Belgrade overtakes pre-Covid traffic, Istanbul busiest route
Belgrade Nikola Airport saw its busiest November on record, handling 439.094 passengers, representing an increase of 3.4% on the pre-pandemic 2019. It marks the first time since February 2020 that the airport has registered an improved result compared to 2019. The number of commercial aircraft movements during the penultimate month of the year stood at 4.422, up 0.9% on three years ago. During the January - November period, Belgrade Airport welcomed 5.134.427 travellers through its doors, which is still down 10% on 2019. The airport has overtaken its planned target of welcoming five million travellers this year and will likely handle approximately 90% of its pre-pandemic passenger levels.
Generating the growth in November was Air Serbia’s strong performance, solid loads by foreign carriers, as well as Qatar Airways’ wide-body operations. The Serbian airline saw its busiest November performance since rebranding in 2013, accounting for some 200.000 passengers and operating over 2.400 flights from Belgrade. It also launche0 services to Malta. In addition, Qatar Airways deployed its wide-body Airbus A330 aircraft to the Serbian capital from November 21 and ran two flights in a single day on November 23. Belgrade Airport is expected to see its strong performance continue into December, with two new routes launching during the month, including Tianjin and Malaga.
During the first half of the year, up until which data has so far been processed, Istanbul was the busiest route to and from the Serbian capital if traffic to both airports in the Turkish city are taken into account, while Zurich was the busiest individual route. A total of 164.479 passengers were handled by Air Serbia and Turkish Airlines on the Istanbul flights, while an additional 38.479 travellers were carried by Pegasus Airlines for a total of 202.958 passengers. Munich was the busiest route operated by a single carrier for the entire first half of the year, with Lufthansa handling 60.347 travellers, just ahead of the Dubai route. Wizz Air’s busiest destination during the six-month period was Dortmund, with 37.058 passengers.
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