Zagreb Airport passenger traffic up 14.5% y/y in Q1

In March alone, Zagreb Airport served 300,914 passengers, up by 13.7% on the year, ADP said in a press release late on Tuesday.

Aircraft movements at the airport increased by 9.9% on the year to 10,649 in the January-March period. In March, the figure reached 3,814, up 8.1% on the year.

ADP and Turkey's TAV Airports, 46%-owned by ADP Group, hold stakes of 21% and 15%, respectively, in airport operator Zagreb Airport International Company (ZAIC).

In 2012, the Croatian government and ZAIC signed a 30-year concession contract for the management of the airport and the construction of a new terminal. The remaining shareholders in ZAIC are France's Bouygues Batiment International with 20.8%, EU-backed Marguerite Fund with 20.8%, IFC with 17.6%, and Croatia's Viadukt with 5.1%.