Pula Airport sets post-independence record

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Doha becomes Middle East’s busiest

In the battle to be the pre-eminent travel hub in the Middle East, the latest research from ForwardKeys has revealed that Doha seized and consolidated a lead over Dubai in the first half of 2021. In the period January 1 -June 30, the volume of air tickets issued for travel via Doha was 18% higher than it was through Dubai; and that relationship looks set to continue. Current bookings for the second half of the year through Doha are 17% higher than through Dubai. At the start of the year, air traffic through Doha was at 77% of Dubai; but it quickly reached 100% for the first time during the week commencing January 27. The major factor driving the trend was the lifting, of the blockade of flights to and from Qatar this January, which was imposed in June 2017 by Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, who accused Qatar of sponsoring terrorism - an accusation it strongly denies. Since January, five routes were restored by Qatar Airways in the region and new routes launched further afield. Olivier Ponti, Vice President of insights at ForwardKeys, said, “Without the blockade, which encouraged the establishment of new routes as a strategy to replace lost traffic, perhaps we would not have seen Doha charging past Dubai. So, it seems that the seeds of Doha’s relative success were, ironically, sown by the adverse actions of its neighbours. However, one needs to bear in mind that flights through the Middle East during first half of 2021 were still 81 per cent below pre-pandemic levels. So, as the recovery gathers pace, the picture could change significantly”. The last major factor, which has given Qatar an edge over Dubai, has been its reaction to the pandemic. During the height of the Covid-19 crisis, many routes in and out of Doha remained operational, with the result that Doha became a major hub for repatriation flights - most notably to Johannesburg and Montreal.
Source: Breaking Travel News

Pula Airport sets post-independence record

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Pula Airport handled its 600.000th traveller of the year yesterday, marking its best figure since the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. Consequently, it has already surpassed 2017's end-of-year result when it welcomed 595.812 passengers through its doors. In a statement, Pula Airport's General Manager, Svemir Radmilo, said, "This year we expect to exceed 700.000 passengers and we hope to surpass the number of travellers from 1987 when 701.370 passed through our airport. It should be stressed that this achievement is shared by all tourism stakeholders in Istria, primarily the Tourist Board of the Istrian Region, the hotel industry with its investments in new facilities, as well as the skills of negotiating and presenting carriers with the beauty of Istria and the possibilities for an attractive vacation". Pula Airport has seen its passenger numbers grow over 20% so this year. This summer, it was linked with twenty countries and was served by the wide-body Boeing 787 Dreamliner on a regular basis.

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Anonymous14:56
Widebody regional airport...whoa!!! The big boys will be mad :D
BRAVO BRAVO PUY!!
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Anonymous17:41
Bravo Pula!
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Anonymous19:20
Pula going ways, clearly, hopefully 710 000 this year, or more. Next, 750 000 quite possible, even 800 000.
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Anonymous14:50
Bravo Pula, bravo Istra ��
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