REGIONAL COOPERATION AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION

PART IV:
2.
Air transport market
General indicators of air traffic development in 2008 are shown below. The number of
passengers and cargo carried at airports, the number of airports and air carriers in each
country, and finally the synthetic indicator number of passenger carried per capita, which
indicates the degree of development and mobility of the population. Southeast Europe region
is a modest, undeveloped region, which represents only 1.3% passenger transportation in
the world scheduled traffic and 1% of the number of international airports in the world.
Table 3: General air transport indicators of the Southeast Europe region
Country
Passengers (000)
International Domestic Total
Cargo
000 t
Airports
Airlines
Passen. per
Capita
Albania 1,267 0 1,267 3.5 1 4 0.40
Bosnia&
Herzegovina
550 0 550 1.5 3 1 0.15
Croatia 4,610 554 5,164 13.9 8 4 1.15
FYROM 697 0 697 2.8 2 1 0.34
Montenegro 1,109 0 1,109 0.8(p) 2 1 1.85
Serbia 2,680 0 2,680 7,2 2 2 0.36
Kosovo 1,131 0 1,131 1 (p) 1 0.60
Romania 8,250 500 8,750 24 (p) 11 8 0.41
Bulgaria 6,200 290 6,490 18 (p) 4 8 0.85
Moldova 848 0 848 0.8 1 5 0.22
Slovenia 1,705 0 1,705 12.0 2 1 0.85
Total/Average 29,047 1,344 30,391 84.0 37 35 0.52
Source: According to different sources, prepared by authors
Tabular display clearly indicates passenger transportation in the region on level of 30
million, and the poor mobility of the population (only 0.5 trips per capita). Furthermore,
it is obvious that the leaders of the region are (except for residents of Montenegro, which
“traditionally” often use the services of air transportation), Croatia, Slovenia and Bulgaria.
It is important to emphasize that the domestic scheduled air transport exist only in three
region states (Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria). Leading representatives in air cargo
transport are EU members (Romania, Bulgaria and Slovenia) followed by Croatia. A more
detailed analysis of air carriers of the Southeast Europe region, as well as indicators of
airport infrastructure are shown below.
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