The previous Yugoslavia’s 21 business airports with scheduled passenger visitors dealt with a mixed whole of 13.105.289 travellers through the January – Could. The determine represents a rise of 1.074.294 travellers on the identical interval final yr.
Macedonia was the fastest-growing market within the former Yugoslavia, including 375.766 passengers through the first 5 months of the yr. Its capital, Skopje, was the area’s fastest-growing airport, dealing with an extra 360.589 travellers in comparison with the identical interval final yr. In Could alone, Skopje recorded a 28.6% improve in passenger numbers, serving 355.929 passengers. The expansion is being fuelled by Wizz Air’s wide-scale growth within the nation.
Passenger visitors amongst former Yugoslav airports, January – Could 2026
Belgrade remained the previous Yugoslavia’s busiest airport, including 255.376 travellers through the January – Could interval regardless of going through a number of headwinds, together with the discount of companies by a Center Jap carriers, amongst them one in all its busiest airways, Flydubai. As well as, the closure of Lufthansa CityLine considerably decreased operations to Munich for a lot of April and Could.
Elsewhere, after a number of years of robust passenger progress, Pristina has seen its figures contract. In April alone, passenger numbers declined 4% year-on-year. The airport is predicted to face additional stress within the coming months attributable to important frequency reductions and community cuts by its largest provider, GP Aviation. In the meantime, smaller Croatian coastal airports have been affected by the suspension of home Public Service Obligation (PSO) flights operated by Commerce Air, after the Croatian authorities didn’t launch the tender course of for a brand new four-year home companies contract inside the required timeframe. A public name has but to be issued, nonetheless, Commerce Air has introduced the resumption of home flights by mid-July.
