December 11 (SeeNews) - Serbia's infrastructure minister Zorana Mihajlovic has said she expects Belgrade Nikola Tesla international airport to handle 5.3 million passengers this year.
The increase in passenger traffic at is a result of the investments made by the government in the air transport sector, Mihajlovic said in a statement on Friday.
The international airport in the Serbian capital handled a record five million passengers year-to-date, the government said on Friday.
In April, the managing director of Belgrade airport operator Aerodrom Nikola Tesla [BEL:AERO], Sasa Vlaisavljevic, said the airport targets passenger traffic of 5.5 million in 2017. The airport will book record-high results in terms of passenger traffic, number of aircraft handled and financial performance this year, he added.
The airport can handle up to 7.5 million passengers annually and expects traffic will rise gradually in the coming years, Zorana Mihajlovic said in July.