EX-YU airports set for October growth, Wizz remains largest airline
All capital city airports from the former Yugoslavia are expected to see passenger growth next month when compared to October in both 2022 and the pre-pandemic 2019, based on available seat capacity levels.
Belgrade Airport has the most available seats on scheduled flights in October, standing at 881.738. The figure represents an increase of 35.9% on last year and up 29.4% on 2019. Air Serbia continues to maintain its position as the largest carrier, holding 50.4% of all available capacity at the airport. Zagreb follows as the second largest airport with 450.021 available seats on scheduled flights during the month. It represents an increase of 0.5% on last year and is up 7.5% on 2019. Croatia Airlines will retain its position as the largest carrier at the airport, with 37.2% of available capacity, ahead of Ryanair with a 29.2% share.
Skopje Airport boasts 316.858 seats in October, up 34.9% on last year and an improvement of 33.8% on 2019. Wizz Air will hold a 60.2% share of available seats at the airport. Pristina Airport will have 236.194 available seats, however, it has numerous flights sold exclusively through tour operators which are considered as charters. Therefore, these are not included in overall scheduled seat capacity. If only seats on scheduled flights are taken into account, the airport sees an increase of 18.3% in capacity on last year and 31.7% on 2019.
Podgorica Airport has close to 200.000 seats on sale next month, up 9.2% and 19.9% on 2022 and 2019 respectively. Sarajevo Airport has 149.580 seats available this October, which is up 3.8% on last year and should see the airport return to growth following several months of declining figures. Capacity is up 25% on the pre-pandemic 2019. Turkish Airlines will be its largest carrier with a 21.8% capacity share, Finally, Ljubljana Airport will see capacity levels exceed the pre-pandemic era with Adria Airways declaring bankruptcy in September 2019. It boasts 137.118 seats this October, up 6% on 2019. The figure is an improvement of 24.5% on last year. Ljubljana’s largest carrier by seats next month is Lufthansa with a 14.9% share, just ahead of Turkish Airlines, which will have only 182 fewer seats compared to its German counterpart with a 14.7% share.
Largest carriers by scheduled seat capacity in the former Yugoslavia, October 2023
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