The three remaining flag carriers of the previous Yugoslavia – Air Serbia, Croatia Airways and Air Montenegro – dealt with a mixed whole of three.064.765 passengers throughout the first half of 2025, up 5.7% on 2024. Air Serbia stays the biggest of the three, accounting for simply over 64% of whole site visitors by welcoming 2.005.121 prospects on board its plane. Its passenger numbers rose 7% on the earlier yr, whereas the variety of operated flights elevated by an identical margin. Whereas the typical passenger load issue hasn’t been disclosed, it’s estimated to be between 78% and 80%, primarily based on obtainable seat capability throughout the first half of the yr. In 2023, Air Serbia had already surpassed its pre-Covid passenger numbers. For the present yr, Air Serbia goals to extend its passenger depend by 6% to 4.7 million.
Croatia Airways dealt with 851.983 passengers throughout the first half of 2025, representing a rise of 4.6% on the identical interval final yr. The determine remains to be 11.3% behind its pre-pandemic 2019 efficiency, when it welcomed 960.620 prospects over the primary six months of the yr. The airline’s common cabin load issue stood at 63.5%, up 1.2 factors on 2024 however nonetheless down 7.6 factors on 2019. Croatia Airways welcomed 624.099 passengers on worldwide providers, 214.546 on home flights and the remaining 13.338 on constitution providers. The service operated the identical variety of flights as final yr. Through the first half, the airline had probably the most capability on its Zagreb – Dubrovnik service, providing 162.155 seats, adopted by Zagreb – Frankfurt with 152.399, and Zagreb – Break up with 147.839 obtainable seats.
Air Montenegro dealt with 207.661 passengers throughout the first half of the yr, representing a rise of 8.7% in comparison with the identical interval in 2024. Whereas the typical passenger load issue hasn’t been disclosed, it’s estimated to have stood at 76.9%, primarily based on obtainable seat capability throughout the first half of the yr. Over the six-month interval, the service had probably the most capability on its Podgorica – Belgrade service, providing 74.704 seats, adopted by Tivat – Belgrade with 49.068, and Tivat – Istanbul with 42.224 obtainable seats.
