Zadar Airport is on target for an additional file 12 months as its expanded terminal constructing has opened to the general public, though an official opening ceremony is deliberate for a later date. “The technical inspection of the brand new passenger terminal was accomplished on the finish of Might. The brand new part of the terminal has been operational for the reason that starting of June and has been in use ever since. It has considerably improved circumstances for each travellers and airport workers. The enlargement provides greater than 2,000 sq. metres of recent area, that includes 5 ground-level departure gates and 4 further departure gates on the decrease stage. Relating to the official inauguration ceremony, the general public shall be knowledgeable in the end”, Zadar Airport’s CEO, Josip Klišmanić, stated.
The enlargement of Zadar Airport’s terminal constructing is a part of a broader redevelopment challenge. The brand new a part of the power, which varieties a single functioning unit with the present terminal, is valued at fifteen million euros. The enlargement challenge at Zadar Airport can even subsequently embrace a runway extension of roughly 700 metres, in addition to an enlargement of the apron. With the brand new facility, the airport now has the capability to deal with three million passengers yearly. “Passenger flows have now been considerably improved. The departure terminal is significantly extra spacious, extra fashionable and totally aligned with worldwide aviation requirements. In comparison with the earlier scenario, when the terminal skilled all-day congestion throughout peak intervals in July and August, such crowding is now not anticipated, tremendously enhancing the general passenger expertise”, Mr Klišmanić stated. He added that Zadar Airport is now able to dealing with as much as seven plane actions per hour with none difficulties.
Among the many most distinctive options of the brand new passenger terminal is a system of hexagonal columns and roof constructions that extends all through the constructing. Nevertheless, these structural components serve extra than simply an aesthetic goal. The terminal was designed as a modular system, permitting future enlargement with out compromising its unique architectural idea or the performance of the area. This flexibility was one of many key the explanation why the design was chosen because the successful proposal within the competitors for the long run growth of Zadar Airport.
In the course of the first half of the 12 months, Zadar Airport dealt with 602.569 passengers, representing a rise of seven.8%. It is because of welcome a file 1.75 million travellers this 12 months, up from 1.64 million in 2025. “This 12 months we welcomed a brand new airline, Wizz Air, which launched providers to Warsaw and Budapest, working 4 flights per week. It marks the primary time the Hungarian low price service has served Zadar. We hope this partnership will result in the introduction of further routes within the coming years, to the good thing about each side. We should additionally spotlight our wonderful cooperation with our most essential associate, Ryanair, which continues to extend the variety of rotations to Zadar 12 months after 12 months, and we hope that development will proceed. On the similar time, our companions from the Star Alliance – Lufthansa, Austrian Airways and Eurowings – are additionally crucial to us, and we count on them to develop each frequencies and routes sooner or later”, the CEO concluded.
