All capital city airports from the former Yugoslavia are expected to see passenger growth during the first month of the year when compared to January 2023, with most ahead of the same month during the pre-pandemic 2019, based on available scheduled seat capacity levels. On the other hand, Wizz Air will retain its position as the region’s biggest airline ahead of Air Serbia.
Belgrade Airport has the most available seats on scheduled flights in January, standing at 828.726. The figure represents an increase of 35.8% on 2023 and up 63.7% on 2019. Air Serbia will continue to maintain its position as the largest carrier, holding 53.1% of all available scheduled capacity at the airport. Zagreb follows as the second largest airport with 372.151 available seats on scheduled flights during the month. It represents an increase of 15.5% on the previous year and is up 22.7% on 2019. Croatia Airlines will retain its position as the largest carrier at the airport, with 43.9% of available capacity.
Skopje Airport boasts 329.390 seats in January, up 69.1% on the previous year and an improvement of 73.4% on 2019. Wizz Air will hold a 66% share of available seats at the airport. Pristina Airport will have 237.379 available seats, however, it has numerous flights sold exclusively through tour operators which are considered as charters. Therefore, these are not included in overall scheduled seat capacity. If only seats on scheduled flights are taken into account, the airport sees an increase of 35.1% in capacity on the previous year and 46.1% on 2019. Chair Airlines has the largest portion of scheduled seats, holding a 23% share.
Podgorica Airport has 119.288 seats on sale next month, up 5.9% and 27.3% on 2023 and 2019 respectively. Turkish Airlines is the largest carrier, with a 20% share, ahead of Air Serbia with 17.7% of the market and Air Montenegro with 13.6%. Sarajevo Airport has 118.250 seats available this coming January, which is up 18.2% on the previous year and an improvement of 41.9% on the pre-pandemic 2019. Turkish Airlines will be its largest carrier with a 20.7% capacity share, just ahead of rival Pegasus with a 19.8% share. Finally, Ljubljana Airport’s scheduled seat capacity levels will still be below January 2019 levels when Adria Airways was still on the market. It boasts 113.579 seats this January, down 35.8% on 2019. However, the figure is a notable improvement of 33.9% on last year. Ljubljana’s largest carrier by seats next month is Turkish Airlines with a 19.6% share, ahead of Lufthansa, which will have 16.134 seats with a 14.2% share.
Largest carriers by scheduled seat capacity in the former Yugoslavia, January 2024
