Niš Airport begins construction of new terminal
Niš Constantine the Great Airport is just over one month into the construction of its new terminal building as it exceeded its pre-Covid passenger numbers in April. The new structure, spanning over 7.160 square metres, will be located on each side of the existing terminal and will form a single functioning unit. Existing facilities, which stretch over 2.100 square metres, will be overhauled. The new building will boast ten check-in desks, self-check-in stations, eight passport control booths, four passenger gates and one VIP gate. Furthermore, it will feature one air bridge and a luggage sorting facility. New food and beverage outlets, as well as duty free shops, will also be added.
The project, scheduled for completion by 2024, will increase the airport’s annual capacity to 1.5 million passengers and will enable it to simultaneously handle six aircraft, The development is valued at eleven million euros. In addition, work on the construction of a new control tower is scheduled to begin in November. “We are working hard on that project and tender procedures will be launched soon”, the Serbian Minister for Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, Tomislav Momirović, said yesterday. The control tower project is valued at four million euros, while the cost of the accompanying equipment will exceed ten million euros.
Niš Airport has seen a notable rise in passenger numbers this year, fuelled by Air Serbia’s Public Service Obligation flights, which saw the airline launch operations to Belgrade, Cologne, Hahn, Istanbul and Ljubljana in January. The service to Istanbul is codeshared by Turkish Airlines. The Serbian carrier will also commence seasonal flights to Athens on June 15, while regular charters to Antalya, Gazipasa and Hurghada will begin next month as well. On the other hand, both Wizz Air and Ryanair have restored the bulk of their pre-pandemic operations. This has led Niš Airport to register 33.415 passengers in April, up 13.3% on the same month during the record breaking 2019. Following a slow start to the year, the airport handled 84.840 travellers during the first four months, down 19% on 2019.
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