One EX-YU airport left in Europe’s top 100 busiest
Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport was the only one from the former Yugoslavia to rank within the top 100 on the continent based on passengers traffic this April. During the January - April period, both Belgrade and Pristina were within the 100 busiest, although the latter just made it onto the list. It comes as airports across Western Europe stage a strong recovery, as Covid restrictions are lifted. With a total of 390.042 passengers in April, Belgrade Airport ranked 84th ahead of the likes of Keflavik (Reykjavik), Tirana and Vilnius, but just behind Thessaloniki, Larnaca and Riga. Both Pristina and Zagreb, which have placed within the top 100 throughout the year, failed to do so in April, ranking 103rd and 105th respectively. Skopje came 128th, Split 135th and Sarajevo 151st. Notably, during the month, both Niš and Banja Luka airports handled more traffic than Tivat.
April performance
January - April performance
During the first quarter, Belgrade and Pristina were among Europe’s 100 busiest airports, while Zagreb was the closest to making the list, ranking 103rd. It was just ahead of Tbilisi, Treviso and Tallinn. Skopje Airport was 120th on the continent, surpassing Memmingen, Salzburg and Montpellier. On the other hand, Ljubljana ranked 162nd, in between Strasbourg and Harstad in Norway. Out of all the European markets, only three in Europe have surpassed their 2019 pre-pandemic passenger performance during the first four months of the year - Albania, with the largest growth in Europe exceeding 34%, followed by Kosovo with 20.6% growth and Bosnia and Herzegovina with an increase of 9.1%. With exception to Ukraine, which is in the midst of war, as well as Belarus, which is unable to handle any traffic from the majority of Europe due to international sanctions, Slovenia saw the slowest recovery on the continent.
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| Passenger performance change January - April 2021 vs 2019 |
Airports Council International Europe (ACI) has revised upwards its passenger traffic forecast for 2022 and beyond, with a base case for Europe’s airports to fall 22% below 2019 levels over the full year - compared with the previous forecast of -32% published last October. A full recovery to pre-pandemic volumes is now expected for 2024 rather than 2025. However, the airport association sounded a loud note of caution, pointing to the triple jeopardy of the return of geopolitics, worsening economic conditions and the threat of new Covid variants as creating significant uncertainty and traffic downside risks. During the first four months of the year, Istanbul was the busiest airport in Europe, followed by London Heathrow, Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid, Frankfurt and Barcelona.
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