Belgrade airport welcomes record seven million passengers
Belgrade airport, part of the VINCI Airports network, welcomed its seven millionth passenger of the year 2023, which is a record result, surpassing the number of passengers from 2019. The passenger travelled from Lisbon in Portugal, also part of the VINCI Airports network.
In the first nine months of this year, the airport hosted 42 percent more passengers compared to last year and 25 percent more than in the same period of 2019. In the same period, more than 62,000 flights were made, i.e. 26 percent more than the previous year and 15 percent more than in the same period of 2019.
VINCI Airports is continuing to modernize Belgrade airport with major improvements to be completed by 2023, such as the new large central part of the terminal, a new and second runway in operation while the main runway is being rebuilt, and modern central contact parking and access roads rebuilt to facilitate access to the terminal, including a new Kiss and Fly zone for short stays.
The positive trend of expansion and modernization is ongoing, while the completion of all key modernization works is expected by the summer season of 2024. All this will enable Belgrade airport to reach a total capacity of 15 million passengers per year by the end of the concession period.
The seven millionth passenger received a flight voucher by Belgrade airport and the airline Air Serbia for a free round trip to the destination of her choice.
"It is with great pleasure that we welcome more than 7 million passengers this year, especially considering the fact that we surpassed the record of 6.2 million passengers in the pre-pandemic 2019. This result was largely contributed by Air Serbia, which also recorded a record number this year passengers and new routes, as well as significant traffic of other partner airlines. The dynamic recovery of traffic and continuous works on expansion, modernization and capacity increase show that we are well on our way to making our airport a key hub in our region. I congratulate Ms. Kandić, I hope that this gift-trip will bring her a lot of good memories," said Francois Berisot, Belgrade airport CEO.
"Nikola Tesla Airport is our home base and a vital hub from which Air Serbia passengers travel for a large number of destinations to which we fly from Belgrade. Seven million passengers have used the airport's services so far in 2023, and more than half of them flew with Air Serbia. Hence the desire to celebrate this success together. I congratulate the Belgrade Airport on the achieved result, and I wish Ms. Kandic who today received two airline tickets from us to the city of his choice from the Air Serbia network have a pleasant stay at the chosen destination," said Milan Malović, Air Serbia COO.
The world’s leading private airport operator, VINCI Airports operates more than 70 airports in 13 countries. Thanks to its expertise as a global integrator, VINCI Airports develops, finances, builds and manages airports by providing its investment capacity and its know-how in optimizing operational performance, modernizing infrastructure and managing their operations and environmental transition. VINCI Airports is the first airport operator to have committed to an international environmental strategy in 2016, to achieve the goal of net zero emissions across its entire network by 2050.
