Industrial airports throughout the previous Yugoslavia dealt with a mixed whole of two.030.878 passengers through the first month of the yr. Belgrade and Pristina managed to rank inside Europe’s prime 100 busiest, taking sixty fifth and 92nd place, respectively. In comparison with the identical month final yr, Belgrade maintained the identical place, whereas Pristina was one beneath.
In January, Belgrade Airport ranked simply behind Marseille, Catania and Sofia however forward of Malta, Bristol and Fuerteventura. Pristina was preceded by Katowice, Nantes and Bordeaux however in entrance of Funchal, Gothenburg and Vilnius. Zagreb positioned itself because the a hundred and first busiest, behind Wroclaw, Luxembourg and Faro however forward of Newcastle, Pisa and Trondheim. Skopje took a hundred and fifth place, enhancing its rank by 13 positions on the again of sturdy development. It was forward of the likes of Stavanger, Verona and Hanover.
Passenger efficiency by airport, January 2026
5 airports throughout the previous Yugoslavia noticed their passenger numbers decline in January in comparison with final yr. The biggest amongst them, and the one capital metropolis airport, is Podgorica, which dealt with 84.121 travellers, down 1.1%. That is regardless of capability ranges above final yr’s ranges. The decline was primarily the results of Turkish Airways, which had 32 fewer operations this January in comparison with final. Podgorica Airport, which noticed its total passenger figures decline in 2025, is on the right track for a report 2026 as Wizz Air prepares to station two plane within the metropolis and launch seventeen new routes this yr. Tivat Airport additionally noticed fewer passengers, dealing with 16.202 travellers, down 4.5% on the again of a 6.5% decline in capability. The principle perpetrator was Air Montenegro, which lowered its Istanbul flights.
European rank of choose regional airports by passenger numbers
Istanbul’s principal gateway was Europe’s busiest airport through the first month of the yr with 6.869.667 passengers, whereas London Heathrow was second with 6.463.625 travellers. The pair noticed development of 6.4% and a pair of.2% on 2025 respectively. They had been adopted by Madrid which overtook Paris Charles de Gaulle with 5.372.803 and 5.367.308 passengers respectively, then Amsterdam with 4.365.420 travellers, Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen with 4.191.530, Frankfurt with 4.132.165, Barcelona with 3.801.522, Rome Fiumicino with 3.277.626, and Munich with 2.680.544 passengers. Out of Europe’s prime ten busiest, three are nonetheless beneath their pre-pandemic 2019 information. They embrace Amsterdam (-12.8%), Frankfurt (-11.2%) and Munich (-13.4%).
