Wizz Air has begun the introduction of its second batch of new routes from Podgorica this year, following the stationing of a second Airbus A321neo aircraft at its new base in the Montenegrin capital, with a total of seventeen new routes launched this summer. Speaking to EX-YU Aviation News, Wizz Air Network Officer Andras Szabo said, “Wizz Air is delivering development in Montenegro that has been long awaited. We are offering very good connectivity to help fuel tourism, while at the same time providing economic links to major European cities and capitals. We have enabled multiple directions of travel through this network. The development approach and philosophy that Montenegro is following, both in the air transport sector and more broadly as a country, is very positive and helps support our growth”.
During the 2026 summer season, Wizz Air has 888.400 seats on the Montenegrin market, or an additional 579.000 seats compared to last summer. The airline has instantly become Montenegro’s largest carrier during the summer season, holding a 29.3% capacity share. In 2025 alone, the airline welcomed more than 360.000 passengers on its Podgorica flights.
Asked why the carrier had not opted to introduce summer routes out of Tivat, Mr Szabo noted, “We predominantly operate Airbus A321neo aircraft, while Tivat is a very special airport to serve, being both very constrained and subject to specific operational procedures. This is why, for now, Podgorica is the preferred platform for us. We would never exclude looking at Tivat as well, but at this stage, Podgorica was the logical choice for us”.
888 thousand seats is more than the population. Good job Wizz
ReplyDeleteTrue dat!
DeleteGood for Montenegro.
ReplyDeleteTIV needs a complete overhaul. The airport looks like a bus station. Time travel experience.
The bus station in Tivat looks far better than the airport
DeleteI always wondered why airlines were choosing Podgorica over Tivat. But completely forgot the difficulty of flying there. Now it makes more sense.
ReplyDeleteBasically nothing can land past 19:30 if i remember? And thats summer
DeleteYes, true
DeleteMay I know why Anonymous 09:07 ?
DeleteBecause landings can only occur during daylight hours. In winter its like 17:00h
DeleteNo instrument landings/ procedures just sunrise to sunset use of airport.....
DeleteIt makes sence to operate from Podgorica. Tivat is constrained by timings etc.
ReplyDeleteI just don't see Air Montenegro surviving this
ReplyDeleteDo we know LF for the first phase so far?
DeleteI think W6 is far more LF sensitive than 4O. If they can't fill planes, they will leave in an afternoon
DeleteWhile Wizz Air's growth is welcome Montenegro should be careful not to become overly dependent on one airline.
ReplyDeletethe choice is stagnation or Wizz
DeleteYour concern is noted.
DeleteThe numbers are remarkable. Going from a relatively small presence to nearly 30% of market.
ReplyDeletegoing up to 45% https://www.exyuaviation.com/2026/05/several-ex-yu-capital-airports-with.html
DeleteJU will love this
ReplyDeleteI think they're ok for a while yet. The o/d demand is huge.
DeleteIt used to also carry the big majority of Montenegro traffic to the rest of Europe.
DeleteWith Wizz's expansion though that traffic is going to reduce by a very significant amount.
They will still have quite a bit of connecting traffic. But yeah it will influence things abit. Eventually improved road connections will redcue th3 importance of this air route still futher.
DeleteJU flies to 100+ destinations so the amount of transfer passengers continues to rise.
DeleteFlying twice weekly is not very convenient to catching connecting traffic.
DeleteCorrect, however many of Wizzair's routes are also twice a week. The market remains for both and I think JU will remain buoyant on the market. I agree if wizzair (or anyone else) manged a LCC breakthrough on the Belgrade to Podgorica route it would effect things. But this is not on the cards for a long while yet.
DeleteFlew BEG-TGD today on JU (afternoon flight). PACKED A320. What was interesting is that a lot of the passengers were Albanians. I assume from Montenegro. Not sure if there was a flight from the US connecting. BEG was the busiest I have ever seen it. Was so happy I bought the prirority passport/security lane. Was worth the 10 euro add on. Flying back tomorrow TGD-BEG afternoon flight with A220.
DeletePeople in the region use all kinds of flights depending on need. I set to two Montengron girls flying London-Tirana and they were getting a lift up to Podgorica because the price was right for them. Great to see people moving around so much in the region. Its important
Deleteit doesn't matter, they fight on 11 destinations but asl is a tough fighter
DeletePodgorica has finally become a serious low cost base in the region.
ReplyDeleteAs soon as Montenegro enters the EU they can start BEG and INI flights
ReplyDeleteThat market still is much underserved.
DeleteINI could go daily in summer.
The ATR is perfect for that route.
AirSerbia can boost KVO-TIV. Enough demand for daily ATR
Deleteand the elephant in the room: flights TGD-BEG once they become possible
ReplyDeleteout of curiousity: what was the April pax number for TGD?
ReplyDelete159.450, +9.3%
DeleteDanke! :)
DeleteAir Montenegro just got destroyed by Josh Cahill on his latest video. This’ll be great for Wizz Air.
ReplyDelete"cabin crew that cant be bothered to work" 😂
Deletebut hey at least their PRG-TGD flight looked packed
The security officer in TGD smoking on the job was so funny, classic Balkans.
DeleteThis wizz base in Montenegro will be closed because contract is suspicious... Airports os Monte egro gave them too much low prices for all services
ReplyDeletePodgorica airport needs expansion and modernization. Even if Wizz or any other airline manage to bring more passenger volume, the constraint, if not a bottleneck will be the existing airport infrastructure
ReplyDeleteThe airport has been a bottleneck for many years and it's crazy that they allowed this base before they expanded infrastructire. TGD is hands down the worst capital city airport in Europe
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