Three EX-YU airports among top 100 busiest on the continent
Belgrade, Zagreb and Pristina were among the top 100 busiest airports in Europe during the January - May period, while Nikola Tesla Airport positioned itself within the top eighty. With a total of 467.615 passengers in May, Belgrade Airport ranked 80th ahead of the likes of Tirana, Vilnius and Luxembourg, but behind Larnaca, Sofia and Riga. Both Zagreb and Pristina were just outside of the top 100, ranking 112th and 113th respectively. Split was close behind, ranking 116th, then Skopje 132nd, Sarajevo 142nd, Podgorica 146th, and Ljubljana settling on 165th on the continent, making it the least busiest operational capital city airport in Europe during the month.
May performance by EX-YU capital cities
January - May performance by EX-YU capital cities
During the January - May period, Belgrade, Pristina and Zagreb were among Europe’s 100 busiest airports, ranking 78th, 96th and 99th respectively. Skopje was 121st, just behind Minsk but ahead of Chania, Montpellier and Salzburg. Split settled at 134th, in between Ajaccio and Bremen, while Sarajevo came 142nd in Europe, just behind Kaunas but ahead of Kos, Timisoara and Dubrovnik, which came 145th. Out of all the European markets, only three in Europe have surpassed their 2019 pre-pandemic passenger performance during the first five months of the year - Albania, with the largest growth in Europe exceeding 44%, followed by Kosovo with 25% growth and Bosnia and Herzegovina with an increase of 19.5%. With exception to Ukraine, which is in the midst of war, as well as Belarus, which is unable to handle any traffic from most European countries due to international sanctions, Slovenia saw the slowest recovery on the continent.
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| Passenger performance change January - May 2022 vs 2019 |
Over the five-month period, Istanbul was Europe’s busiest airport with over 24 million passengers, which is still 18% below the pre-pandemic 2019. It is followed by London Heathrow, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam and Madrid. According to Airports Council International Europe (ACI), the chief amongst downside risks for airports remains the pandemic, and the possible emergence of a new variant. Thanks to coordination at an EU level, approaches have become more risk-based leading to the easing of travel restriction within Europe and in an increasing number of external markets. But ACI warned that despite the experience of successive waves of Covid-19, there remains no agreed playbook amongst European states, let alone globally, for what would happen should a new variant emerge.
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