NEWS FLASH
Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport welcomed 613.178 passengers in November, representing an increase of 39.7% on the same month last year, and growth of 44.4% on the pre-pandemic 2019. During the January - November period, Belgrade Airport welcomed 7.307.182 travellers through its doors, up 27.3% on 2019, or an additional 1.568.870 passengers.
Belgrade's largest airlines by scheduled seat capacity, November 2023
Fantastic result. That's huge for November.
ReplyDeleteFinal result for the year will be about 7.9M
ReplyDeleteI Predict 7.96m
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DeleteThis is well above 8 mil. December will be at least 15% stronger than November
Hopefully! But if we think about the next 4 years we are going to break 15 million (with Expo 2027) and annually growth of 20%
DeleteUnbelievable, 8 mil. pax from 2019 6.16 mil. Nearly 2 mil. pax. Lets see in next 5 years where are FR and W6 directly competing for markets since both airlines are expecting new 100 mil. pax.
DeleteDecember will be busy with holidays in addition to regular travel. I thought ~7.9 possibly last month, but didn’t expect 600K for this month! The overall result will be just under 8.1 for the year.
Delete8 milion this year for sure!!! December will be stronger so about 700.000 :)
ReplyDeleteWizz Air 177 000 wow! Nice this is good lf, but also is A321! Bravo W6! And Bravo for the leaders- JU!
ReplyDeleteDo you realize that is seat capacity
DeleteWizz LF is probably close to 90% so it is not far from 177k
DeleteI honestly don't know how they do it but overall most of their routes from BEG seem to be full to the last seat. What's even more impressive is that they manage that with minimal marketing.
DeleteThey've been on the market long enough that their brand is strong enough.
DeleteExactly, when you're flying to Europe it's only natural to check with AS and Wizz first.
DeleteWhat do you think about 2024 at BEG? Can I assume 100% 8.5 will be achievable.
ReplyDelete8.8m - guaranteed
DeleteI wouldn't be surprised with 20+ percent growth next year as well and at least 9.5
DeleteAren't you exaggerating?😁😁😁 I hope you're right.🙏✈️😉
DeleteWell, as I can see, they had more than 30% growth this year and Air Sebia as a main contributor sounds equally ambitious about 2023, so with a little luck I don't see why 20% wouldn't be achievable and that is 9.5 million pax.
DeleteIt's not sustainable to keep on growing 30% per year. Growth needs to slow down so that the market adjusts. Air Serbia needs to consolidate its position in existing markets. I am saying that they should because we don't know if they will.
DeleteMarek said they plan to continue growing 10%-20% per year, which seems a bit more managable than 30%, giving them some space for consolidation too and I do agree with him that they should do their best to profit from the current market growth. Problem that after 2-3 years we'll need a new terminal.
DeleteGrowth of 10% on a yearly basis is very good, they are no longer that small so the base value is not negligible. With 4 million passengers so far, 10% growth would come to 4.4 million next year in the first 11 months.
DeleteWhat's Ajet?
ReplyDeleteAnadoluJet has been rebranded to AJet.
DeleteShame, sounds so generic
DeleteBoth the livery and the name are a copy of the re-branded Helios from Cyprus.
DeleteAfter their 2005 crash Helios became Ajet and their livery was similar to the Turkish one.
You can Google Ajet Cyprus and then click on images to see what I am talking about.
DeleteAwesome results just like Air Serbia, both ahead od predictions. Congratulatons.
ReplyDeleteRenovations of the passenger areas of the terminal are not looking ready for opening this year. Moving goalpost to the end of Q1 2024, more than five years since takeover.
When I flew out yesterday there were no workers once you pass the security control.
DeleteOverall fantastic result for BEG!
I was on one the flights in November. Great to see how much airport has improved since June (the previous time I used it), but they still have a long way to go. Certainly improved a lot over the last decade!
ReplyDeleteVery nice.
ReplyDeleteWith 40% growth in December they are reaching 7,977,000.
ReplyDeleteFor 8 million they need 45% growth to last year
And finally a normal bus connection to Belgrade is available. A1 from Slavija, 600 from main railway station, 607 from Banovo Brdo and 860i from Belgrade Waterfront.
ReplyDeleteI'm just hoping they fix the taxi situation, it was in shambles half a year ago.
Taxis functioning normally now. There is now a taxi stand in arrivals (level -1), taxis are called up by the dispatcher, all are licensed because they can't pass the ramp to get in if they are not but you need to get a vouccher at the stand to use the taxis, taxi won't drive you otherwise.
DeleteFantastic growth Belgrade! One example of a regular winter widebody Saturday Dec 16 morning at BEG:
ReplyDeleteHainan A330-300 arriving from PEK around 7:00am
Air Serbia A330-200 departing to ORD around 7:30am
My Freighter 747-200 arriving from TAS around 9:00am
Air Serbia A330-200 arriving from JFK around 10:00am
Happy days, long waited for…
DeleteIt's a shame that Hainan once again requested slots for third weekly PEK-BEG but in the end they decided against it. They did the same this summer. Hopefully in 2024 they go ahead with the 3rd weekly. Demand is definitely there.
DeleteIf JU had that 4th wide body the numbers would have been significantly higher.
ReplyDeleteInteresting: Air Serbia had just 48.5% of pax BEG airport in November (298322pax). Anyway, congratulations to both (JU and BEG) for 40% improvement. It is really respectable result.
ReplyDeleteMakes sense with the cuts also 298K does it include passengers from INI and KVO or just BEG?
DeleteIt includes both airports.
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