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Skopje Airport plans to add an additional ten check-in desks next year to cater for the continued growth in passenger numbers. The General Manager of airport operator TAV Macedonia, Nejat Kurt, said, “I can say that for the next year, we are planning to expand the check-in area, with an additional ten counters, in order to increase capacity because we are expecting higher traffic next year. We will make some slight adaptations here and there [next year], but the major change that we are planning to make is the increase in the check-in area”. Skopje Airport currently boasts 23 check-in counters.
With such rapid passenger growth this is more than needed. SKP is thriving right now.
ReplyDeleteThey need also to invest in parking capacity , check in counters are also needed , I also think they need new bridges and gates because its truly they expect more pax next year and the years coming.
DeleteYeah this summer there were nights when 14 to 15 planes were parked. Only 6 are available at the new terminal building and the rest of them were parked at the old ramp which has 17 places i think. Also, sometimes its hard to find parking space for the car, its almost full always,
DeleteCan we see SKP take the second or third postion in the region?
ReplyDeleteYes for sure next year could be , it is goinng on that way.
Deleteno but its doing great
DeleteHighly unlikely
DeleteRealistically this can be the situation
Delete1. BEG
2. SPU
3. PRN
4. SKP
5. ZAG
6. DBV
SKP will need at least two years to overtake ZAG. But it will happen of course if some things doesnt change at ZAG.
DeleteProblem with ZAG is that LJU is finally starting to wake up. PRN tried to compete with SKP but it failed so now it is stuck at like 10 destinations that are mostly for gasto traffic. Even all new Chair destinations are boring, typical ones.
DeleteSKP has a more diverse offer because Macedonia has actual tourism and business demand.
''Tried to compete'' 🤣 PRN has been ahead of SKP for years, will continue to do so especially with visas being lifted. SKP fanboys are a different breed
DeleteHe said that failed the competition for getting new routes, we all know that PRN is in front of SKP, stop being miserable.
DeleteSo just making up competitions now? LOL
DeleteSure it can. To get to the likes of Zabreg it needs 800.000 more passengers than it's currently handling.
DeleteWhereas to surpass PRN, it only needs an additional 600.000 by years end.
Exactly because PRN is basically a big bus stop with departures to main gasto routes. Airlines that don't fly from PRN to gasto destinations struggle. On the other hand SKP does really, really, really well and has a bright future ahead. Just look how well Lufthansa is doing.
DeletePRN will have to rely on reiseburo mafia to shuttle people from PRN to Basel, Zurich etc.
06:28 - Lufthansa is Skopje's only real big legacy achievement since it opened its doors 40 or 50 years ago, idk. Now that they have Lufthansa, they think the world is theirs lol
DeleteIf PRN relies on gasto people, what about all the possible German villages connected to SKP. There were even flights to Swedish villages noone has heard before. Give us a break.
What german villages? Just Karlsruhe and Friedrichshafen?
DeleteLH wasnt the only thing that hapend to SKP. 20 years ago SKP had three macedonian carriers, and now SKP has Wizz Air. You dont have anything else to say, its a fact that SKP pax numberd are growing and will continue to grow. The charters have also grown so much compared to last year.
DeleteIs it possible we see they adapt new terminal with the old building so thats how they will get more and more space... I think this is realistic scenario in future.
ReplyDeleteIts important that there is space for new terminal. Plus there is already the old platform were planes used to park in the past, we just need the building.
Deletethats a lot of new check-in desks. maybe they have more in the pipeline than the one additional Wizz aircraft
ReplyDeleteNew airlines are also expected , new destinations , new charter flights and returning od Doha and Dubai ...
DeleteWhen the 6th plane of W6 comes in Mid-December, skp will have similar number of flights per day like they had during the summer months. Over 40 flights per day are expected on certain days of the week next summer. 35-36 was the max we had this summer.
DeleteThey should increase the London route to at least 4 or 5 per week, as it is always full.
Deletethe only thing i dont like at this very functional and smooth from my experiences airport is the ceiling :)
ReplyDeletejust add some hanging Deko stuff and there you go ;)
I agree
DeleteGood news for SKP. Many announcements and customer-friendly approach since new GM took over. Completely opposite of what his last name suggests.
ReplyDeletedefinitely a cool guy
DeleteLufthansa numbers I guess are improving, they are sending frequently A321 and A320 now, compared to A319 for the summer period. Also Pegasus is thriving with their network. Wizz needs to start all the new flights they promised plus resume Torino. I flew to Bologna this weekend Friday and Monday, and both flights were overbooked, which for November doesn't look that bad.
ReplyDeleteTrue that. LH has scheduled A320s for this winter instead of A319s. But, OS reduced the flights from 14 to 10, so some days there is a morning flight to FRA and some days to VIE. A few days ago i was checking the LF on all of W6 flights for that day, and all of them were with over 90% LF, some of them were totally full on both directions, only BUD had 150 pax out of 230. I have also flown to Bologna in April and in July and the flights were full as well as from Malta to Skopje. Venice or Treviso is always full, at least when i flew the route 16 times in the past.
DeleteDo you know if they have plans to restore flights to Torino?
Deleteno they have no plans
Delete@17:44 ne znam, za slednata sezona sekoj ponedelnik, sreda i petok ima prostor za dve novi linii, ili pak kje gi zgolemat letovite za nekoi od vekje postoechkite destinacii. Vekshe go trgnale od raspored, fala bogu
Deleteits more logical to add VRN
DeleteI hope TAV will soon start their work on the new Terminal building in Ohrid too.
ReplyDeleteGood progress with SKP!
Does anybody know something about the timeline for Ohrid new Terminal?
DeleteI think Turkish is losing the momentum for a bit in SKP, since I'm pretty sure Lufthansa "stole" some transfer passengers and also didn't introduce a third mid day flight on some days as planned, and Pegasus is overall serving SKP much better compared to Turkish
ReplyDeleteShort term solution, reactivate the old terminal and make it Wizz only.
ReplyDeleteLong term solution, extend the new terminal building on North side and add 4 jet Bridges.
For summer it's more than needed.
lol you are not for real. Have you ever been to the old one? joke of the year
DeleteBeen to the old one, walk outside (no bus) in dark, to get to Austrian Fokker 100. 😀 Fokkers are long gone.
DeleteBut WIZZ is low cost, wo you get what you paid for.
Many airports around the world are using alternative terminals for LCC, i dont aee nothing wrong with that.
Ground handling fees are cheaper, not using Jet-bridges saves money. So it's an option.
The terminal is outdated and everything inside is broken. They need to renovate it from inside and outside, plus the building is small on its own.
DeleteAnd it is not under the concession of TAV. Its not even EU standards, what are you talking about. It looks worse then the very “modern” train station we have and bus station.
Deleteexactly. They are introducing new chek-in desks because there is need for them and this one guy fantasizes to put the number one airline with 60% traffic share in a building with 2 departure gates !! HAHA!
DeleteI think in future they should extend the terminal , most likely restore the old and connect them both , they need new gates and bridges , they have more and more pax , also they should think od parking space for the planes and for cars too.
ReplyDeleteThe new MOU that was signed between Serbia and Macedonia for the high speed train Belgrade - Nis - Skopje also foresees connecting SKP to the same train link. I hope this will really happen in our life time.
ReplyDeleteYou want to say that the train will pass from the train station in Skopje to the airport and continue on on its route to Belgrade? If this happens, it would be so cool, although we already have a bus servive which is used by everyone and the price is okay and even cheap for tourists.
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