Zagreb surpasses two million

Croatian airports record growth in September

Last week Zagreb surpassed the two million passengers mark, an impressive 48 days ahead of last year. The passenger was travelling from Zagreb to Istanbul on a Turkish Airlines flight. In September, Zagreb saw 240.805 passengers, an increase of 12.6% compared to last year.

Elsewhere in Croatia, Dubrovnik and Split both recorded a passenger increase compared to September 2010. The two have handled a total of 2.307.811 passengers this year and during November managed to surpass the end of year result from last year. Pula also recorded a passenger increase with the airport seeing almost 8% more passengers this year compared to last. With 886 passengers at Mali Lošinj this September, the airport grew 82.3%.

On the other hand, Zadar is continuing to record a passenger slump. Numbers fell by 3.5%, although so far this year the airport has seen growth of some 3%. Osijek handled 2.475 passengers, which is down on last September. Osijek Airport won’t see any scheduled flights until the end of the year, meaning its figures will significantly decline from now until March 2012.

Below you can review the performance of Croatia’s airports in September 2011. OveSeptember 2010. The statistics have been provided by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics.

Airport	Passengers SEP 2011	Passengers SEP 2010	Change (%)
Zagreb	240.805	213.876	▲ 12.6
Dubrovnik	203.360	187.630	▲ 8.4
Pula	55.763	52.770	▲ 5.7
Split	182.459	171.066	▲ 6.7
Zadar	36.928	38.266	▼ 3.5
Osijek	2.475	2.821	▼ 12.8
Rijeka	13.557	9.870	▲ 37.4
Mali Lošinj	886	486	▲ 82.3