EX-YU markets lagging in air connectivity
Countries from the former Yugoslavia offer among the fewest connections to passengers travelling by air, both direct and indirect, compared to their European counterparts, according to Airport Council International's (ACI) latest connectivity report for 2022. Connectivity is the metric by which airports live - the more connected an airport is to the wider world, the more attractive it becomes to its users and the greater the value it provides to the community and local, regional or national economy it serves. The 2022 report looks at Europe's total airport connectivity (direct and indirect), onward connectivity from Europe and hub connectivity. In essence, the report defines the connectivity of an airport as the weighted number of weekly flights available from that airport to non-stop destinations and to one-stop destinations involving flights of the same airline or of two airlines in an alliance or codeshare.
Data indicates Slovenia has the poorest air connectivity on the continent out of 42 countries (if Ukraine is excluded, which currently has no commercial air traffic). It is followed by Bosnia and Herzegovina, which ranked fortieth on the list, behind both Slovenia and Belarus, as it gains more flights but lacks services to major hubs. Macedonia settled for two spots ahead of Bosnia. While it has seen significant passenger growth over the past decade, Wizz Air's dominance and it primarily serving secondary airports impacted on the country's overall ranking. Croatia was the best-connected air market, with a significant number of summer flights from almost all of its airports and multiple daily frequencies to Europe’s biggest hubs, with onward connections offered through a multitude of codeshare agreements. Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina all improved their connectivity rank when compared to the pre-pandemic 2019, although these gains were minor and were mostly the result of the movement of others on the list.
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On the other hand, the best-connected capital city airport in the former Yugoslavia is Belgrade, ranking 75th in Europe. It is followed by Zagreb, which positioned itself at the 109th spot, followed by Pristina. Although Kosovo was not taken into account for its market connectivity, Pristina was included in the individual airport rank. Overall, Amsterdam has been named as the best-connected European airport, followed by Istanbul, London Heathrow, Frankfurt and Paris Charles de Gaulle, while Spain was the best-connected air market, which is proceeded by the United Kingdom, Germany, Turkey, France and Italy.
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