Passenger numbers at airports in the three capitals of the former Yugoslavia are expected to be lower in December than last year, based on available reserved seat capacity levels. Despite significantly reduced operations compared with 2023, Wizz Air will still be the busiest airline in the final month of the year.
belgrade The airport has the highest number of seats available for scheduled flights in December, with 755,560. This figure is down 12.7% from 2023. Wizz Air was the main culprit of the decline, with capacity reduced by 30.5% year-on-year and 56,650 seats removed from the market. Air Serbia will maintain its position as the largest airline, accounting for 51.5% of all available scheduled capacity at the airport. Zagreb It is followed by the second largest airline with 410,398 available seats on scheduled flights this month. An increase of 7.7% over last year. Croatia Airlines will maintain its position as the largest airline at the airport, with 38.3% of available capacity. It is followed by Ryanair with 29.5% of all available seats.
Skopje The airport will again be affected by Wizz Air’s frequency cuts this month, with the number of seats at the airport falling 13.3% to 268,110 in December. Wizz Air, which has reduced capacity by 23.9%, or 48,150 seats, will have a 57.2% share, while Pegasus Airlines is in second place with an 11.6% share. Pristina The airport will have 264,267 available seats, however, it has many flights sold exclusively through travel agents, which are considered charter flights. Therefore, these are not included in the overall reserved seating capacity. If only the number of seats on scheduled flights is considered, the airport’s capacity increased by 11.6% compared with last year. EasyJet has the largest number of booked seats, with a 22% share, ahead of Wizz Air (19.3%).
Sarajevo The airport had 170.392 scheduled seats on the market in December, an increase of 63% compared to 2023. Pegasus Airlines’ capacity increased by 56.7% year-on-year, making it the largest airline with 17.3% of the capacity, followed by Pegasus Airlines. Turkish Airlines accounts for 12%. Ryanair started operating flights to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital this summer and will become the third largest airline in December. podgorica The airport’s scheduled flight seats in December were 118,016, an increase of only 0.2% from 2023. Turkish Airlines is the largest airline with 25.6% of total capacity, ahead of Air Serbia at 17.2%. Montenegro Airlines ranks fourth, behind the two largest airlines and Wizz Air. at last, Ljubljana There were 111,824 available seats at the airport in December this year, 7.9% less than last year. Turkish Airlines will become its largest airline with a 19.3% capacity share, ahead of Lufthansa (14.3% of scheduled capacity).
Largest airline in former Yugoslavia by number of seats booked in December 2024
