The 2025/26 winter season begins in the present day, with nearly all airports within the former Yugoslavia rising their obtainable capability in comparison with final yr. Operating till 28 March, Skopje and Belgrade are set to file the strongest development within the area, every including greater than half one million seats. A resurgent Wizz Air is driving the growth in each cities, boosting capability by 453.636 seats in Skopje and 315.817 in Belgrade.
Winter 2025/26 capability in comparison with W2024/25
Zagreb Airport completes the highest three, with Croatia Airways appearing as the primary driver of development. The flag service is including 167.315 seats within the Croatian capital because it expands its fleet and community whereas transitioning to a single plane sort. Ryanair, which was accountable for a good portion of Zagreb Airport’s development in recent times, will see a extra modest improve this winter, including 26.720 seats. Then again, Ryanair’s rival Wizz Air can be driving development at a number of smaller airports within the former Yugoslavia this winter, together with Tuzla, Niš, Banja Luka and Ohrid.
Total, the previous Yugoslav market provides 13.165.258 seats on scheduled flights this winter season throughout 84,633 operations. When contemplating the complete area collectively, the busiest worldwide vacation spot is Istanbul Airport, with 473.568 seats, adopted by Zurich with 414,502 and Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen with 342.704. To date, a complete of 26 new routes have been scheduled from the previous Yugoslavia this winter. They embody a brand new service from Central Asia between Astana and Belgrade, the long-awaited hyperlink between Ljubljana and Barcelona, in addition to leisure additions such because the Skopje – Larnaca route.
