July 15 (SeeNews) - Croatia's Split Airport expects to handle 3.3 million passengers this year, up from 3.12 million in 2018, following the opening of a new passenger terminal, the airport operator said.
"Currently, the growth of passenger traffic at Split Airport stands at 8% compared to last year," the airport operator said in a statement last week on the inauguration of the new terminal worth 450 million kuna ($69 million/61 million euro).
The project included reconstruction and extension of the existing terminal by an additional 35,000 square metres, increasing the terminal's overall capacity to more than 3.5 million passengers per year.
Split Airport also said it anticipates some 700,000 passengers in July, up from June's 515,000.
According to information on its website, it handled 695,510 in July 2018.
(1 euro= 7.39281 kuna)