possible.
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