All but one of the capital city airports in the former Yugoslavia are expected to see passenger growth during May when compared to last year, based on available scheduled seat capacity levels. Ryanair will retain its position as the region’s largest carrier, ahead of Air Serbia and Wizz Air.
Belgrade Airport has the most available seats on scheduled flights in May, standing at 870.185. The figure represents an increase of 6.1% on 2023. It does not include character services which see a notable volume during the month. Air Serbia will continue to maintain its position as the largest carrier, holding 54.2% of all available scheduled capacity at the airport. Zagreb follows as the second largest with 518.484 available seats on scheduled flights during the month. It represents an increase of 24.1% on last year. Croatia Airlines will retain its position as the largest carrier at the airport, with 35.3% of available capacity. It is followed by Ryanair with 30.2% of all available seats.
Skopje Airport, which has been impacted by Wizz Air’s frequency cuts, boasts 287.600 seats in April, down 7.3%. Wizz Air will hold a 57% share of available seats, while Turkish Airlines comes second with a 7% share. Pristina Airport will have 251.772 available seats, however, it has numerous flights sold exclusively through tour operators which are considered as charters. Therefore, these are not included in the overall scheduled seat capacity. If only seats on scheduled flights are taken into account, the airport sees an increase of 9.2% in capacity on last year. easyJet has the largest volume of scheduled seats, holding a 18.9% share, ahead of Chair Airlines with 16.2%.
Sarajevo Airport has 197.316 scheduled seats on the market in May, an increase of 26.7% on 2023. Turkish Airlines is the largest carrier with 15.6% of capacity. Podgorica Airport has 177.426 seats on scheduled flights in May. Ryanair is the largest with 16% of total capacity, followed by Air Serbia with 13.2%. Air Montenegro comes sixth, behind the two largest, as well as Turkish Airlines, Wizz Air and Austrian Airlines. Finally, Ljubljana Airport has 161.844 seats available this May, which is up 27.8% on last year. Lufthansa will be its largest carrier with a 17.8% capacity share, ahead of Turkish Airlines with 12.9% of scheduled capacity.
Largest carriers by scheduled seat capacity in the former Yugoslavia, May 2024
Sad about Skopje. It will be interesting to see if they can make up the numbers with improved loads.
ReplyDeleteWizz will grow again next year
DeleteIt's actually not just about Wizz. Easyjet has also decreased flights.
DeleteSkopje will get really screwed over by Wizz this summer.
DeleteWell it what happens when 60% of you capacity depends on them.
DeleteAnd do you suggest solution? Like Wizz Air wasnt the only one to submit request for subsidies for every tender till now.
DeleteYes easyjet reduced the capacity by 50% compared to last summer. LOT is growing to 9 times per week meanwhile.
Also, last week and the week before that, Wizz Air was sending one A321neo to SKP base every day from different base, mostly from OTP, there were some from VIE, LCA, FCO, BUD, WAW and GDN as well. The reason for this was that some flights were overbooked and idk why but they chose to bring bigger jet to operate the flight instead of leaving some people on the ground. But i know that it was happening for 10 days in a row. All of their flights are full.
Bravo LJU 👏 full resumption of p2p this year!!!!
ReplyDeleteBravo Fraport!
Deletewell.... it was already time and i dont see a time to make aplause ;) madrid flights only 1 month? LJU-FRA evening connection? LJU-MUC morning connection? what about the connections to MXP?MAD?FCO?OSL?ARN?
Delete^those "MXP?MAD?FCO?OSL?ARN?" were never a thing from LJU
DeleteIt is about time, but we are still not there and will NOT happen this year. FRAPORT forecast is 92% P2P recovery in 2024 compared to 2019 (and in 2019 Adria was gone from September). So absolutely no reason for celebration.
DeleteBravo Cartel!
DeleteAir Montenegro being sixth in Podgorica is crazy. Every month lower on the list.
ReplyDeleteI am surprised they are now behind Austrian.
Deletethere can still be progress with Ryanair in ZAG, they can expand even more. I'm pretty sure, if they really want, they can base additional plane there, maybe two...
ReplyDeleteEven three maybe
DeleteThey are constantly growing year by year, adding seats, planes and destinations. Healthy grow! It is obvious we can expect more new routes maybe from this winter, and surely from 2025 summer.
DeleteRyanair now really far in front in the region.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Ryanair.
DeleteIt will only get bigger as the months go pass.
DeleteCould they can reach a million seats in a single month?
