An April to remember at Osijek Airport
Croatia’s main airport, Zagreb, handled a total of 190.751 passengers, an impressive 35.2% increase. For the first four months of the year, Pleso is up by 17.6%. A similar increase in passenger numbers was recorded in Split where figures jumped by over 37%. Despite having only 10 flights more, Dubrovnik’s airport handled 77.046 passengers and recorded an increase of 22.2%. An impressive passenger boost was also seen at Pula Airport, which plans to end the year off with an increase of at least 10% compared to 2010. Rijeka is still waiting for flights to pick up this summer. It recorded an increase of “only” 17.7%. Finally, Osijek with 2.122 passengers sees its numbers grow by 3.286%.
Below you can review the performance of Croatia’s airports in April 2011. Overall, Croatian airports handled 371.127 passengers, an increase of 36.5% compared to April 2010. The statistics have been provided by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics.
| Airport | Passengers APR 2011 | Passengers APR 2010 | Change (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zagreb | 191.751 | 141.053 | ▲ 35.2 |
| Dubrovnik | 77.046 | 63.033 | ▲ 22.2 |
| Pula | 11.538 | 6.915 | ▲ 66.9 |
| Split | 63.550 | 46.188 | ▲ 37.6 |
| Zadar | 23.013 | 12.305 | ▲ 87.0 |
| Osijek | 2.122 | 63 | ▲3.268 |
| Rijeka | 2.681 | 2.277 | ▲ 17.7 |
| Mali Lošinj | 312 | 131 | ▲ 138.2 |
The trend of the impressive increase in the croatian airports would likely expect a record arrival of foreign tourists.
ReplyDeleteMy forecast for the year 2011 is:
Zagreb airport. : 2.300.000
Dubrovnik airport : 1.500.000
Split airport. : 1.400.000
Pula aiport. : 430.000
@Intruder - this sounds about right.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I am truly hoping Zagreb gets some of the summer season effect of the total increase that is expected in Croatia. In that case one'd hope the total growth rate would be around 13-14% for the year...so maybe, just maybe it come close to 2.400.000 -that would be sweet...this may be achieved by a additional rotations o the existing routes, as there are only 3 more new routes coming up:
1.OU's Zagreb-Istambul (17.5)
2.Zagreb-Chicago (20.6.)
3. Zagreb-Milan... (september)
And for Zadar, which you forgot here, I forecast about 330.000 to 340.000.
Wow - that is an impressive statistic for OSI. But look at the number they started from!!
ReplyDeleteWould anyone know if that is the best-ever figure for April in 50 years of ZAG?
@ Intruder/Petar
If ZAGs 17% growth rate continues, the airport is looking at close to 2.5m pax... that is surely enough reason that the terminal needs upgrading!
Osijek infrastructure and number of passengers is absolutely the same as Nis as I can see from the fist sight :)
ReplyDelete@frequentflyer,
ReplyDeleteyou are almost on it...BUT don't forget 17% increase rate is largely due to a 35% increase in April, which is the way it is due to Volcano acitivty last year when the airport was shut down for 5-6 days at the very least. The first 3 months had 10% growth, and so... it all depends on how well it does in the following months...
but yes, the new terminal is needed, you are right. asap.
And of course this is thanks to FR mainly I would say. I a sure FR would do absolutely all right all year around from/to OSI and another destination would be great too with them.
ReplyDeleteWill ZAD really break 300,000 pax this year?
ReplyDeleteFR seem to have gone from 11-7 routes dumping EDI, BRE, PSA and BRI. 4U have dumped Hannover and Czech Connect seem to have dumped Brno and Ostrava. The new OU routes to MUC and ZRH will not have that many pax to cover the loss.