Commercial airports across the former Yugoslavia handled 39.3 million passengers in 2025, growing by 3.3 million additional travellers on the year before. Ten airports managed to register their busiest year on record – Belgrade, Zagreb, Pristina, Split, Skopje, Dubrovnik, Sarajevo, Zadar, Banja Luka and Kraljevo. On the other hand, ten were below their pre-pandemic figures from 2019 including Ljubljana, Tivat, Pula, Niš, Tuzla, Ohrid, Rijeka, Osijek, Brač and Maribor. During 2025, Belgrade Airport added the most passengers, while Tuzla had the highest growth rate. At just over 5.000 travellers, Podgorica shed the most passengers.

During 2025 there were no major changes in the placement of the busiest airports, with exception to Tuzla overtaking Ohrid. Croatia maintained its position as the largest aviation market, with its airports handling just over fourteen million passengers. Furthermore, Croatia added the most travellers year-on-year, with one million extra passengers when compared to 2024. Podgorica was the only capital city airport to see its figures decline in 2025, albeit marginally, impacted by Ryanair’s capacity cuts and a now-lifted temporary reintroduction of visa requirements for Turkish nationals entering Montenegro.

Wizz Air regained its crown as the largest airline in the former Yugoslavia based on the amount of offered capacity, outpacing 2024’s top performer Air Serbia. The low cost airline also added the most seats in 2025, an additional 875.505, after wiping out 1.2 million in 2024 when compared to 2023. On the other hand, Condor shed the most seats across the former Yugoslavia last year, with capacity being reduced by 113.432. It was followed by British Airways, Qatar Airways, airBaltic and Volotea.

Largest airlines by scheduled seat capacity in the former Yugoslavia, 2025