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| Split and Dubrovnik anticipate another strong year |
The airports in Split and Dubrovnik are set to handle a record number of passengers this year, with the trend expected to continue into 2016 as airlines commit to operating more flights to the two cities on the Croatian coast. The former Yugoslavia's third and fourth busiest airports will see additional services from the United Kingdom, Germany and Scandinavia next year, the Croatian Tourism Board (HTZ) said following talks with airline representatives. The HTZ held talks with SAS Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Germanwings and British Airways over their plans for the Croatian market for next year and 2017. Both Split and Dubrovnik airports have already handled over one million passengers this year and have benefited from the instability in Northern Africa, which has driven more tourists to south eastern Europe.
SAS Scandinavian, Thomson Airways, easyJet, Air Berlin and Aegean are just some of the airlines which plan to expand their operations to Croatia in 2016. In a statement to EX-YU Aviation News, Scandinavian Airlines said, "The Croatian leisure market is very important for SAS and we have seen a growing number of passengers. This summer we had 51 weekly frequencies from Scandinavia to Croatia and over fourteen different routes. We plan to continue serving Split, Dubrovnik and Pula". Thomson Airways' fastest growing market this year was Croatia. The airline almost doubled its number of flights to the country and has announced a new service from Birmingham to Split, as well as from East Midlands to Pula. Furthermore, the airline will continue operating its Boeing 787 Dreamliner into Dubrovnik next year. On the other hand, easyJet will move forward the start of many of its seasonal flights to the two coastal cities. In a statement it reiterated the market's importance. "Croatia is an important market for easyJet. We carried nearly half a million passengers to and from Croatia last year”. In addition, Air Berlin and its subsidiary Niki have announced new flights from Berlin, Dusseldorf and Vienna to both Split and Dubrovnik from May 14. Air Berlin says the new additions to its network are in response to increased demand for holidays on the Croatian Adriatic coast.
Both airports will address rising capacity and traffic issues through the construction of new terminals. The new terminal at Split Airport will stretch over 34.500 square metres and increase the airport’s capacity to 3.5 million passengers per year. Furthermore, the car park and bus area will be expanded by 35.500 square metres. Work on the 59.3 million euro expansion project is expected to begin in autumn or early winter. It is estimated to take just over two years to complete the investment. Meanwhile, Dubrovnik Airport has already begun expanding its facilities. In May it resumed a major expansion project valued at 220 million euros, which will include the construction of a new passenger terminal, storage facilities, access roads, car park and the lengthening of the runway and taxiways. The entire project is expected to be completed in 2019. The new terminal will stretch over 36.500 square metres and have the capacity to handle 3.5 million passengers per year.
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They are on the wave.
Go go Croatia!
Frnkfurt
@ AnonymousSeptember 18, 2015 at 9:36 AM
Give it a rest
A 50% increase means this route did great this summer.
From Dubrovnik FRA and MUC should also work with a Dash in winter season for sure!
I wonder what strategy OU had with this flight and pricing!
@anon 11:04 he is iritantan for macedonians as well
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Zivi bili pa videli sledecu godinu. Sve strane kompanije se bune zbog diskriminacije i pokusavanja da se prebace u stari terminal...
SAS je kupio nekoliko novi Airbus A330-300 a vec ima jednu 4-5 aviona te vrste ako sam upravu, takoder imaju i Airbus A340-300 i jos su neke velike ptice kupili.
Ako bude puno prodani karata na nekom letu, mozda doleti neki wide body u Dubrovnik ili u Split.
Sto se tice SAS, bili dole mogao biti novi JAT? Zajednicka kompanija za sve drzavice. SAS je i danska, i norveska i svedska kompanija sa sjedistem u Stockholmu i sve tri drzave stoje iza SAS-a. Ja nisam siguran dal bi Svedska, dobro ipak je jedna od naj bogatiji drzava u Europi sa mnogo vise turizma nego naprimjer Hrvatska i ako nema mora za kupanje kao jadransko i narod ovdje ima para za putovanje nema veze sto nas nema ni 10 milijona, ali ipak mislim da je najbolje ovakva kompanija kao sto je SAS.
