October growth for Croatian airport

Osijek's numbers rise after several months of stagnation

Most Croatian airports reported passenger growth in October 2010 when compared to the same month last year. Both Dubrovnik and Split have already surpassed last year’s annual result. Osijek has managed to buck the negative trend, recorded in the past few months, and report a sensible increase.

Croatia’s main hub handled 187.286 passengers in October, up by 7.3%. Split and Dubrovnik also continued their impressive run, recording an increase of 14.4% and 10.1% respectively. Osijek welcomed only 2.311 passengers, but saw numbers increase by 4.1%. The star of the pack, Zadar, proved it could continue to grow even during the winter as the airport handled 25.590 passengers and saw an increase of 33.6%.

Rijeka Airport has continued it’s less than impressive run. In October, its passenger numbers more than halved. The airport handled 3.620 travellers compared to 7.944 last year. Since January, its numbers have slumped by 44% compared to the same period last year.

Below you can view October 2010 results for Croatian airports:

Airport	Passengers OCT 2010	Passengers OCT 2009	Change (%)
Zagreb	187.286	174.490	▲ 7.7
Dubrovnik	102.963	93.483	▲ 10.1
Pula	10.714	10.781	▼ 0.6
Split	85.592	74.766	▲ 14.4
Zadar	25.590	19.147	▲ 33.6
Osijek	2.311	2.220	▲ 4.1
Rijeka	3.620	7.944	▼ 54.4