Mostar Airport sees 88.7 percent drop in passenger numbers

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Mostar Airport sees 88.7 percent drop in passenger numbers

Mostar Airport only recorded 711 passengers in October, a decrease of 88.7 percent compared to the same month at the same time in the period before the 2019 pandemic.

The airport welcomed 9.995 passengers in the period from January to October, which is 68.1 percent less than three years ago.

Mostar Airport has struggled to attract customers in recent years and has been severely affected by the COVID 19 pandemic.

Its main source of traffic, which refers to European charters that serve religious pilgrims, has been almost wiped out.

In 2020, the airport handled just 1.374 passengers, while the numbers barely improved in 2021 with a total of 1.942 passengers passing through its doors.

The performance of the airline has improved slightly this year, but it is still below 2014 when it processed 78.055 passengers.

In September, Mostar Airport announced that it had signed a contract with WizzAir, according to which the low-cost airline will fly to the city in the summer of 2023.

WizzAir has not commented on this issue and has not scheduled any flights to Mostar for next year, according to Klix.ba.