Former Yugoslavia’s 23 airports handle 21 million passengers
The 23 commercial airports in the former Yugoslavia handled a combined total of 21.001.155 passengers during the first three quarters of the year, with several already well ahead of their pre-Covid performance including Pristina, Sarajevo, Zadar, Banja Luka and Portorož. Other airports, such as Niš are closing in on their pre-Covid results, with the airport just 8.000 travellers behind its 2019 performance. Portorož continues to maintain its position as Slovenia’s second busiest airport, however, unlike its two other counterparts in the country, it is achieving record results. Banja Luka Airport has already achieved its busiest year on record, surpassing every annual end-of-year result by late July.
Airport performance, January - September 2022
Skopje Airport has now reached 90.4% of its pre-Covid figures. The General Manager of airport operator TAV Macedonia, Metin Batak, said, “We are satisfied with the recovery of air traffic at both Skopje and Ohrid airports this year. When European Union member countries, where more than 75% of the Macedonian air traffic is concentrated, gradually started to lift travel restrictions relating to Covid-19 for Macedonian passport holders, the increase in air traffic was immediate. An additional boost to the growth in passenger numbers was the strong increase in seasonal flights during the peak summer months at both Skopje and Ohrid airports”.
European airport rank based on passenger traffic, January - September 2022
On other hand, passenger numbers at Tivat Airport are down 54.2% on its 2019 pre-pandemic traffic levels. As a result, it saw 667.882 fewer passengers on three years ago. The figure is also below last year’s result. The airport is dealing with the loss of several key markets as a result of the conflict in Ukraine. Previously, Russia was Tivat’s biggest market, with both Ukraine and Belarus also contributing a sizeable number of passengers. Maribor, which has no commercial flights, is the former Yugoslavia’s least busiest airport. Although it was to see its first commercial services this summer with a series of flights from Bolzano, Naples and Pisa, operated by Sky Alps, all were cancelled due to low demand.
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| Market performance for January - September 2022 period vs. 2019 |
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