Two EX-YU airports top Q2 capacity growth, one with slowest recovery
The airports in Skopje and Belgrade will see among the largest seat capacity growth rates in Europe over the upcoming second quarter when compared to the same period during the pre-pandemic 2019. On the other hand, Ljubljana Airport will continue to register among the slowest recoveries in Europe and retains its position as the slowest recovering main capital city airport on the continent, if conflict-hit Ukraine is excluded. According to “Air Service One”, Skopje Airport will have the sixth largest capacity growth rate in Europe during the second quarter when compared to last year, with the number of available seats growing 37.4% on 2019. The main driving force will be Wizz Air, which has six aircraft based in Skopje this summer. Also aiding its figures will be the arrival of Lufthansa with its ten weekly service from Frankfurt starting in April.
Belgrade Airport will see its seat capacity levels grow 31.1% from April 1 to June 30 compared to 2019, positioning just behind Skopje. During that period, 24 new routes will be introduced from Nikola Tesla Airport by four airlines: Air Serbia, airBaltic, AnadoluJet and Jazeera Airways. Overall, Tirana will see the biggest capacity growth in Europe on four years ago with a 107.6% increase, generated primarily by Wizz Air’s rapid expansion in Tirana, which has more than doubled the number of available seats. It is followed by Memmingen which has benefited from a significant increase in traffic by both Ryanair and Wizz Air.
On the other hand, Ljubljana will see the fourth slowest recovery rate in Europe during the second quarter. The airport will reach just 55.1% of its Q2 capacity levels from 2019, although back then Adria Airways was still present on the market. It will see Finnair restore operations from Helsinki after three years this Saturday, while Aegean Airlines will return after a seven-year hiatus in June. Overall, Southend, which was developed as London’s sixth airport and saw significant low cost carrier growth prior to the pandemic, will see only 5% of its pre-Covid capacity levels. Post-pandemic, budget carriers have chosen to consolidate their operations at other airports in London, hurting Southend’s recovery and making it the slowest recovering in Europe.
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