NEWS FLASH
Zagreb Airport handled 415.218 passengers in April, representing a decrease of 1.1% on the same month in 2025, ending five consecutive years of passenger growth. The figure is in line with an expected decline in overall scheduled seat capacity reported recently, with May capacity levels currently up 0.4% on 2025 levels. Several carriers reduced capacity in April when compared to last year, including Ryanair, which had fourteen fewer flights, as well as Qatar Airways (temporarily suspended), Flydubai, Eurowings, Austrian Airlines, KLM (despite more flights), Air Serbia, LOT Polish Airlines and Turkish Airlines. During the January - April period, Zagreb Airport welcomed 1.332.694 travellers through its doors, representing an increase of 4.4% or an additional 56.053 passengers.
Zagreb's largest airlines by scheduled seat capacity, April 2026
Will this be the first month since the collapse of Adria where Lju will have growth while Zagreb won't?
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DeleteSo does that mean airlines will have to have a 95% LF in May in order for the airport to avoid a decline?
ReplyDeleteHow did you come up with that figure?
DeleteWell because they'll need a high LF to avoid a decline. Then there are OU routes with a catastrophic LF.
DeleteSo in essence FR must have a 125% LF in order to cover the modest 60% LF of OU based on your calculations...
DeleteGod are you dumb or what? Ryanair is already there, they did their part. Now it's up to others to improve their LF, especially OU, if the airport is to avoid a drop in passenger numbers.
DeleteHuh? Seriously, how did you come up with that number??
DeleteBased on what, what's the maths?
Do you mean because the number of seats offered in May is only 0.4% higher than last year?
Still, even then I don't see how you got to all of the airlines having to fly with a LF of 95%.
According to the numbers, the LF should indeed be higher...with some of the airlines - certainly not all of them, and certainly not nearly by that much.
OUI largest operater in ZAG. And still not good for someone, or just for one
ReplyDeleteThat’s exact reason for passengers decline
DeleteOU is NOT the largest operator. Ryanair carries more passengers.
DeleteThere is JUST ONE Party soldier here who advocates crime, corruption and incompetence in OU. And the one he points at, and he is obsessed with, is exactly the one who wish for OU to be bigger, better, more competitive, market oriented, market responsive, with adequate fleet and developed network, and profitable, or at least not loss making. But, Party soldier is happy with losses making midget and shameful feeder, and dares talking with attitude about others, especially the one, who are aware of how disastrous OU is, and who criticize it.
DeleteAs others have pointed out, OU is not the largest carrier at ZAG. It has the largest number of seats on offer, but given the OU's abysmal LF, FR carries more...even significantly passengers.
Delete*significantly more passengers
DeleteSJJ, ZAG...which is next?
ReplyDeletePRN potentially during the summer.
DeleteWhy do you think so?
DeleteBig cuts by GP aviation, noticeable cuts by Eurowings and little capacity growth planned for this summer even before the crisis. Growth was expected this summer between 3-5%. I'm guessing its now under 1%.
DeleteInteresting to see what effect the Lufthansa strike of one week had
DeleteIt's always amazed me why there are these headlines every time an airport in the Western Balkans posts traffic statistics and it's called 'breaking a record'. Passenger traffic around the world directly tracks GDP growth and has since the advent of the airplane 100 years ago. So it's normal and expected that it will continually grow unless there is some kind of shock like a war or increased oil prices as we have now.
ReplyDeleteBecause it breaks a record. Same titles are given when other airports in the world do it.
Deletehttps://airserviceone.com/adelaide-airport-breaks-passenger-records-and-upgrades-infrastructure-to-support-its-network-vision/
https://ticotimes.net/2026/05/09/costa-ricas-san-jose-airport-closes-record-breaking-high-season
https://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/news/148704/rome-s-fiumicino-airport-achieves-a-historic-recor
Numbers comparisons are quite when jumped up for patriotic reasons. But yeah its a global thing. Always has been right back during the 19th century until rail numbers started to fall in Europe in the 1920s. Then it became comparisons of speed that people used to compare. Nowadays its mostly passenegr figures becuase aviation has become essentailly commonplace.
Delete@15:06 Yet you didn't complain about it during 60 previous months of growth. Now that the streak has been broken, you object. Hmmm
DeleteWeaker demand.
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DeleteExpected. Every airport in Ex Yu will register a decline at some point of this year.
ReplyDeleteSome earlier than others.
Would be interesting to see if Wizz big plans for
Heathrow registered a decline. It'll be ok guys. The world keeps on turning
DeleteIt must be weak demand, or no demand at all at LHR if they registered decline. Or maybe it's reserved for ZAG only. Hmmm, tough dilemma...
DeleteThere was not projected big growth for ZAG even before this crisis if I remember well.... so this is not surprised af all for me...
DeleteLHR decline could also be due to them being so expensive. There are several other cheaper airports people can fly to. Look at ZAG and the rise of STN.
DeletePerhaps, but not necessarily. Yes, fuel prices keep skyrocketing, but certain airports globally, could not only even out, but in fact profit from this situation, whereby the number of air traffic corridors connecting east and west, keeps on shrinking.
DeleteMost of the main corridors that had been used for so long, are closed. At the moment, you can't fly over Ukraine or Iran, flying over Russia isn't an option for most of the largest global players due to sanctions, while flying over the Black Sea is risky, and via the main Persian Gulf super hubs...even more so.
On the other hand, for example: Istanbul airport has gotten a huge number of transfer passengers who'd have otherwise used Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, or would've simply used one of the direct flights between whichever Asia-Pacific country and Europe, following one of the three main east-west corridors - two of which are closed now.
Likewise in the ex yu space, BEG - the only airport in this region which has managed to establish a mini hub status, could at the very least break even, or actually profit if they play it smart.
of course there was decline at LHR all the middle east airlines with their several daily flights were missing
DeleteNo, no, no. It's no demand
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