EX-YU airports set for November growth, Wizz remains largest airline
All capital city airports from the former Yugoslavia are expected to see passenger growth next month when compared to November 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 November, standing at 821.414. The figure represents an increase of 48.2% on last year and up 55.6% on 2019. Air Serbia will continue to maintain its position as the largest carrier, holding 51.7% of all available scheduled capacity at the airport. Zagreb follows as the second largest airport with 366.196 available seats on scheduled flights during the month. It represents an increase of 9.7% on last year and is up 12.6% on 2019. Croatia Airlines will retain its position as the largest carrier at the airport, with 41.8% of available capacity.
Skopje Airport boasts 285.698 seats in November, up 54.4% on last year and an improvement of 48.1% on 2019. Wizz Air will hold a 59.6% share of available seats at the airport. Pristina Airport will have 197.409 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 12% in capacity on last year and 19.9% on 2019. Chair Airlines has the largest portion of scheduled seats, holding a 21.9% share.
Ljubljana Airport will see capacity levels exceed the pre-pandemic era with Adria Airways having already declared bankruptcy in September 2019. It boasts 121.650 seats this November, up 20% on 2019. The figure is an improvement of 51.9% on last year. Ljubljana’s largest carrier by seats next month is Turkish Airlines with a 17.8% share as it prepares to send wide-bodies on some of its flights, just ahead of Lufthansa, which will have only 2.000 fewer seats compared to its Turkish counterpart with a 14.7% share. Podgorica Airport has 111.154 seats on sale next month, up 10.2% and 13% on 2022 and 2019 respectively. Turkish Airlines is the largest carrier, with a 21% share, ahead of Air Serbia with 15.5% of the market and Air Montenegro with 12.7%. Finally, Sarajevo Airport has 103.236 seats available this November, which is up 7.2% on last and an improvement of 12.3% on the pre-pandemic 2019. Turkish Airlines will be its largest carrier with a 18.8% capacity share, just ahead of Pegasus Airlines with 18.7% of the market.
Largest carriers by scheduled seat capacity in the former Yugoslavia, November 2023
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