Belgrade Airport targets 2.9 million passengers in 2021
Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport anticipates handling some 2.9 million passengers this year or around 50% of its pre-pandemic traffic. Based on its estimates and modelling, the airport should welcome five million travellers through its doors in 2022 and will be operating at 2019 levels in 2023, when it expects to handle 6.1 million passengers. The airport estimates figures should grow to 6.9 million in 2024, 7.3 million in 2025 and 7.7 million travellers by the end of 2026. The airport’s record year remains 2019 when it registered 6.158.897 passengers, of which 2.733.304 were carried by Air Serbia and 3.425.552 by foreign airlines. In the pandemic-stricken 2020, the airport welcomed 1.903.540 passengers, of which 865.121 were handled by the national carrier and 1.038.399 by the rest.
Belgrade Airport’s flight programme for the summer of 2021 is now at 83% of 2019 levels. The number of routes on offer from the Serbian capital this summer stands at 71, just one short of 2019. Airports Council International Europe (ACI) recently said passenger performance at the airport was "significantly outperforming the European average". The organisation’s Director General for Europe, Olivier Jankovec, noted, “The road to recovery will be long, but it is already very clear that it is faster for Belgrade Airport than others. Looking ahead, we see Belgrade Airport positioning itself as an important hub for Eastern Europe, working closely in an integrated manner with Air Serbia, as well as other airlines with the goal to increase the country’s connectivity”.
Numerous carriers have increased their operations to the Serbian capital in recent weeks, with some outstripping pre-pandemic levels. A number of new routes, launched this summer, are also performing well. Among them, KLM, which introduced services to Belgrade in mid-May, is operating double daily flights from Amsterdam until the end of the month, while Luxair has upgraded its seasonal service from Luxembourg to year-round operations and has added an additional weekly frequency, for a total of three, for next summer. Furthermore, Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, which also commenced services to Belgrade in June, will grow its frequencies from two to three weekly from the start of the winter season in late October.
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