All capital city airports from the former Yugoslavia are expected to see passenger growth during the final month of the 2023/24 winter season in March when compared to last year, based on available scheduled seat capacity levels. Wizz Air will stay on as the region’s biggest airline ahead of Air Serbia.
Belgrade Airport has the most available seats on scheduled flights in March, standing at 743.806. The figure represents an increase of 20.7% on 2023. Air Serbia will continue to maintain its position as the largest carrier, holding 49.5% of all available scheduled capacity at the airport. Zagreb follows as the second largest with 401.885 available seats on scheduled flights during the month. It represents an increase of 12% on last year. Croatia Airlines will retain its position as the largest carrier at the airport, with 41% of available capacity. It is followed by Ryanair with 24.2% of all available seats.
Skopje Airport boasts 268.680 seats in March, up 31.8%. Wizz Air will hold a 61.1% share of available seats, while Pegasus comes second with an 8.2% share. Pristina Airport will have 220.952 available seats, however, it has numerous flights sold exclusively through tour operators which are considered as charters. Therefore, these are not included in the overall scheduled seat capacity. If only seats on scheduled flights are taken into account, the airport sees an increase of 19.7% in capacity on last year. easyJet has the largest portion of scheduled seats, holding a 21% share, ahead of Wizz Air with 15.1%.
Podgorica Airport has 129.276 scheduled seats on the market in March, up 8.9% on 2023. Turkish Airlines is the largest carrier with 17.6% of capacity, just ahead of Air Serbia with a 17.2% share of seats. The country’s national carrier, Air Montenegro, places fourth in Podgorica based on available capacity behind the Turkish and Serbian flag carriers, as well as Pegasus Airlines. Ljubljana Airport has 123.206 seats on scheduled flights in March, an increase of 36.7% on 2023. Turkish Airlines is the largest carrier with 17.3% of total capacity. Finally, Sarajevo Airport has 115.848 seats available this March, which is up 4.3% on last year. Pegasus Airlines will be its largest carrier with a 19.3% capacity share.
Largest carriers by scheduled seat capacity in the former Yugoslavia, March 2024
