All but one of the capital city airports in the former Yugoslavia are expected to see passenger growth during the first month of the 2024 summer season in April when compared to last year, based on available scheduled seat capacity levels. Ryanair will become the region’s largest carrier as it expands its bases in Zagreb and Zadar, opens a new base in Dubrovnik and launches operations to Sarajevo. Wizz Air, which has held the title almost every month over the past year will fall into third place, behind Air Serbia.
Belgrade Airport has the most available seats on scheduled flights in April, standing at 759.632. The figure represents an increase of 7.1% on 2023. Air Serbia will continue to maintain its position as the largest carrier, holding 53.3% of all available scheduled capacity at the airport. Zagreb follows as the second largest with 493.384 available seats on scheduled flights during the month. It represents an increase of 16.8% on last year. Croatia Airlines will retain its position as the largest carrier at the airport, with 35.8% of available capacity. It is followed by Ryanair with 31% of all available seats.
Skopje Airport, which has been impacted by Wizz Air’s frequency cuts, boasts 271.840 seats in April, down 2.8%. Wizz Air will hold a 58.4% share of available seats, while Pegasus Airlines comes second with a 6.9% share. Pristina Airport will have 239.059 available seats, however, it has numerous flights sold exclusively through tour operators which are considered as charters. Therefore, these are not included in the overall scheduled seat capacity. If only seats on scheduled flights are taken into account, the airport sees an increase of 9.4% in capacity on last year. easyJet has the largest volume of scheduled seats, holding a 19.3% share, ahead of Wizz Air with 16.6%.
Podgorica Airport has 177.854 scheduled seats on the market in April. Ryanair is the largest carrier with 15.6% of capacity. Air Montenegro, places sixth in Podgorica based on available capacity, behind the budget airline, Pegasus Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Austrian Airlines and Air Serbia. Sarajevo Airport has 173.693 seats on scheduled flights in April, an increase of 30.4% on 2023 as Ryanair commences operations and becomes its fourth largest carrier. Turkish Airlines is the largest with 15.9% of total capacity. Finally, Ljubljana Airport has 141.011 seats available this April, which is up 28.3% on last year. Lufthansa will be its largest carrier with a 16.4% capacity share, just ahead of Turkish Airlines with 14.4% of scheduled capacity.
Largest carriers by scheduled seat capacity in the former Yugoslavia, April 2024