Delete"Anonymous11:38
DeleteCould they can reach a million seats in a single month?"
By 2030, sure.
Zagreb - 400 000
Dubrovnik - 250 000
Zadar - 150 000
Podgorica - 80 000
Banja Luka - 60 000
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Anonymous13:06
DeleteSure, they just started the expansion
Far in front LMAO
DeleteBravo Hrvatska!
ReplyDeleteHuge growth for Zagreb and Sarajevo.
ReplyDeleteThanks to Ryanair.
Delete@"Anonymous09:12
DeleteHuge growth for Zagreb and Sarajevo."
Yep, Zagreb could be braking records in May, 518000 scheduled and at least 10 000 unscheduled seats, we could be looking potentially Airport doing more than 400 000 passengers for the first time in history of the airport. In 2023, Airport had really slow growth in may handling only 329 000 passengers. If 518000 seats are available in May, and airport normally does around 75-85% of seats capacity, in May Zagreb could be handling between 388000 and 440 000 passengers. However to be on the cautious side, anything over 385000 in my book will be very positive result.
However if Airport manages to do 400 000 in May, it will be first time in history of the airport that it handled over 400 000 passengers in a single month. Ryan Air impact on Zagreb passenger figures is showing and I expect it'll reflect profoundly at final figures for this year, I expect Zagreb to handle anywhere between 4.1 and 4.5 million passengers, with 4.25 million being most likely year end result.
Next year in October, work on expanding Zagreb main terminal will commence, mostly non-Schengen area will be expanded and 4 new air bridges will be added, 2 for wide body aircraft and 2 for single isle. Increasing the capacity to 8 million, works should be completed by May of 2027.
Fantastic performance by Franjo Tuđman airport! ❤️
DeleteNo need for widebody bridges in ZAG
DeleteIs it just me or has Air Serbia's share in Belgrade increased?
ReplyDeleteLufthansa now pulling ahead of Turkish in LJU. Seems tat Turkish will no longer be Slovenia's busiest airline.
ReplyDeleteFive daily vs two daily
DeleteOverall happy with the competition. Lufthansa provides great transfer to the Americas and Turkish to Asia and Africa. Only missing better connectivity with Australia (Qatar) and South America (Iberia)
DeleteDue to Easter/May 1 holidays numbers in BEG and SKP will probably be better than actual capacity increase/decrease since the planes will be more full.
ReplyDeleteLCCs making comeback in top 10 :D
ReplyDeleteLike every summer.
DeleteI hope Wizz Air will return with big expansion from SKP and BEG once the problems with the engines are solved
ReplyDeleteI think they will. Not just SKP and BEG but across Europe.
DeleteHope so
DeleteTheir CCO already said they will. Refer to news from yesterday.
DeleteAnd there is one expert, analiticar who is constantly stating how Wizz Air is growing from Skopje this summer...
ReplyDeleteIgnore him. The only reason he is making it up is because he is trying to prove that Wizz is only reducing traffic in BEG.
DeleteIt's comical to say they have not reduced SKP considering they even have fewer planes based in SKP.
Delete@09.42 well thast not true. they are having five but smaller
DeleteDidn't they have 6 last year?
Deleteno. last December
DeleteI dont know for whom you are talking about, i never noticed someone like that in the comments.
DeleteWizz had 5 planes last summer as well, the only difference is that all of them or mayne three i am not sure were A321neos, now all five are A320s just like in 2019. Sixth jet arrived on 13 December and left on January 23rd.
Can someone tell me which Ryanair subsidiaries are based at which Croatian airport?
ReplyDeleteZagreb, Zadar - Lauda
DeleteDubrovnik - Ryanair
Thanks for the quick reply.
DeleteIs there any difference among the brands?
DeleteYes, Lauda is the most comfortable.
DeleteWhy did they keep the Lauda brand?
DeleteI read once that they decided to keep the Lauda brand because at the time they were establishing their Vienna base. Lauda is a much loved brand in Austria and they did a poll and found that people would rather fly with an airline called Lauda from Vienna than with Ryanair so they decided to keep it.
DeleteZagreb is Lauda because it is near Vienna and that allows them to do ferry flights easily. They do it once every week or two
DeleteWhy is DBV a Ryanair base then?
DeleteBecause Lauda has no available planes, they closed STN base to add capacity to ZAG and ZAD. DBV base is operated by Ryanair’s Polish subsidiary Buzz.
DeleteStrong May for most
ReplyDeleteNext year will be interesting to see when the airlines aren’t hamstrung by engine and plane delivery problems (That’s if Boeing get themselves sorted!!)
