November 7 (SeeNews) - Passenger numbers at Bosnia's Sarajevo International Airport surged to 1.24 million in the January-October period, compared with 634,945 passengers served in the like period a year earlier, data by the airport operator showed.
In October alone, the airport in the Bosnian capital served 110,580 passengers, compared with 84,462 in the same month of 2021, according to figures posted on the website of Sarajevo Airport on Friday.
Aircraft take-offs and landings at Sarajevo airport totalled 1,277 in October, up from 1,108 in same month of 2021. In the first ten months of 2022, airport operations surged to 13,756 from 9,458 in the January-October 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.