All but two capital city airports in the former Yugoslav region are set to record capacity growth in April, despite the continued impact of reduced capacity from the Middle East. Wizz Air remains the region’s largest carrier.
Belgrade Airport has the most available seats on scheduled flights in April, standing at 934.728. The figure represents an increase of 12% on 2025. Air Serbia will continue to maintain its position as the largest carrier with 453.502 seats, up 3.8%. Wizz Air will add 87.428 seats, growing by 68.6%. Zagreb follows as the second largest with 560.052 available seats on scheduled flights during the month. It represents a decrease of 0.8% on the previous year. Croatia Airlines, which will grow its seat count by 11.472 or 5.9%, will be its largest carrier with 36.6% of total capacity followed closely by Ryanair with 34.8%. The low cost airline will reduce its seat count by 0.9%.
Skopje Airport will boast 400.221 seats in April, up 34.3% on the back of Wizz Air’s expansion. The low cost carrier will grow by 103.722 seats or 68% on the same month in 2025. It will hold the largest share at 64%. It is followed by Pegasus Airlines with a 9.1% share. Pristina Airport will have 398.025 available seats, with capacity growth currently projected at 2.8%. GP Aviation has the largest volume, holding a 30.9% share. It is followed by easyJet with 13.8% of total capacity. Sarajevo will have 230.394 scheduled seats on the market in April, representing a decrease of 2.2% on 2025. Ryanair is the largest carrier with 21.9% of total capacity, followed by Turkish Airlines with 13.4%.
Podgorica Airport, which will see the launch of Wizz Air’s first batch of new routes following the opening of its base in the Montenegrin capital in late March, has 207.824 seats on scheduled flights during the month, up 16%. Wizz Air becomes the largest carrier by adding 29.184 seats, representing growth of 91%, for a total capacity share of 29.4%. It is followed by Ryanair with 15.6% of the market. Finally, Ljubljana has a total of 203.170 seats on scheduled services, up 23.9% on April 2025. Lufthansa will be the airport’s largest, holding 16.4% of all seats, followed by Turkish Airlines with a 13.1% share.
Largest carriers by scheduled seat capacity in the former Yugoslavia, April 2026
Please note that the above figures are correct as of the date of publication. As the month progresses, they may change due to schedule revisions or equipment adjustments, particularly at times of geopolitical uncertainty in some regions. Nevertheless, they provide a reliable indication of overall capacity trends across the airports.
