Passenger terminal at Ljubljana airport to be expanded by 2020

Investment worth 16 million euros

The announced investment into the expansion of the passenger terminal reflects the owner’s positive attitude, notes Skobir. Photo: BoBo

Alongside the official renaming of Aerodrom Ljubljana into Fraport Slovenija, its owners have also announced a long awaited investment into the passenger terminal. Its expansion will increase the airport’s capacity from 500 to 1280 passengers per hour.

The investment is worth 16 million euros. The terminal is to be completed by spring of 2020.

The owner of Fraport Slovenija, the German branch of Fraport, will expand the terminal to accommodate 22 check-in counters; there will be five lines for security check-up and new luggage sorting facilities. The modernisation will bring Ljubljana on a par with the neighbouring airport, including the one in Zagreb.

The Ljubljana airport welcomed 1.4 million passengers in 2016. So far this year’s traffic growth is up-and-coming, explains Fraport Slovenija’s managing director Zmago Skobir: “Currently the outlook is a 20 percent growth year-on-year, new low-budget airlines have started operating from here, Adria Airways also have quite good results, especially from connecting the East and the West through Ljubljana.”

According to long-term predictions for the next 30 years, the average number of passengers is expected to rise by a good three percent per year.

Aljana Jocif, Radio Slovenija; translated by K. Z.