Lijepo su se avioni podjelili i na ARN dva wide body imaju svoju bazu plus brojni Boeing 737 i vjerovatno i Airbus A319/20/21.
Ali dole je drugaciji mentalitet i kultura, ako BEG bude glavna baza onda ce ZAG biti krivo i ako SJJ bude domaci aerodrom (feeder za BEG i ZAG) nama bosnjacima ce biti krivo a slovenci bi sigurno htjeli imati svoju posebnu kompaniju. Ali je lijepa ideja, moze svak imati svoju drzavu i ako se ima zajednicku kompaniju.
Ovako kako je sada imamo jadne i bijede kompanije kao Adria, Croatia, Air Serbia (nemaju para za kupovinu aviona nego Etihad placa nove avione i uglavnom je sve na leasing osim stari aviona od JAT vremena koje su i bosanci i hrvati placali sa svojim porezom) i BH Airlines koja nije kompanija nego samo se Ex Yu i BiH politicari usuduju nju zvati "kompanijom".
Neko ce mozda reci da Adria nije bijeda i da Croatia takoder nije bijeda, pa da je tako zasto se onda trazi partner koji ce njih "podici" i rijesiti probleme? Sto se tice i terminala, drzave sirom regije nemogu sami napraviti moderan terminal pa zato mole strance da nesto izgrade.
Sve je to bijedo i jadno, Air Serbia ce postojati sve dok je Etihad tu i dok ima sta zaraditi i izvuci od srba, kad Etihad ode onda se i Air Serbia, i Aerodrom Nikola Tesla, i Zorana Mihajlovic i Aleksandar Vucic mogu slikati.
Nisu nista Bosanci i Rvati placali svojim porezom JAT je bio dobra kompanija sa 5 miliona putnika. Da se nekad naprzala cela privreda SFRJ je druga prica.
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I nauci malo o srpskom jeziku
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U%C5%BEican_dialect
Pre nego sto je dosao Etihad, Aerodrom Beograd se obnavljao i renovirao godinama: novi stakleni avio mostovi, novi gejtovi, hodnici. Nema veze sa Etihadom.
We should ALL be keeping pressure on OU's management to keep with the times.
They were once far and away THE best regional airline. Now they are very far behind the one airline who they rightly used to mock ....
https://pp.vk.me/c628628/v628628496/16ba2/V946RH4jzXA.jpg
and the Thomson 767-300?
so next year before Xmas will be a big party ;)
You don't have taxiways and a small apron.
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Mislio sam na sve kompanije koje su napustile ANT i kompanije koje lete za BEG ali koje su smanjile letove, zelim reci da nije dobro da broj putnika zavjesi od Air Serbia naprimjer ove godine su se neke kompanije povukle od BEG a neke smanjile letove ali opet ce biti u plusu sto se tice broj putnika ali to je samo zato sto je Air Serbia prevezla vise putnika ove godine (ne znam tacno koliko u %+) ali ako se Etihad povuce jednog dana i povuce sve Airbus A319/A320 onda ce ostati samo stari Boeing avioni i ono ATR aviona od prije rata i vjerovatno bi Air Serbia propala kao naprimjer Malev.
Air Serbia trenutno prevozi vise od 50% (ako sam upravu) putnika sa BEG i ako bi kompanija propala i ako bi ostalo ovako kako jeste sto se tice strani kompanija, onda to ne bi bilo dobro za aerodrom i zato kazem "BEG bi se mogao slikati".
Ali naravno moze biti drugacije, Malev je propao ali BUD je opet u plusu sto se tice broj putnika i ima mnogo kompanija. Ja kad sam za SJJ sa GOT preko BUD letio 2011 sa Malevom, tada je BUD imao oko 8 milijona putnika 2010 godine a sada bez Maleva ide na 10 milijona. Mozda bi i BEG mogao u takvoj situaciji postati kao BUD, jer mislim da bi se brojne kompanije kao Air France i British Airways mogle vratiti kad ne bi Air Serbia bila prisutna.