Rijeka Airport most improved in 2011

Rijeka Airport sees largest passenger growth in 2011

Most of Croatia’s airports maintained passenger growth throughout August. Rijeka continued its comeback, Zagreb saw solid growth while both Zadar and Osijek saw numbers slide.

In August, Zagreb handled 249.159 passengers, an increase of 7.8% compared to the same month last year. So far in 2011, Croatia’s busiest airport has handled 1.568.005 passengers, an impressive surge of 14.2%. However, growth in Dubrovnik slowed with numbers increasing only 1% despite an increase in the number of flight being operated to and from the airport. In the first eight months of the year Dubrovnik has welcomed 977.085 passengers while Split saw 944.907. With 18.282 passengers, Rijeka Airport enjoyed a 35% increase. So far this year, Rijeka has seen the biggest boost in passenger numbers out of all of Croatia’s airports by handling 59.694 passengers, improving its figures by 24.5% on last year's result. In 2010 due to sliding figures and finances there were suggestions to shut down the airport.

On the other hand, Zadar continued its downward slide. With 49.956 passengers, numbers fell by 11.8%, even though the number of flights operating this August increased. Meanwhile, Osijek handled only 4.124 passengers.

Below you can review the performance of Croatia’s airports in August 2011. Overall, Croatian airports handled 932.045 passengers, an increase of 4.1% compared to August 2010. The statistics have been provided by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics.

Airport	Passengers AUG 2011	Passengers AUG 2010	Change (%)
Zagreb	249.159	231.155	▲ 7.8
Dubrovnik	262.262	259.638	▲ 1.0
Pula	86.686	78.996	▲ 9.7
Split	257.031	246.221	▲ 4.4
Zadar	49.956	56.624	▼ 11.8
Osijek	4.124	5.041	▼ 18.2
Rijeka	18.282	13.544	▲ 35.0
Mali Lošinj	1.797	1.298	▲ 38.4