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Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport was the only one from the former Yugoslavia to rank within the top 100 busiest on the continent last year based on Airports Council International’s (ACI) annual report. With 8.367.931 passengers handled, it was the 75th busiest in Europe. The airport was ahead of the likes of Reykjavik, Glasgow, Sofia, Thessaloniki and Riga but behind Palermo, Basel and Lanzarote. During the second half of 2024, it ranked 72nd on the continent with 4.649.487 travellers handled. Over the last year, Belgrade Airport added 421.217 travellers on 2023 and welcomed over eight million ..read more
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Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport has successfully upgraded to Level 3 - optimisation - in the four-level Airport Carbon Accreditation program. Achieving Level 3 Optimisation requires airports to expand their carbon footprint assessments to include various Scope 3 emissions, such as those generated by airlines, ground handlers, and concessionaires. Belgrade Airport aims to halve its carbon footprint by 2030 and achieve net zero CO2 emissions by 2050. The airport has undertaken transformative initiatives to achieve these goals, including replacing its old oil boiler with a trigenera ..read more
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Croatia Airlines' CEO, Jasmin Bajić, has held talks with the Ambassador of Kosovo to Croatia, Martin Berishaj, over the potential introduction of flights between Zagreb and Pristina. Mr Bajić noted the carrier would review the possibility of launching the service and analyse the operational and commercial aspects of the route. For his part, Ambassador Berishaj said flights between the two cities would facilitate the movement of people and businesses, creating new opportunities for cooperation and development. Croatia Airlines discontinued flights between Zagreb and Pristina at t ..read more
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Air Serbia is considering further expanding its long-haul operations this summer following the arrival of its fourth Airbus A330-200 aircraft yesterday. Speaking to public broadcaster “RTS” last week, the carrier’s General Manager for Commercial and Strategy, Boško Rupić, noted that fourteen weekly long-haul flights are planned for the peak of the upcoming 2025 summer, including a daily service to New York, three weekly to Chicago and two weekly rotations to Guangzhou and Shanghai each. “These flights are confirmed. With the arrival of the fourth wide-body there is a possibility to further ..read more
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Air Serbia has today taken delivery of its fourth wide-body Airbus A330-200 aircraft. The jet, registered YU-ARE, is ten years old and was formerly operated by Etihad Airways and Air Belgium. It was in storage between 2019 and 2022. The aircraft arrived from Dusseldorf where it underwent maintenance over the past five months. The A330-200 has received Air Serbia’s EXPO 2027 decals. Similar to the third A330 delivered to Air Serbia last year, the plane features the Etihad cabins, including 22 business class seats in a 1-2-1 layout, and the remaining 240 in economy in a 2-4-2 conf ..read more
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Ryanair has this week scheduled and put on sale flights between Hahn and Rijeka. The new service was exclusively reported by EX-YU Aviation News back in November 2024, although flights will commence on June 1, rather than May 4 as initially planned. The reported schedule remains unchanged with two weekly flights on Wednesdays and Sundays. It marks an important addition for Rijeka Airport, after easyJet decided to discontinue its operations to the coastal city this summer. As previously reported, the new route will be accompanied by the launch of Wroclaw - Rijeka flights by Ryana ..read more
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Turkish Airlines’ low cost subsidiary AJet will commence operations to its sixth destination in the former Yugoslavia and its third in Bosnia and Herzegovina this coming summer by introducing operations between Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen Airport and Mostar. The new seasonal service will commence on June 4 and will operate once per week, on Wednesdays, until October 22. Flights will primarily be maintained with the Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Tickets are now available for purchase through the airline’s website. Mostar Airport has been negotiating with Turkish carriers over a potential service for ..read more
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Skopje has introduced a silent airport concept as of last week, which aims to significantly reduce noise levels within its terminal by minimising non-essential announcements over the loud-speakers. Passengers are being urged to consult the flight information boards and airline notifications for the latest status of their flights. Furthermore, travellers can find the information on the airport’s website. Airports are not obliged to make announcements via speakers in order to guarantee that every single passenger receives the information relevant to them, however, it has proven ef ..read more
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Zagreb Airport began the year on a strong note by handling 280.542 passengers in January, representing an increase of 12.4% on 2024. The airport welcomed an additional 30.966 travellers. The number of aircraft movements stood at 3.642, up 2.5%. The airport recently told EX-YU Aviation News it Is targeting over 4.7 million travellers this year with a growth rate of some 10%. It is expected to continue to post growth in February on the back of a 4.9% increase in scheduled seat capacity.
Zagreb's largest airlines by scheduled seat capacity, January 2025
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Air Serbia plans to increase its passenger numbers by approximately 6% in 2025 compared to last year, which would result in the airline carrying over 4.7 million passengers. Speaking to public broadcaster “RTS”, Air Serbia’s General Manager for Commercial and Strategy, Boško Rupić, said, “During the upcoming summer we will be expanding both our fleet and network of destinations but also increasing operations on existing services. This year we are looking at similar growth to the one we had in 2024 when compared to 2023. So that is the percentage increase we are targeting for 2025”. The airl ..read more