ReplyDeleteI think it will be also interesting in terms of local airlines. Air Serbia has already said Shanghai is coming at the end of the year and Miami next summer which would mean they will increase short haul flights too, We also have OU which will get the majority of the A220s next year. And what happens with Air Montenegro.
Delete^ agree, 2025 will be a good one for ex-Yu airlines.
DeleteI would love to see Ryanair start flights to Skopje. Could it happen with the expected change in government in Macedonia?
ReplyDeleteNo , Wizz is dominating in SKP and will stay like that even with new government and probably in future, Ryanair not even try to enter Macedonian market
DeleteI think it was the incoming party in government that brough Wizz in the first place.
Delete@10.27
DeleteRyanair dd try to enter the market some 10 years ago. Met with the government. outlined the routes they will start and then suddenly overnight Wizz announced the launch of the exact same routes and another plane in SKP and Ryanair gave up.
@10.32 yes because the then PM (now izbeglica in BUD) talked about it publicly during opening of another selska ceshma. Wizz noted it and did something.
DeleteWell the izbleglica may return now I guess.
DeleteNo return for him, he is under asulym protection , he can go any country in the world but not the one he went from in this case Macedonia , even with new government his charges are still active a d he need to go in jail.
DeleteInteresting, thank you for the explanation.
DeleteNo problem , he took milions out from our country , so he dont have real reason to come back..
DeleteAnd he ruined our Skopje with barok.
DeleteHe made Skopje interesting, unique and cool. Better than ugly modern architecture, even though it's kitschy.
DeleteWhich airport is on the photo?
ReplyDeleteZagreb Airport runway
DeleteThank you.
DeleteSo by this text SKP had more pax last year April then this one ?
ReplyDeleteThe article is about capacity levels for May.
DeleteOkay even for May do you know the results from last year ?
DeleteSo basicly this means it is possible we see SKP close to 300k for May ?
DeleteHow? With 100% LF on all flights?
DeleteThis numbers are just plans for what could happend but are not booked right ?
DeleteThe numbers are planned capacity. It is the number of seats airlines have made available from/to Skopje during May based on current frequencoes and aircraft types they have scheduled for each flight.
Deleteim following these capacity/passengers articles and Skopje usually has 3/4 pax numbers from the given capacity numbers so you can easily calculate it. This high percentage is mostly due to Wizz high loads.
DeleteThats what I wanted to say basicly SKP can come close to 300k ..
DeleteSkopje didnt have increase in capacity in March as well and yet the managed to handle more pax then last year. Now the capacity is lower but flights are full because wizz cuted some frequencies.
Delete^ Not true. It had capacity growth of 31,8% in March
Deletehttps://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/02/ex-yu-airports-to-end-winter-with.html
capacity e 287.000 pa pomnozi so 0.75 i vidi
Delete@14:04 Oh yes i am sorry.
DeleteWizz just will increase prices that will not really benefit passenger number. I live in Eindhoven and will fly with Austrian this summer to Skopje. It was always expensive but with the plane reductions it’s even worse. I must say I was not very flexible and when I wanted to go it costed €580 without any luggage.
DeleteEindhoven is pretty expensive almost all the time, i have found some cheap tickets for EIN till 50 euros but yes most of the time the fares are expensive.
DeleteHow much is approximately the unscheduled capacity for PRN?
ReplyDeleteI am not sure if someone can confirm that information
DeleteCould be as much as 100 000 additional seats, wouldn't surprise me tbh.
DeleteIt is roughly 40%. For instance, seat capacity for March 2024 was 220k, yet around 290k were processed.
DeleteWhy is Ryanair not in Belgrade and Skopje? Why does the government not give subsidies?
ReplyDeleteWhy would they?
DeleteMacedonian government has a subsidy tender every 3 years. Ryanair never applied.
DeleteRyanair prefers airports with less competition. Also Wizz Air is another reason.
DeleteRyanair is not afraid of any competition
Delete@14.29 spot on! ignoring BEG and SKP is nothing but hillarious.
DeleteSkopje and Belgrade are too expensive for Ryanair and they already have big competition if they start flying from SKP or BEG. (Wizzair)
Delete@14:56 You mean, Wizz and Easy ignoring Zagreb is nothing but hillarious? You will get that every time you ask why there is no Ryan in Belgrade.
Delete@18.02 yes it is hillarious too ;)
DeleteSarajevo 👏🇧🇦
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