Zagreb Airport

Franjo Tuđman Airport Zagreb
Međunarodna zračna luka Franjo Tuđman Zagreb
Summary
Airport type Public/Military
Operator MZLZ d.d., Aéroports de Paris
Serves Zagreb, Croatia
Location Velika Gorica
Hub for
Elevation AMSL 353 ft / 108 m
Coordinates 45°44′35″N 016°04′08″E / 45.74306°N 16.06889°E / 45.74306; 16.06889Coordinates: 45°44′35″N 016°04′08″E / 45.74306°N 16.06889°E / 45.74306; 16.06889
Website zagreb-airport.hr
Map
LDZA
Location in Croatia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 3,252 10,669 Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Number of Passengers 3,092,047 Increase 11,8%
Aircraft movements 41,585 Increase 1,9%
revenue €174.9 million[1] Increase 2.1%
net income €5.12 million[1] Increase 312%
number of employees 743 directly + 305 indirectly Increase 0.5%[2]
Economic impact €0.7 billion
Assets €537 million[3]

Franjo Tuđman Airport (Croatian: Zračna luka „Franjo Tuđman”; IATA: ZAG, ICAO: LDZA), also known as Zagreb Airport, is the largest and busiest international airport in Croatia. In 2017 it handled around 3.1 million passengers and some 12,000 tons of cargo.

Named after Franjo Tuđman (1922–1999), the first President of Croatia, the airport is located some 10 km (6.2 mi) south-east of Zagreb Central Station[4] at Velika Gorica. It is the hub for the Croatian flag carrier Croatia Airlines as well as Trade Air. A base of the Croatian Air Force is located within the airport complex, in barracks called "Colonel Marko Živković". An administrative centre of the Croatian Air Traffic Control is also situated on the grounds of the airport.

The airport was awarded to the ZAIC consortium (Zagreb Airport International Company) in a 30-year concession under the terms of a contract signed by the Government of Croatia with the aforementioned. The contract includes the financing, designing and construction of a new passenger terminal which was completed in March 2017. For the purpose of managing the airport ZAIC registered a company called MZLZ d.d. (Međunarodna zračna luka Zagreb d.d.) that is now the operator of the Airport.

History

The history of Zagreb civil aviation began in 1909 when the first airfield was built close to the western city neighbourhood (city district) of Črnomerec.

With the creation of the first Yugoslav flag carrier Aeroput in 1927 the airport was relocated to the Borongaj airfield in 1928 which began serving the ever-growing number of passengers on 15 February of that year. Although several European airliners connected the city it was mostly Aeroput which connected Zagreb to major destinations across Europe and thus significantly increased traffic at Zagreb in the period preceding the Second World War.

Following Word War II commercial services were moved to a former military airbase near the village of Lučko south-west of the city in 1947. JAT Yugoslav Airlines took the role of Aeroput and made Zagreb its second hub. At its peak in 1959 Lučko served 167,000 passengers.

New terminal at Franjo Tuđman Airport

The current location of the airport at Pleso in the south-east of Lučko opened in 1962 with a 2,500 m (8,200 ft) long runway and 1,000 m2 (11,000 sq ft) terminal. By 1966 Zagreb Airport got a new 5,000 m2 (54,000 sq ft) state-of-the-art passenger terminal. The runway capacity was lengthened to its current 3,252 m (10,669 ft) in 1974.

In the 1980s Zagreb Airport was the second largest in Yugoslavia by passenger and aircraft movements. Yugoslav flag-carrier JAT maintained a hub in Zagreb and connected the city to numerous destinations including New York, Chicago, Toronto which inevitably had a major impact on air traffic at Zagreb during that period.

Following an increase in passenger numbers and the necessity to upgrade its infrastructure the airport installed a CAT-IIIb instrument landing system (ILS) in 2004.

In 2008 a new VIP terminal was added and the terminal extended for extra amenities, restaurants and bars. The terminal was expanded to 15,500 m2 (167,000 sq ft)[5]

By 2010 the old terminal has been nearing its maximum annual capacity. That year the passenger terminal received a major face lift in the course of which a viewing platform with a bar was added.

On 12 April 2012 the ZAIC (Aeroports de Paris) consortium received a 30-year concession for the airport from the Government of Croatia. The concession includes financing, designing and constructing a new passenger terminal. The construction of a brand new 70,000 m2 (750,000 sq ft) terminal facility designed by Neidhardt architects of Zagreb and carried out by Bouygues Bâtiment International in partnership with Viadukt began on 18 December 2013 with the aim to replace the old terminal. It now has an initial annual capacity of 5.5 million passengers in the first phase and was officially completed in October 2016. The official inauguration of the terminal was on 28 March 2017. ZAIC now operates the entire airport for 30 years including the runways, the current passenger terminal, the cargo terminal, car parks and all future property developments. The concession contract involves a total investment of around €324m (£259m): €236 million for the design and construction of the new terminal and €88 million for operation of all airport infrastructure for the entire period of the concession.[6]

