NEWS FLASH
Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport handled 563.693 passengers in January, representing a decrease of 1.3% on the same period last year. The airport welcomed 7.244 fewer travellers than in January 2024. The number of aircraft movements decreased 3.3%. The decrease in numbers has been primarily fuelled by Wizz Air, which removed 40.725 seats from the market, or 25% of its capacity. The airport is expected to see its scheduled seat capacity decline 2.5% in February.
Belgrade’s largest airlines by scheduled seat capacity, January 2025
If Wizz had no changes compared to last January, Belgrade Airport would have had increase of 33.873 passengers.
ReplyDeleteyeah sure
Delete"Wizz Air, which removed 40.725 seats from the market" minus "airport welcomed 6.852 fewer travellers than in January 2024" equals 33.873 passengers.
DeleteYou are excused if you are still in the kindergarten
2025 will be a lost year.
ReplyDeleteOf course there will be some growth but much less than the one by its competition.
Someone said (was it you?) 2024 would be a lost year yet both airport and Air Serbia set new records. There is still a long way to go in 2025 and positive surprises can happen. As for competiton, next best in the exyu region is still about 4 million passengers behind.
DeleteWell, we have completely different opinions and thats not argueing but discussing.
DeleteYou have your arguments i have mine.
While i am disappointed with Belgrades performance you are more laid back and confident.
Its like glass half full vs glass half empty.
There are no "my facts" against "your facts". It's either a fact for both or it's not a fact.
DeleteStatement "2025 will be a lost year" is NOT a fact. Statement "both airport and Air Serbia set new records in 2024" IS a fact. Statement that "BEG growth will be much less than the one by its competition" is NOT a fact. We will see what 2025 looked like in early 2026.
^ Calm down and respect other peoples opinions !
DeleteMy opinion is that some people can't stand success of Belgrade Airport and Air Serbia so they always try to post negative comments about BEG/JU when they are the topic of the news update. Do you respect my opinion in this case?
DeleteAnonymous destroyed another anonymous lmao.
DeleteAlthough he can simply be more pessimistic and not one of those who don’t like Air Serbia’s or BEG’s success.
DeleteTrack record of thousands of JU/BEG "more pessimistic" messages over more than a decade of JU/BEG growth is no coincidence. No mistake about the motive, Sherlock.
DeleteLook who’s confusing facts with opinions now… the fact you have some self-proclaimed experience on the matter doesn’t mean your assessment about this particular poster is correct and my suggestion that he can simply be pessimistic is equally valid. You indeed are Dr Watson though, so at least you got one thing right.
Delete^Actually a big opportunity for JU to expand left and right.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately they dont do much-they could at least increase frequencies on already existing routes.
Like going daily on their Madrid route.
Why would they fly daily if there is no demand for it? If you want to subsidize daily flighs from your own pocket you can try to contact the airline.
DeleteAlready explained the other day: when demand exists for daily or even double daily like it does for Barcelona from Belgrade, airlines are willing to meet that demand.
How do you know there is no demand for daily flights.
DeleteHere on this blog many urged JU to fly to Spain, when there were not flights at all.
I guess you were the one arguing that they dont fly there because demand doesnt exist.
How do YOU know there is no demand for double daily to Palma? Or triple daily to Barcelona?
DeleteSo you have been in touch with the airline to see if they do indeed accept subsidies from individuals.
Delete^ thank god people like you don't run airlines. It would be bankrupt on day. Stick to airline tycoon.
DeleteAnon 19:59 it says: "you CAN TRY to contact the airline"
DeleteSo 71% LF for JU in January. Not bad indeed
ReplyDelete@Anon 18:43 , can you please explaine how do you calculate the Load Factor of JU ??
DeleteI hope Wizz will restore some capacity by mid-year. As mentioned two weeks ago, Air Serbia will operate 5.4% more scheduled flights from Belgrade in February compared to the same month last year, while growth in March will amount to 9.1%. Add growth by some other airlines in BEG as previously reported, and airport could be on track to another record year.
ReplyDeleteYou can’t know that now. We will know that in 2026.
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