Since the opening of the new terminal building at Niš “Constantine the Great” Airport in July of last year, over 200,000 passengers have passed through it. However, available data for early 2025 indicates a decline in passenger traffic compared to the same period last year. According to official data, in January of this year, the airport served 21,104 passengers through 218 flight operations, while in February, there were 18,415 passengers and 194 flight operations. The total number of passengers in the first two months of 2025 was 39,519, representing a decrease of about 17% compared to the same period in 2024, when 47,580 passengers passed through the Niš airport. In January 2024, Niš recorded 26,391 passengers, and in February, 21,189, indicating a drop in the number of passengers in both months this year.
The airport management expects improved traffic with the start of the summer season, which officially begins on March 31. Seasonal flights are planned for the summer flight schedule, with destinations including Vienna, Basel, Memmingen, Ljubljana, Cologne, Frankfurt Hahn, Malta, Istanbul, Belgrade, Stockholm, Athens, Corfu, Tivat, and Zurich. In addition to regular routes, charter flights will be available to Monastir in Tunisia and Antalya in Turkey. Among the new additions is the return of the Zurich route, which will be resumed by the Swiss national airline SWISS at the end of June. There is a possibility that this route will become a year-round service starting next year.
The new terminal building is part of a broader development plan for the airport. However, the decline in passenger numbers at the beginning of the year suggests that further improvements to the flight network are needed to maintain and increase traffic at Niš airport.
