Eleven airports from the former Yugoslavia have ranked among the 200 busiest on the continent during the first half of the year, out of which one is in the top 100. According to Airports Council International (ACI), Belgrade Airport positioned itself as the 94th busiest with 2.612.981 passengers, 27.879 aircraft movements and 8.786 tonnes of cargo processed during the January - June period. It was ahead of the likes of London City, Vilnius and Tbilisi but behind Bergen, Thessaloniki and Bilbao. Its counterpart in Zagreb ranked 116th with 1.529.281 travellers, 19.206 aircraft movements and 4.069 tonnes of cargo. While it performed better than Tirana, Chisinau and Florence, it was behind Treviso, Wroclaw and Verona.
Split Airport continued to improve its standing among European airports, becoming the 131st busiest on the continent during the first half of the year. It was followed by Dubrovnik (134th), Skopje (135th), Pristina (136th), Ljubljana (146th), Podgorica (168th), Sarajevo (173rd), Tivat (175th) and Zadar, which ranked 184th. Out of Europe's capital cities, Sarajevo had the least passenger traffic, while London, Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Madrid were the busiest on the continent. Although all eleven airports from the former Yugoslavia within the top 200 in Europe saw their passenger numbers increase during the first half of the year when compared to last, all registered a decline in the amount of processed cargo with exception to Skopje.
The Director General of ACI Europe, Olivier Jankovec, said, “Passenger traffic growth has certainly slowed this year compared to previous ones, but it still remains quite resilient - especially given the range of economic, geopolitical and other industry-specific challenges we are confronted with". He added, "The slump in freight traffic is where it really bites at the moment. And it is not getting any better, with June registering a drop of 7.1% - the worst monthly performance in more than 7 years. This does not bode well for the months ahead, especially as passenger traffic usually does not remain totally isolated from trends in freight traffic".
Disappointing actually
ReplyDeleteHopefully people realise how insignificant this market is
Delete+1 it's tiny but that is why we should evaluate it's progress not in European terms but rather in Balkan ones. Makes more sense like that, wider region.
DeleteWhy are you hopeful that people realize how insignificant the Balkan market is?
DeleteBecause then they will be more realistic when writing comments on here? Delusion of grandeur isn't a good thing.
DeleteBecause many seem to be quite misguided when shouting bravo and making bold claims about their airport on here.
DeleteOf course you have the clown bravo guys, but think of this as a local booster club. We all realize we don't have German numbers, we're just having some fun.
Delete"Out of Europe's capital cities, Sarajevo had the least passenger traffic"
ReplyDeleteWhat the hell!? First worst connectivity in Europe now this. Something really needs to change at BiH airports.
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DeleteIt's unfortunate. Especially since I think SJJ has a lot of potential to grow.
DeleteThere are a number of factors limiting SJJs growth unfortunately.
DeleteWhy did cargo decline everywhere?
ReplyDeleteINI's cargo numbers are through the roof this year, especially the last few months.
DeleteI'm asking why did it generally seem to decline everywhere. And out of the 11 listed in ex-Yu all but Skopje declined.
DeleteEuropean economy is slowing down, look at how many airports in the region had a bad July.
DeleteOther than ZAG no other airport had a bad July.
DeleteOSI had a bad July as well.
DeleteOSI had a bad July? Well clearly the EU economy is in the doldrums.
DeleteNo, it just lost most of its flights.
DeleteHopefully they manage to improve their rankings.
ReplyDeleteIf they improve their passenger numbers, their rankings will improve too.
DeleteBEG will soar in the 2nd half. And INI will also Enter the list reaching about 500k next year.
ReplyDeleteBEG was number 82 last year, just behind CIA which isn't getting any more flights this year and is actually losing Wizz Air flight to Chisinau. With great growth this year BEG will come close to 80s but I doubt it will overtake EIN, maybe next year.
DeleteBelgrade seems to have demand from the most random places. Like today Belavia upgraded MSQ-BEG from CRJ-200 to E-75. Who is flying with them from Belgrade? Where is this demand with Belarus coming from?
DeleteTransfer pax to Russia
DeleteGood connections to Ukraine, for example to Kharkiv .
DeleteNorthern Europe, B2 pushed BT and AY out of MSQ once they became more aggressive. Their new livery is absolutely stunning.
DeleteWhat is the airport on the photo?
ReplyDeleteZadar.
DeleteThanks. Looks nice.
DeleteI'm curious to see how BNX and INI will perform this year. Both have finally received considerable boost in flights.
ReplyDeleteBoth will perform well although it seems FR has out expansion from there on hold for this year,
Delete*put
DeleteZAG should be worried, if their numbers fell in July what can we expect in October, November, February... when there is even less demand.
ReplyDeleteIn February their number were ok. There was growth.
DeleteBut in January it was -0,04%
DeleteThat's barely any difference. There were less than 200 passengers.
