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The construction of Niš Constantine the Great Airport’s new terminal building (pictured) is scheduled for completion by the end of next month, while it is expected to handle its first passengers in 2024. “Following the completion of construction work by the end of September, we will start equipping the new building, with the first passengers to be welcomed at the new facility during the 2024 summer season. The existing terminal will then be overhauled”, the General Manager of operator Airports of Serbia, Mihajlo Zdravković, said. The new 7.160-square-metre terminal will boast ten check-in desks, self-check-in stations, eight passport control booths, four passenger gates and one VIP gate. Furthermore, it will feature one air bridge and a luggage sorting facility. New food and beverage outlets, as well as duty free shops, will also be added, stretching over 700 square metres. The project will increase the airport’s annual capacity to 1.5 million passengers and will enable it to simultaneously handle six aircraft. The development is valued at eleven million euros. Niš Airport handled a record 261.301 passengers during the January - July period, representing an increase of 29.9% on last year and up 29.8% on the pre-pandemic 2019. This July, the airport registered its busiest month on record.
wow it actually looks quite nice
ReplyDeleteIt looks better than BEG (although that's not difficult)
DeleteSo what?
DeleteBravo INI!
ReplyDeleteDuty Free at Airports and on board is redundant nowadays- base case, prices are same as elsewhere, worst case sometimes it`s even more expensive to buy stuff in a duty free.
ReplyDeleteIt still pays off for alcohol and tobacco in some markets though. For all the other goods sold, I fully agree.
DeleteThen again if they didnt have a duty free shop people would be posting how backward the terminal is that in does have one. THese days you cant win either way, as someone will just say the opposite just to prove a point
DeleteI really hope they'll have some good grill, that's a true brand of the Serbian south.
DeleteIf you have a Platinum status with Red by Dufry for example, you get 10% off for every purchase and for me personally, that's typically cheaper than retail in the country. Not quite what it used to be in the 90s, but you can still find good deals pretty much everywhere, and most of the time it's just easier for me to grab what I need once I arrive at the airport
DeleteThe person calculating the business case for the air bridge must have been drunk - or nothing was calculated at all.
ReplyDeleteSo if that one sole air bridge fails, there's no backup. I completely agree with Anonymous10:58. there should have been two for sure.
DeleteOne airbridge will be built and operational from the beginning with the possibility to add another one in the later stage. It's reasonable I would says considering their clients are mainly LCC.
DeleteAnd if that one brakes down, they will just use the other gates and stairs.
This is well known place with lot of experts seeing lot of problems in future of serbian aviation.
DeleteSo true, they are very committed to making sure they point out all the incoming doom and gloom scenarios for Serbia.
DeleteIt's not doom and gloom, that's common sense: if you have one bridge and it is for any reason off the service, there's the problem. But you prefer to handle problem when it happens, not before, we see that with BEG this summer after calling names anyone who pointed out the issues before the summer/problem.
DeleteBut this is INI, not BEG. I mean the airport will hopefully develop and have more and more pax, but it is still INI where most of the carriers will be LLCs and/or subsidized LLC-type routes. It's a big if whether this one bridge is needed at all, but I do agree it's a smart way to make the airport future-proof right now.
DeleteIt's complete nonsense what you are writing. If the airbridge breaks down they can just use a regular gate. There is no economic sense to spend money on two since it's only JU's A319 that will be using it (IST, CGN, HHN, BEG flights). A319 has 6 weekly frequencies out of INI.
DeleteIt's not like the airport will be handicapped if the airbridge breaks down.
Cant wait to see new destinations from INI!
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of new destinations could we see in your opinion ?
DeleteBVA is my guess or the return of Berlin.
DeleteLeisure routes performed EXTREMELY well this summer so I suppose there will be even more next summer.
BVA is a must due to large diaspora even though I'd prefer direct flights to either CDG or ORY, Transavia (from ORY) or Vueling (from CDG or ORY) can enter this market easily.
DeleteDon't think Vueling will do much, they are retreating from ex-YU big time. They just announced major cuts to the Croatian coast for next summer, that was their last strong position in the region.