Terminal

Departures area

The current terminal building was opened to the public on 28 March 2017.[7] It stretches over 65,800 m2 (708,000 sq ft) on three levels featuring three baggage carousels, 8 air bridges, 9 security checkpoints, 30 check-in desks, 23 passport control booths and a car park with the capacity of 1,100 vehicles. Furthermore, the new apron has three remote stands next to the terminal, while 23 stands at the old passenger building are also used during the peak season. Each of the aircraft parking positions at the facility includes a visual docking guidance system which gives information to a pilot on how to park their aircraft. The terminal itself features a large 600 square metre duty-free shop operated by Aelia, 16 cafés, bars, restaurants and snack bars.

Enough space has been left for 30 additional check-in counters and 2 baggage carousels to be added once the new terminal reaches its current maximum capacity of 5 million passengers. Further extensions envisaged along the thirty-year concession period will potentially see expanding current apron from present 100,000 to 300,000 m2 (1,100,000 to 3,200,000 sq ft) and terminal capacity increased to 8 million through gradual expansion of the terminal in four Phase 2 expansions.[8][9][10]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Athens[11]
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Air Canada Rouge Seasonal: Toronto–Pearson[12]
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air Malta Seasonal charter: Malta
Air Serbia Belgrade
Air Transat Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson
Austrian Airlines Vienna
British Airways London–Heathrow
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels
Croatia Airlines Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Copenhagen, Dubrovnik, Frankfurt, Lisbon, London–Heathrow, Mostar,[13] Munich, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Pula, Rome–Fiumicino, Sarajevo, Skopje, Split, Vienna, Zadar, Zurich
Seasonal: Athens, Bucharest, Brač, Dublin,[14] Düsseldorf, Helsinki, Milan–Malpensa, Oslo–Gardermoen, Prague, Rijeka, Saint Petersburg, Stockholm–Arlanda, Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion
Czech Airlines Prague
EgyptAir Seasonal charter: Cairo
El Al Seasonal: Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion
Emirates Dubai–International[15]
Eurowings Berlin–Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart
Seasonal: Hamburg
flydubai Seasonal: Dubai–International (resumes 2 December 2018)[16]
Iberia Madrid
KLM Amsterdam
Korean Air Seoul–Incheon[17]
LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw–Chopin
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda
Qatar Airways Doha
Silver Air Seasonal: Lošinj[18]
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Zurich
Tailwind Airlines Seasonal charter: Antalya[19]
Trade Air Osijek
Turkish Airlines Istanbul–Atatürk
Vueling Seasonal: Barcelona

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
DHL Aviation Bologna, Cologne/Bonn, Leipzig, Milan, Ostrava, Venice
MNG Airlines Istanbul–Atatürk, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Qatar Airways Cargo Doha

Ground transportation

Public transportation

Airport is connected with city center of Zagreb by bus route number 290 operated by Zagrebački električni tramvaj.[20]

Statistics

Traffic

Traffic at Zagreb Airport[21]
Year Passengers Passenger %
Change		 Aircraft Movements Aircraft Movements%
Change		 Cargo (tonnes) Cargo %
Change
2000 1,149,830 n/a n/a n/a 7,388 n/a
2001 1,185,471 3.10Increase n/a n/a 7,791 5.45Increase
2002 1,203,436 1.52Increase n/a n/a 7,347 5.70Decrease
2003 1,314,652 9.24Increase n/a n/a 8,608 17.16Increase
2004 1,408,206 7.12Increase n/a n/a 8,899 3.38Increase
2005 1,551,519 10.18Increase 37,484 n/a 12,492 40.38Increase
2006 1,728,414 11.40Increase 40,884 9.07Increase 10,393 16.80Decrease
2007 1,992,455 15.28Increase 43,250 5.79Increase 12,564 20.89Increase
2008 2,192,453 10.04Increase 44,542 2.99Increase 12,697 1.06Increase
2009 2,062,242 5.94 Decrease 40,684 8.66Decrease 10,065 20.73Decrease
2010 2,071,561 0.45 Increase 39,812 2.14Decrease 8,156 18.97Decrease
2011 2,319,098 11.95Increase 42,360 6.40Increase 8,012 1.77Decrease
2012 2,342,309 1.00Increase 39,084 7.80Decrease 8,133 1.51Increase
2013 2,300,231 1.80Decrease 36,874 5.58Decrease 7,699 5.34Decrease
2014 2,430,971 5.68Increase 38,348 4.00Increase 8,855 15.01Increase
2015 2,587,798 6.45Increase 39,854 3.93Increase 9,225 4.18Increase
2016 2,766,087 6.89Increase 40,796 2.36Increase 10,074 9.20Increase
2017 3,092,047 11.78Increase 41,585 1.93Increase 11,719 11.75Increase
2018 (01.01. - 30.09.) 2,569,296 11.23Increase 33,435 3Increase 10,065 46.46Increase
Traffic at Zagreb Airport in 2016/2017 by month[21]
Month Passengers 2017 Passengers 2018 Passenger %
Change		 Aircraft Movements 2017 Aircraft Movements 2018 Aircraft Movements %
Change		 Cargo (tonnes) 2017 Cargo (tonnes) 2018 Cargo %
Change
January 168,788 191,276 13.32Increase 2,798 3,039 8.61Increase 753 946 36.12Increase
February 154,679 170,658 10.33Increase 2,570 2,692 4.75Increase 843 993 55.16Increase
March 192,533 223,642 16.16Increase 3,144 3,143 0.03Decrease 950 1,109 30.32Increase
April 240,168 253,853 5.70Increase 3,296 3,384 2.67Increase 792 1,211 52.91Increase
May 268,847 300,676 11.84Increase 3,752 4,023 7.22Increase 866 1,081 33.65Increase
June 310,927 331.533 6.62Increase 3,934 4,124 4.72Increase 807 1,111
July 351,532 379,193 7.9Increase 4,161 4,461 7.2Increase 1,162 1,297 11.5Increase
August 347,663 372,590 4,138 4,393 1,130 1,138
September 330,855 345,770 3,937 4,176 1,342 1,240
October 297,682 3.865 1.195
November 222.697 3.078 1.109
December 205,682 2,912 1,169

