Skopje Airport has registered its busiest month on record this July by handling 408.925 passengers, representing a strong increase of 29.5% on last year. A total of 2.670 flights were operated, up 10.3% on July 2025. The airport’s busiest day was July 31, when it handled 16.347 passengers. The highest number of flights in a single day was recorded on July 20, with a total of 101 aircraft movements. Between January and July, Skopje International Airport welcomed 2.241.935 travellers, representing growth of 28.7% compared to the same period last year, or an additional 500.421 customers. During the seven-month period, 14.930 flights were operated, an increase of 7.1%.
Skopje’s largest airlines by scheduled seat capacity, July 2026



wow
ReplyDeletehandling 101 movements and almost 17k pax in 24 hour is just wild
Deletenow even 3.9m seem realistic
ReplyDeleteIf August delivers similar results (approximately 90k additional passengers), 4M might not be far fetched as well.
DeleteIf the current growth remains (+28,7%), more than 4.1M passengers would have passed through SKP by the end of the year.
I don't have the scheduled capacity for the winter season, but for sure the cancellations of Easyjet, Lufthansa and others are not helping for this.
i didnt dare to write that number :)
Deletei dont expect a growth >25 on a year basis because Nov is gonna be flat i think
Oh course growth will slow, its destiny. But its great to have have the long period of increased connectivity.
Deletelol
DeleteCan we get also the results of Ohrid?
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DeleteAlmost double. Wow
Delete52,544 super rezultat
DeleteNajdobar rezultat za OHD do sega ako ne se lazham bravo
DeleteI think JU is not making the most in SKP.
ReplyDeleteOU is doing much better despite ZAG being smaller than BEG
Air Serbia has more passengers from Skopje than Croatia Airlines. You must read carefully. The table shows CAPACITY, not passenger numbers.
Deleteyes its capacity but he is actually correct, JU stil kinda underperforms.
DeleteHe is actually not correct because Air Serbia carries more passengers with less capacity. There were articles here where you can see how much each of those two airlines carried on this route.
DeleteBig deal if they have more pax than OU (who doesnt have more pax than them) , the feeling is they should have more pax from SKP generally and this is what Viktor was probably trying to say.
DeleteYou 'feeling' to an airline's profitability and bottom line is completely irrelevant.
Delete'JU stil kinda underperforms.' They do very well actually. Reliable regional service that is vital for North Macedonia's connectivity to local markets. OU is essentially a footnote in terms of what it offers.
Delete@18.17 so is your comment as well
Deletewell I suppose what's-his-name saying Wizz Air was Macedonia's national carrier wasn't too far off the mark
ReplyDeleteIts right on the money.
DeleteHis name is Aleksandar and he is minister of transport , and that guy is main key for the SKP results in just 2 years he bring bigger results , amazing growth more than all ministers before him ;)
DeleteHahaha
DeleteWow awesome results. What is the capacity of skopje airport?
ReplyDelete4 million
DeleteNice. I guess in 2026 it will be more modest. But great to see more connectivity in the region.
ReplyDelete*2027
DeleteYes for 2027 SKP and OHD will get more new routes which means there will be room for even better growth of course
DeleteIt would be very difficult to match this degree of growth on a constant basis, the overall market is very small we must not forget. But yes its doing so very well.
DeleteIf you see from January the airport keep growing even in the slowest winter months which is not case in other smaller markets in Ex-yu , so you are not right about this. And even after summer airport will see have good numbers and growth better than before, so basically it becomes constant grow. This market was small before couple years but not now , now it is completely different picture.
DeleteYou do realise that growth at current levels is totally impossible going forward: That is roughly what it would look like if it grew at the current rate
Delete2026 (Projected baseline): ~4.12 million passengers
2027: ~5.30 million passengers
2028: ~6.82 million passengers
2029: ~8.78 million passengers
2030: ~ 11.30 million passengers
So while growth indeed will be strong, amongst the strongest perhaps in the region. It will not be at this level. We can consider this the great leap forward year and its great.
Wow! That's really amazing! And in a time of turmoil and instability
ReplyDeleteTrue, those numbers would be even better if Lufto didnt left the airport but thats it.
DeleteWell the left cos they can't make it pay. Simple as. Not their fault now is it?
DeleteHow they can serve even smaller airports than SKP and make their money , and cannot make their cost in SKP ?? Doesnt make any sense for me honestly
Delete@19:16 'How they can serve even smaller airports than SKP' nothing to do with the size of the airport, but the amount of money they can make from flying to an airport given fleet and airport restrictions. While it is a lovely city, its not a city from which some airlines can make much money, or rather they can make more elsewhere.
DeleteAmazing SKP results, lets hit 500k in August wishing good luck✈️👏👏🇲🇰
ReplyDeletei think august will be roughly 500k which is impressive
DeleteSMFH the capacity is 497.031
DeleteThats why I said roughly means close to 500k will hit the max capacity
Delete415k max
DeleteThis shows there was a lot of unsatisfied demand. It will level off soon, but the result is nice, especially considering the relative proximity of four strong airports. Fits in with the economic growth numbers for the year of the country.
ReplyDeleteTourist numbers in Macedonia this year are very high and growing every month which is very important for the economic of the country, and of course that positive results bring high numbers of people using air travel. Dont forget the airport never been better connected with direct flights such as gasto and leisure
DeleteLooks like the airport is running above max capacity & in the busy season is overcroweded, 4 mil pax a year equals 333.333 pax a month, having 408k a month is above max capacity. Goverment & TAV should start thinking about bigger terminal, bigger parking, more gates
ReplyDeleteYes that is very true. Also TAV announced a while ago that by 2031 they have a plan to expand the terminal capacity but without much informantiom shared. They also said they preparing long term plans for SKP airport and get new consession of 20+ years after 2030
Deletewelcome back ExYu!
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