DeleteI would rater see W6 launch BVA.
If BVA flights have to be materialized I would prefer Ryanair rather than Wizz Air. FR is often very cheap while W6 can be abusive sometime on prices especially in summer.
DeleteAlso don't forget that W6 applied for slots at LGW for INI flights back in July 2020, here is the article : https://www.exyuaviation.com/2020/06/wizz-air-plans-new-london-gatwick-nis.html
DeleteHaving new London and Paris services and maybe Berlin back would be nice !
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DeleteI guess that Zurich can grow from seasonal to regular destination, as well as Athens with 4 and 2 flights per week respectivly.
As new routes AirSerbia can open Malmo, Paris, London, Barcelona, Amsterdam…
Good thing with Athens is that it can be operated with the small and economical ATR. I don't think they can efficiently use it to ZRH. Maybe if they had an E90 to spare they could run some INI flights. don't see it happening anytime soon though.
DeleteCan we expect new airlines and/or new routes ? Wouldn't be bad if Ryanair develops its network there or some LCC joining INI
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts as well. FR has been flying to INI for a long time. Sadly it will lose MMX with W6 but I think they are generally cutting many routes in MMX. The city´s reputation has went really down plus you have CPH quite close. INI needs a connection to Spain and perhaps restore the UK ski charters in winter.
DeleteWizz Air is cutting Malmo in winter but they said they will bring it back in summer. That said, this winter they are doubling the number of flights to Memmingen.
DeleteI don't think we'll see many new destinations to the West as long as there is looming recession over there. Yesterday it was announced that German industrial activity fell by 1.5%.
Yet, you wrote in the same post, in the previous sentence, that Wizz is doubling Memmingen which is in Germany.
DeleteNo one said demand will collapse so it's ok that they are increasing FMM. However INI did lose a lot of flights to the West like Berlin, Malmo (second time), Bergamo and Zurich several times (YM, Jat, Swiss, Air Serbia).
DeleteBCN would work from INI, we'll see who will be first to launch it.
ReplyDeleteIt would be great if INI received some more leisure destinations. I think Larnaca could work given the huge demand to Cyprus we're seeing this year. Also like someone mentioned BCN could work, and maybe some additional charters to Turkey, Greek islands such as Rhodes, Crete etc.
ReplyDeleteExactly, PFO may be a great addition, BCN too. Both are Ryanair routes, like BVA and BER
DeleteIn the end, Ryanair may have a not negligible network from INI, serving CFU, ARN, VIE, MLA, BCN, BVA, BER, PFO ! A good achievement for a such little city
And STN. Wizz had intentions to fly LGW-INI as it was written previously this morning, bringing the total number to 9 destinations out of INI which is impressive
DeleteBilo koja nova linija da doje u nis je dobro. Ako su povecali terminal a nema novih letova onda je drama. Da li ugovor sa vincijem u bg predvidja maksimalno stagniranje nisa.
ReplyDeleteDee16:17 Cak i da se broj letova ne poveca, novi terminal ce maksimalno olaksati putovanje,ne znam dal ste videli guzve na INI kada imaju 2 leta u razmaku od sat vremena....to ne moze vecno da traje tako.
DeleteAs a bus driver in Niš, who operates daily with 34 A&B(Airport,Bus station,Train station). It's not near complete. The deadline is in March next year. They have yet to expand parking lot which is small and the other side which operates currently the flights.
ReplyDeleteThe deadline will be broken.
I can't wait to fly out of the new terminal next year. It is the only airport in Serbia that I use for travel within Europe even though I live much closer to Beg most of the year.
ReplyDeleteAnd one air bridge is sufficient for the airport. Air Bridges don't break down every day. Lol
Will there be an observation deck?
ReplyDeleteAko bude napravljen Observation platform, bila bi to za sada jedina u Srbiji. Na aeroromu Beograd za sada je praznina praznina. Dok se ne bude napravio Treci terminal.
ReplyDeleteMada investitor nije entuziast u oblasti omogucenja uvodjenja te mogucnosti. .✈🌐🛫