DeleteAnyhow it can't be called growth
DeleteDubrovnik, Skopje and Pristina all one position apart :D
ReplyDeleteDubrovnik will leap in July and August but I'm really interested to see how things will develop between Skopje and Pristina.
DeleteGrowth for Skopje and Ohrid wasn't big in July. We have to wait and see the separate results for both airports but I think PRN will be in front.
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ReplyDeleteспустити према седамдесетом месту. У идућих десет до петнаест година. По пројектованом плану концесионара,
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Can someone of you folks send the link please. can't seem to find the table on the ACI website. Thanks
ReplyDeleteWhere is Pula?
ReplyDeleteGoodness Bergen had more traffic than any exyu airport :/
ReplyDeletePuts things into perspective.
DeleteIt's the second largest city in one of the most richest and affluent countries in the world.
DeleteYes but it's a small city the size of Novi Sad core example.
DeleteFrankfurt is double smaller than Belgrade but it is 4th airport in Europe...So actually the size of the city is pointless
DeleteNorway has a really rough terrain so flying is usually the most convenient option, that's why a lot of their regional airports have so much traffic.
DeleteBergen-Oslo is only 300km straight line distance, but almost 7 hours by car - no divided highway all the way. Treat Bergen's passenger numbers as if on an island.
DeleteAnd Bergen is not the only airport in Norway that's in a similar situation.
DeleteWe can expect very good BEG result this year especially if we take in consideration that FR does not fy to BEG, U2 has very simbolic presence and W6 keeps its stagnation.
ReplyDeleteFrom the other side AF introduced flights to BEG, Lufthansa, Aegean, flyDubai, Swiss, Aeroflot etc increased frequencies while Air Serbia boosted number of flights and destinations significantly.
Yes, June is a good indication of where things are heading
Delete602,466 passengers, +11.7
Good result.
DeleteAnd how did July perform?
DeleteWe will see if BEG will maintain the same growth in 2020. Projections can be:
Delete2019 - 6 million
2020 - 6,5
2021 - 7,2
2022 - 7,7
2023 - 8,1
If the growth is around 8% annually.
However, there is a chance for SPU to reach BEG levels somewhere around 2025 simply because SPU is the busiest airport in ex-Yu in summer overtaking both BEG and ZAG.
I truly hope you are kidding...
DeleteDo you really think that airport with 30.000 per month in winter can anyhow reach BEG?
That is what I call optimism
Small correction, SPU is busier only one month during summer. Overall BEG is far ahead during the whole summer season. Also, practically it's not possible for SPU to grow that much due to infrastructure problems.
DeleteThis is how country markets are performing JAN-JUN
ReplyDeletehttp://oi66.tinypic.com/2a5ah3q.jpg
Look at those non-EU countries like North Macedonia, Albania and Montenegro. Their growth this year is +10%. It's amazing like Montenegro with a population of sth like 600K+ has such an amazing growth.
DeleteGrowth in Macedonia is fuelled by WizzAir and Albania has quite become a holiday destination; Tirana is closing the gap with Zagreb. Quite a fantastic growth for those 3 countries.
I was at BEG today and I saw the barracks everyone was talking about. It's so big and has a sticker 'Vinci Grand Projects' and then Terna next to it. I guess it can house at least 50 to 100 people. Hopefully they announce some plans soon.
ReplyDeleteIt is taking them way too long. Timisoara already has secured a second Airbus and Belgrade must do something fast before they get a 3rd airbus in 2020.
DeleteAlready the prices from TSR are much cheaper to Europe and even to New York with LH.
Lower prices from TSR show market is limited and yields are probably a huge problem. Also that Wizz A320 will compensate for FR leaving so they will still be around 1.5.
Delete+1 there is a reason why FR walked away, market is limited.
DeleteFR walked away from other markets because of fleet problems.
DeleteFR went but W6 arrived. TSR is a cheaper destination and more accessible. For 50€ you visit.
Timi does not rely on government aid or Middle Eastern money.
So you are saying FR would have stayed in 'Timi' if it had enough aircraft? Someone how I have a hard time believing that given the size of the market, it's obviously not big enough for two players. If prices are low then it means yields are bad so Timi is probably not the El Dorado you want it to be. Belgrade on the other hand has nothing to worry about as Timi has reached its maximum potential. And anyway, who wants to fly for €50 can go to Timi but who wants to fly for even less can go to INI.
Delete@Anonymous 11 August 2019 at 05:08
DeleteDid you mean to say Air Serbia relies on "Middle Eastern money" because Etihad/UAE sends money TO support Air Serbia? Now I am confused about this, are you complaining is money flowing there or back?!?! Journalist MB claims Serbian taxpayers are sending money TO UAE through Air Serbia, not the other way around. Haters, at least figure out what are you complaining about!