A complete of 1.096.940 passengers travelled between the previous Yugoslav markets and Spain in 2025, marking a report degree of site visitors. The determine represents a rise of 30.6% on the earlier 12 months or an extra 256.738 passengers. All through 2025, a number of new routes have been launched between the area and Spain, together with Croatia Airways’ new Zagreb – Madrid service, complementing Iberia’s seasonal operation, Wizz Air’s Belgrade – Alicante flights, Ryanair’s Sarajevo – Girona route, and Vueling’s new Tivat – Barcelona service. As well as, Wizz Air restored flights between Skopje and Barcelona following a three-year hiatus. In late October, Wizz Air inaugurated operations between Belgrade and Madrid, whereas airBaltic launched flights between Ljubljana and Las Palmas.
Croatia dealt with 592.010 passengers on providers to and from Spain, representing a year-on-year enhance of 18.9%. Zagreb accounted for essentially the most travellers at 308.701, up 27.2%, pushed primarily by Ryanair’s sturdy progress on its Spanish routes from the Croatian capital. Dubrovnik welcomed 162.055 passengers on Spain providers, a rise of 11.9%, whereas Cut up noticed 109.223 travellers, up 16.7%. Zadar recorded 12.337 passengers, down 29.4% year-on-year, reflecting a 30% minimize in Ryanair’s flights to Barcelona.
High 5 Croatia – Spain vv routes by passengers carried, 2025
Serbia recorded sturdy progress on providers to Spain, with Belgrade dealing with 409.226 passengers to and from the nation, up 23.2%. Barcelona remained the most well-liked vacation spot, accounting for greater than half of all Spain-bound site visitors, adopted by Madrid, Alicante, Valencia, Malaga and Palma de Mallorca. Wizz Air’s new service to Alicante, launched in June, carried 38.790 passengers, attaining a median cabin load issue of 89.2%. The Serbian flag provider will launch flights to Alicante, Seville and Tenerife this 12 months.
High 5 Serbia – Spain vv routes by passengers carried, 2025
The majority of passengers between Slovenia and Spain have been carried on flights between Ljubljana and Barcelona. Vueling’s new service, alongside charters which operated between the 2 cities in the course of the 12 months, resulted in 9.458 passengers, up 143.8% on 2024. Iberia’s seasonal service between Ljubljana and Madrid noticed 4.325 travellers, up 31.5% on final 12 months. airBaltic’s new service between Ljubljana and Las Palmas, alongside charters to the Canary Islands generated an extra 1.931 clients, a year-on-year enhance of 305.7%. General, there have been 20.241 passengers between Ljubljana and Spain in 2025, an enchancment of 81.4%. The remaining passengers flying between the 2 international locations have been distributed throughout leisure providers operated by Commerce Air.
Macedonia noticed 33.391 passengers on its Spain flights. This was break up throughout Wizz Air’s Barcelona service, with the provider attaining a median cabin load issue of 86.3% on its Skopje operations. The airline additionally launched flights between the Macedonian capital and Madrid on October 28, leading to an extra 10.115 travellers and a great deal of 76.9%.
Montenegro welcomed 18.074 passengers on Spain providers. Of those, 16.674 travelled on Vueling’s new Tivat – Barcelona route, which recorded a median load issue of 87.8%, whereas the remaining 1.631 passengers have been carried on restricted Iberia-operated Madrid charters. The Spanish flag provider will launch seasonal flights between Madrid and Tivat this 12 months.
Bosnia and Herzegovina noticed 28.171 passengers on Ryanair’s new Sarajevo – Girona service, which commenced on March 31. The route recorded a median cabin load issue of 82.8%.
EX-YU flag provider efficiency on Spain operations, 2025
