Belgrade Airport within top 55 busiest in Europe
Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport handled over two million passengers by the end of August, positioning itself within the top 55 busiest in Europe, as it continues to recover from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. In August itself, it welcomed some 578.000 travellers, down 23.7% on the same month in the pre-pandemic 2019. Commercial aircraft movements declined 16.1%. Air Serbia was the largest carrier, with a passenger share of 52%, an increase of nine points compared to the same period two years ago. Outside summer charters, the most frequent routes to and from Belgrade Airport in August were Tivat, Zurich, Podgorica, Vienna, Istanbul, and Paris.
During the January – August period, Belgrade Airport welcomed over 2.044.000 travellers. As a result, the airport has achieved 49.6% of its pre-pandemic traffic, which is in line with its target for this year. The airport anticipates handling some 2.9 million passengers in 2021, 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.
During the eight-month period of this year, Belgrade Airport was in the top 55 busiest on the continent, outperforming the likes of Sofia, Budapest, Helsinki, Venice, Riga and Manchester. Commercial aircraft movements decreased 35.1% on the same period in 2019. Air Serbia offered the most capacity from the airport so far this year, with a 55.2% share. It was followed by Wizz Air with 12.4% of all seats, Lufthansa with 6.1%, Turkish Airlines with 4.7% and Swiss with a 4% capacity share. Belgrade Airport has several new routes lined up in the coming months including Nordwind’s service from Rostov-on-Don, commencing today, as well as new Wizz Air operations to Hahn, Billund, Barcelona and Vaxjo. Furthermore, KLM is set to introduce an additional five weekly rotations from Amsterdam over the winter for a total of twelve weekly flights, while Flydubai will double its operations to two daily services. Qatar Airways is also mulling the possibility of adding an extra three weekly flights for a total of ten, if existing strong demand continues.
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