Busiest routes

Busiest routes at Zagreb Airport
City Airport(s) Weekly Departures
(Summer 2018)		 Airlines
Germany Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport 35 Croatia Airlines, Lufthansa
Croatia Dubrovnik Dubrovnik Airport 34 Croatia Airlines
Austria Vienna Schwechat Airport 33 Austrian Airlines, Croatia Airlines
Croatia Split Split Airport 33 Croatia Airlines
Germany Munich Franz Josef Strauss Airport 28 Croatia Airlines, Lufthansa Regional
Switzerland Zürich Zürich Airport 17 Croatia Airlines, Swiss Global Air Lines
Belgium Brussels Brussels Airport 16 Brussels Airlines, Croatia Airlines
France Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport 14 Air France, Croatia Airlines
Netherlands Amsterdam Schiphol Airport 14 Croatia Airlines, KLM
Qatar Doha Hamad International Airport 14 Qatar Airways
Turkey Istanbul Atatürk Airport 14 Turkish Airlines
Spain Madrid Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport 14 Iberia
Poland Warsaw Warsaw Chopin Airport 14 LOT Polish Airlines
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Sarajevo Airport 13 Croatia Airlines
Croatia Zadar Zadar Airport 13 Croatia Airlines
Croatia Pula Pula Airport 13 Croatia Airlines (via Zadar)
United Kingdom London Heathrow Airport 12 British Airways, Croatia Airlines
Republic of Macedonia Skopje Skopje International Airport 12 Croatia Airlines
Serbia Belgrade Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport 12 Air Serbia
Czech Republic Prague Václav Havel Airport 11 Croatia Airlines, Czech Airlines
Denmark Copenhagen Copenhagen Airport 9 Croatia Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle
Italy Rome Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport 9 Croatia Airlines (via Dubrovnik twice weekly and Split 6 times per week)
Greece Athens Athens International Airport 9 Croatia Airlines (via Dubrovnik 6 times per week), Aegean Airlines (direct service)
United Arab Emirates Dubai Dubai International Airport 7 Emirates
Russia Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport 7 Aeroflot
Source: Zagreb Airport[22]

Busiest airlines

RankCarrierPassengers 2017 Passengers %
1Croatia Croatia Airlines1,608,502 52.00
2Germany Lufthansa253,843 8.21
3Germany Eurowings135,720 4.35
4Qatar Qatar Airways134,630 4.30
5Turkey Turkish Airlines132,656 4.2
6Austria Austrian Airlines105,525 3.29
7United Arab Emirates Emirates98,442 3.18
8United Kingdom British Airways71,347 2.31
9Netherlands KLM58,435 1.89
10France Air France58,240 1.88
-All others434,707 14.00
Source: Zagreb Airport[22]
RankCarrierWeekly departures
(Summer 2017)		Number of
destinations
1Croatia Croatia Airlines27732
2Germany Lufthansa282
3Austria Austrian Airlines201
4Germany Eurowings185
5Turkey Turkish Airlines141
5Qatar Qatar Airlines141
5 Spain Iberia 14 1
5Poland LOT Polish Airlines141
9Serbia Air Serbia121
10United Kingdom British Airways101
11United Arab Emirates Emirates71
11France Air France71
11Russia Aeroflot71
11Czech Republic Czech Airlines71
11Netherlands KLM Royal Dutch Airlines71
Source: Zagreb Airport[22]

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