Belgrade lowers taxes and expands

New apron, busses and taxiways

Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport is experiencing a renaissance this month with 2 new airlines commencing services and another 3 are expected to start flights in the near future. However, Belgrade’s airport has some of the highest taxes in the region which repel low cost airlines and are added on to the ticket price. Last week, the airport announced that it had lowered its security tax by 25%. "Fifteen months ago when we imposed taxes needed to improve the security of visitors at our airport, we invested 4.5 million Euros. Among the investments, Belgrade Airport bought new X-ray devices", deputy director Velimir Radosavljević told the media who toured the airport’s newly build taxiways and apron. When all of the airport’s taxes are added up now, they amount to 15.3 Euros for flights checking-in at Terminal 1 and 19.8 euros for flights checking-in at Terminal 2.

In addition, two buses for the transportation of passengers from aircraft not parked at the gate have been purchased at the request of budget airlines, Radosavljević added. A completed 55 million Dinar (576.000 Euro) project was also shown off to the media last week. Additional aircraft parking spaces have been constructed and the A platform gates (Terminal 1) and C platform gates (Terminal 2) have been connected via new taxiways.

From January 1, all low cost airlines, charter airlines and all charter flights will be using Terminal 1 while all other full fare airlines and scheduled destinations will use Terminal 2.