All but one capital city airport in the former Yugoslavia will see their capacity levels grow during the first month of 2026, with Wizz Air remaining the region’s largest carrier.
Belgrade Airport has the most available seats on scheduled flights in January, standing at 810.129. The figure represents an increase of 7.6% on 2025. Air Serbia will continue to maintain its position as the largest carrier, holding 47.5% of all available scheduled capacity. Wizz Air will add over 56.000 seats, growing by 45.8% with a total share of 22.2%. Zagreb follows as the second largest with 424.682 available seats on scheduled flights during the month. It represents an increase of 4.7% on the previous year. Croatia Airlines, which will grow its seat count by 25.895 or 15.1%, will be its largest carrier with 46.6% of total capacity followed by Ryanair with 25.7%. After years of capacity growth, the low cost airline will, for the first time, have fewer seats at its Zagreb base compared to the previous year, declining 2.6% in January, or by some 2.950 seats.
Pristina Airport will have 384.631 available seats, with capacity growth currently projected at 4%. GP Aviation has the largest volume, holding a 32.1% share. It is followed by easyJet with 14.5% of total capacity. Skopje Airport will boast 359.596 seats in January, up a notable 37.2% on the back of Wizz Air’s expansion. The low cost carrier will grow its seat count by 87.580 or 60.4% on the same month in 2025. It will hold the largest share at 64.5%. It is followed by Pegasus Airlines with a 9.2% share. Sarajevo will have 179.093 scheduled seats on the market in January, representing an increase of 11.9% on 2025. Ryanair, which is growing its capacity by 17.436 seats or 98.8% year-on-year, is the largest carrier with 19.4% of total capacity, followed by Pegasus Airlines with 16.5%.
Podgorica Airport has 120.780 seats on scheduled flights in January, down 1.8%. It marks the second consecutive month that capacity has declined compared to the previous year The decrease is being primarily fuelled by fourteen fewer Ryanair operations, as well as a reduction in Turkish Airlines flights. However, the latter will retain the title as Podgorica’s largest carrier with a 21.2% share, followed closely by Air Montenegro with a 20.4% share. Finally, Ljubljana has a total of 118.810 seats on scheduled services, up 13% on January 2025. Turkish Airlines will be the airport’s largest, holding 17.9% of all seats, followed by Lufthansa with a 10.8% share.
Largest carriers by scheduled seat capacity in the former Yugoslavia, January 2026
