Another record-breaking month for Sarajevo International Airport, 185.911 passengers used the airport during the last month, representing an increase of 39% when compared to April of 2024. or 53.079 increase in passengers handled. The number of aircraft operations grew by 24%, while cargo increased by 6%. Year to date airport recorded 519.713 passengers, representing an increase of 150.399 passengers or 41%.
Before Wizz Air discontinued
routes between Sweden and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sweden was one of the largest
air travel markets from Bosnia and Herzegovina. At one-point Banjaluka, Tuzla
and Sarajevo were all connected to major airports in Sweden. The year 2022/2023
has seen major cuts for Bosnia-Sweden routes. During 2022/2023 Wizz Air closed
its bases at Tuzla and Sarajevo Airports resulting in cancelations of all Wizz
Air flights from Bosnian airports to Sweden. Record year was 2022 when 182.212
passengers traveled between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Sweden, while 2023 that
number has slipped away to 145.094 passengers.
Source: Zahid Krkić
Sarajevo International Airport has recorded its busiest May by handling 151.152 passengers,
representing an increase of 30,3% or 35.176 passengers more when compared to
the same month of last year. Aircraft operations recorded an increase of 23%,
while cargo grew by 10% . Year to date Sarajevo Airport handled 520.466 passengers,
an increase of 30,1%. The month of June will see the introduction of new
flights by Aegean Airlines from Athens, Scandinavian Airlines flights from
Copenhagen and Air Arabia flights from Sharjah. From June 5th to
June 25th Flynas will operate regular charter flights for Hajj from Medina.
Source: Zahid Krkić
Last
month Sarajevo Airport recorded 61.989 passengers, representing an increase of
314% when compared to the same month of 2020. The airport was only 8% (or 5.369
passengers) down compared to pre-pandemic October in 2019. The January-October
period airport handled 696.934 passengers, representing an increase of 195%
when compared to the same time of the last year. Passenger’s traffic is 35%
down compared to record 2019 when Sarajevo Airport handled 1.143.680
passengers.
Last month Sarajevo Airport recorded 84.462 passengers, representing an increase of 294% when compared to the same month of 2020. The airport was only 11% (or 11.166 passengers) down compared to pre-pandemic October in 2019. The January-October period airport handled 634.945 passengers, representing an increase of 187% when compared to the same time of the last year. Passenger’s traffic is 37% down compared to record 2019 when Sarajevo Airport handled 1.143.680 passengers.
Source: Flying Bosnian and Sarajevo Airport
Skopje International Airport, North Macedonia
Monthly passenger numbers for January-November of 2020 for airports in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro. Monthly passenger numbers for airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina are reported earlier (link to Bosnia and Herzegovina airportsdata).
Coronavirus pandemic has affected all airports in the region especially costal
airports in Croatia and Montenegro, while Ljubljana is most affected airport of
all capital cities in the region.
Airport ranking chart by passanger numbers for airports in the former Yugoslavia in 2020
Source: Flying Bosnian and airports websites
Since I consider Spain my second home country, today article will be about Spanish airports in 2020.
Spain’s 46 airports and 2 heliports within the Aena network closed 2020 with 76,064,322 passengers, 72.4% less than the previous year; 1,101,185 aircraft movements, 53.4% less; and 787,848 tons of cargo, 26.3% less than in 2019. The decrease in traffic was due to restrictions on mobility both in Spain and in the rest of the world caused by the spread of COVID-19.
In 2019 Spanish airports recorded 275.2 million passengers, representing a 4.4% increase compared to the previous year. Of those passengers, 188.8 million flew internationally, a historical record, with a 3.5% increase on 2018. Passengers on domestic flights amounted to over 85.5 million, a 6.4% increase on the previous year. The volume of aircraft operations was greater than 2.3 million, a 2.6% increase on 2018 and cargo traffic amounted to over 1,068,394 tons, a 5.6% increase compared to the previous year.
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Spain has the third largest volume of air traffic in Europe, after the UK and Germany. It totals 11% of Europe's passenger traffic and 10% of its aircraft operations.
A further five Spanish airports registered traffic of
over 10 million passengers in 2019: Palma de Mallorca, with over 29 million;
Málaga-Costa del Sol, with 19.8 million; Alicante-Elche, with 15 million; Gran
Canaria, with over 13.2 million; and Tenerife Sur with over 11 million.
Type of air traffic
69.2% of commercial traffic in all airports in the Aena network is international, and the remaining 30.8% is national. The main source countries of air travel passengers to Spain are the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, France, the Nordic countries, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, the United States, Ireland and Russia3.
Share of the major airport hubs
Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas and Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat airports make up 41.6% of passengers, 32.6% of operations and 69.4% of cargo. Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas contributes 22.4% of total passengers, 18% of the aircraft and 52.3% of the cargo, while Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El-Prat has a market share of 19.1% of passengers, 14.6% of operations and 17.1% of cargo.
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Spanish airports - annual data for 2020 |
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76.1 million
passengers in 2020 |
The volume of
passengers travelling in Aena Spanish airports decreased 72.4% compared to
2019 because of covid-19. |
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1.1 million aircraft
operations in 2020 |
The Spanish airports
registered 53.4% less aircraft movements in 2020 compared to 2019. |
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787,848 tons of
cargo in 2020 |
The cargo traffic at
Spanish airports decreased 26.3% compared to the previous year. |
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MAD and BCN in the
top ten EU airports |
Adolfo Suárez
Madrid-Barajas and Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat airports rank 4th and
5th in the EU in terms of passengers in 2020. |
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55.4% of
international passengers traffic. |
In 2020 the
international passengers traffic decreased 77.8% and the national traffic
decreased 60.6%. |
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Spain 46 airports +
2 heliports |
Aena manages 46
airports and 2 heliports of public interest in Spain |
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AENA COMPANY PROFILE  |
Number 1 airport
management company in the world Aena is the world's
number one airport operator with 293 million passengers in 2019 (Spanish
airports and Luton). |
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46 airports + 2
heliports Aena manages 46
airports and 2 heliports of public interest in Spain |
London-Luton Airport Aena holds a 51 per
cent stake in the capital of the concessionaire company of London-Luton
airport. |
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22 airports in
Brazil, Mexico, Jamaica and Colombia Aena participates in
the management of 6 airports in Brazil, 12 in Mexico, 2 in Colombia and 2 in
Jamaica. |
335 million
passengers of estimated capacity Aena airports are
equipped with modern infrastructures with a high spare capacity. |
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>220.000 m2 of
commercial areas Aena airports offer
a wide commercial offer and great business opportunities |
4,503.3 million € of
total incomes in 2019 2,901.1 billion
correspond to aircraft business, 1,252 to commercial business, 80.2 to real
estate services and 270.4 to international business. |
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1,442 million € of
net profit in 2018 The consolidated net
profit has increased 8.6% compared to 2018 because of the positive business
development and of the overall financial result. |
2,114.3 billion
euros of cash flow generation Debt ratio (net
financial debt, EBITDA) of 2.3x in 2019. |
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<1.6 million of
reduced mobility persons attended. Passengers who used assistance
for PRM in 2018 gave the service a rating of 4.88 out of 5. |
24,395 soundproofed
houses Since 2000, Aena has
fully financed the sound insulation of residential units in line with the
Noise Insulation Plans. |
Source: AENA and Flying Bosnian
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