April 5 (SeeNews) - Passenger numbers at Bosnia's Sarajevo International Airport soared to 177,288 in the first quarter of 2022, compared with 42,190 passengers served in the like period a year earlier, data by the airport operator showed.
In March alone, the airport in the Bosnian capital served 70,292 passengers, compared with 18,115 in the same month of 2021, according to figures posted on the website of Sarajevo Airport.
Aircraft take-offs and landings at Sarajevo airport totalled 994 in March, up from 564 in same month of 2021. In the first three months of 2022, airport operations surged to 2,572 from 1,413 in the January-March period of 2021.
Sarajevo international airport served 767,134 passengers in 2021, up 207% year-on-year, as total operations rose to 11,467 from 5,896 in 2020.
In 2020, border crossing at Bosnia's airports was halted from April 1 to May 1 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Bosnia and Herzegovina has three other international airports, located in Banja Luka, Tuzla and Mostar.