EX-YU capital city airports to register September passenger growth
The majority of capital city airports from the former Yugoslavia are expected to see passenger growth this month when compared to September in both 2022 and the pre-pandemic 2019, based on available seat capacity levels.
Belgrade Airport has the most available seats on scheduled flights this month, standing at 935.538. The figure represents an increase of 31.4% on last year and up 27.2% on 2019. Air Serbia continues to maintain its position as the largest carrier, holding 54.5% of all available capacity at the airport. Zagreb follows as the second largest airport with 451.798 available seats on scheduled flights during the month. It represents an increase of 4% on last year and is up 2.7% on 2019. Croatia Airlines will retain its position as the largest carrier at the airport, with 35.2% of available capacity, ahead of Ryanair with a 28.8% share.
Skopje Airport boasts 319.967 seats in September, up 11.1% on last year and an improvement of 24.3% on 2019. Wizz Air will hold a 58.2% share of available seats at the airport. Pristina Airport will have 247.699 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 13.9% in capacity on last year and 21.5% on 2019.
Podgorica Airport has close to 200.000 seats on sale this month, up 3.4% and 11.8% on 2022 and 2019 respectively. Sarajevo Airport has 168.434 seats available this September, which is down 11.9% on last year’s record and comes as a result of Wizz Air’s base closure. Therefore, the airport is expected to register a seventh consecutive month of declining passenger numbers. However, capacity is still up 26.1% on the pre-pandemic 2019. Finally, Ljubljana Airport continues to see a significant decline in capacity if compared to the pre-pandemic era due to the bankruptcy of Adria Airways. It boasts 141.156 seats this month, down 40.2% on 2019. However, the figure is an improvement of 12.2% on last year. Ljubljana’s largest carrier by seats this month is Lufthansa with a 14.5% share, just ahead of Turkish Airlines with 13%.
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