COMPARED TRAFFIC STATISTICS FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY – MARCH
7 April 2008 year
Compared to previous year, in March there is a growth of 6.0% in overall aircraft movements. Increased number of operations in commercial aviation is expected at the beginning of Summer Season (from March 30th 2008), where growth of regular week frequency was announced by Adria Airways, BH Airlines, Turkish Airlines, MAT to Vienna and as well as Croatia Airlines during May, 2008.
Number of passengers in March was increased by 17.4% compared to previous year, due to growing frequency of passengers during Easter holidays.
Cargo figures shows increase in last few months, and this trend is continuing in March, where there is growth of +20% in airfreight and +19.2% of total cargo (including trucked freight) compared to previous year. Cargo carriers (airmail carriers), Aviastart and ABC Air preformed one additional flight, and ABC Air from end of February changed their departing destination, so instead of Sofia flies to Tirana with transit cargo.
Period January - March: At Airport “Alexander the Great” Skopje from January till March, 2869 aircraft movements are realized, that is 0.7% more than same period previous year. During this period 129 087 passengers are transported, that is +9.9% more than previous year, and 750.66 tones airfreight (including trucked freight) are handled, +43.1% more than previous year.
Regarding destinations, Vienna is still most frequent destination with 15.8% participation in overall passenger figure. Increasing is noticed at destinations Ljubljana, Zagreb, Budapest, Istanbul and Roma (which as a hubs for transferring passengers, took over Alitalia passengers). Regarding air carriers, great increase of passenger volume, compared to previous year, has Adria Airways (+85% from January to March), as well as Croatia Airlines (+43.3%).
--TRAFFIC DURING APRIL 2008
9 May 2008 year
Compared with previous year, in April there is a growth of 12.9% in overall aircraft movements. Comparing with the last three months, with the beginning of the summer season where growth of regular week frequency was announced by Adria Airways, BH Airlines, Turkish Airlines, and Malev and with increased number of operations the commercial aviation growth for 7.1% comparing with the last year in April.
Number of passengers in April was increased by 5.9% compared to previous year, and cumulatively for the period January –April increased by 8.8%.
Regarding by the passenger number, Vienna is most frequent destination with 15.9% participation in overall passenger figure. Increasing is noticed at destinations Ljubljana (79.8%), and Zagreb (39.7%), compared to previous year. Generally speaking there is a growth of passenger number on all the destinations comparing with last year.
There is gradual increase of passenger numbers on the new destinations Saraevo, Sofia and Tirana.
Cargo figures shows increase in last few months, and this trend is continuing in April, where there is growth of +33.4% (including trucked freight) compared to previous year. On the scheduled lines in this period are accepted/dispatch 86 tons of cargo shipments more than the same period last year. Comparing to last year, the volume of cargo on the destination to Istanbul has significantly increase (70% more than last year).
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