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Pristina Airport has continued its record-breaking performance, handling 458.348 passengers in July, representing an increase of 9.4% on the same month last year. The number of aircraft movements grew 8.1% to 3.298. During the first seven months of the year, the airport welcomed 2.603.451 travellers through its doors, an increase of 15.2% or an additional 344.761 passengers. Growth is expected to continue in August, with capacity levels currently up 20.5%.
Pristina’s largest airlines by scheduled seat capacity, July 2025
Under 20k difference between ZAG and PRN
ReplyDeleteIn Jan-July 2024 difference was 135k.
DeleteAt this pace PRN might overtake ZAG this year.
PRN will surpass ZAG in future. ZAG will never overtake Kosovo. Croatia no same diaspora like Kosovo and no migration like kosovars.
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DeleteNo diaspora? Half of Croatia lives in Ireland these days?
DeleteKosovo haven't highways and it's not in the middle of Europe like Croatia and Zagreb is... and the end of the year Zagreb will have a lot more passengers than Priština
DeleteYou obviously have not been to Kosovo lately! No highways?
DeleteTop 3 airports by the number of added passengers in the first half of 2025:
DeletePRN 305.991
SJJ 224.763
BEG 199.616
@anon 15.30. I think he meant the lack of useful highways leading out of Kosovo. There‘s a large gap between Pristina and Nis. And there‘s bascially no Adriatic highway between Skoder and Ploce, Croatia.
Delete@17:26 true dat.
DeleteAnon 16:22
DeleteAs if now, Zagreb added more passengers (219.516) than BEG ;)
^ not true.
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JAN-JUN
+181,759
BEG
+199,616
BEG number for July are still not published so you can't compare July numbers.
^ That's actually a very small difference between ZAG and BEG, given that BEG has almost double the number of ZAG passengers.
DeleteOn the other hand, ZAG has been doing great but PRN is doing even better than ZAG. Especially since we can compare the additional passengers from January to July for those two airports.
ZAG added 219k and PRN 344k. That's 125k more for PRN.
I'm from Zagreb, but congratulations to Pristina!
This year will be close.
GP has become to Pristina what Wizz is to Skopje. PRN Management is granting them half the market on a silver platter.
ReplyDeleteLooking at Wizz holding 2/3 place is insane. They maintain a total of only 4 destinations yet carry over 600k PAX annually.
What is the number of planesof GP Aviation now in PRN?
ReplyDeleteThree under their own AOC 737-400, one wet-leased A319 and four A320 again wet-leased.
DeleteI don't think anybody knows for sure. Last time I flew from there I saw some 5-6 aircrafts lined up. Presume they belong to GP as they had no livery, nothing - just plain white color.
DeleteWhite jets are of European Air Charter operating fir GP Aviation.
DeleteThe airport has a low seasonality compared to others. Ideal for low costs who rely on 90+ load factor, yet no base. Jul/Feb of PRN is 1.4x, compared to 1.8x of ZAG
ReplyDeleteExcellent point, I still dont understand why LCC's are not having a base here. Low seasonality, low competition from your operators (high prices). These numbers would be higher if ticket prices start at 14.99 (I know not all of them sell at that price). Its interesting that LCC start at much lower prices than tour operators', but once they sell idk, 60-70%, their prices are higher than tour operators'.
DeleteHey Admin, please try to get any info on the ongoing works at airport. No announcement has been made by airport or ministry.
ReplyDeletewhat ongoing works!
DeleteThere are works at Parking area. They are expanding it.
DeleteAgain?. I wonder when PRN builds a new Airport. Maybe after the current lease (ca. 2032) is up, right. Years back I heard the rumor they would build it across the other side of the runway with railway connectivity and the old building would be given over to the Kosovo Air Forces. But this was years back.
DeleteKosovo Air Forces???
DeletePer Government, the KSF is in its final phase of transitioning, with a helicopter fleet and other heavy weaponry as its focus. Afaik KSF is currently training Blackhawk Pilots in the US.
DeleteCrazy how GP is now scheduled seat capacity instead of charter. Yet you can only book through the famous travel agencies. I am not a fan.
ReplyDeleteYou can book tickets through GP Aviation's website.
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GP Aviation takes no risk for operating these flights as that's all on travel agencies that have contracted them. Interestingly, this would be the size of the market that Play airlines would cover if the deal with them ever materialises. A critical part of that deal would be that Play airlines would provide the unified booking system for travel agencies instead of airtiketa.com or flyrbp.com or prishtinaticket.net or others.
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