In Slovenia, on the territory of 20,273 km², three public international airports are located: Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (until 2007 it was named Airport Ljubljana) in the central part, Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (until 2008 it was named Airport Maribor) in the eastern part and Airport Portoroz in the western part of the country. Mostly international passenger and goods traffic is running on the airports in Slovenia. Airport Ljubljana started international traffic on the current location in 1964, Airport Maribor in 1976, Airport Portoroz was opened for international traffic in 1981.
It should be noted that in Slovenia besides the three international airports there are also 12 public airports: Ajdovščina, Bovec, Celje, Cerklje ob Krki, Divača, Lesce-Bled, Murska Sobota, Novo mesto, Postojna, Ptuj, Slovenj Gradec and Šoštanj. At the end of 2009 the biggest Slovenian air carrier Adria Airways owned or rented 15 aircrafts to carry passengers with a total of almost 1,300 passenger seats. In 1992 it had two aircraft less, but as many as 1,780 passenger seats. In the 1992-2000 period the number of passenger seats declined, but in the 2000-2009 period the number of passenger seats was growing again. The net load carrying capacity of the 15 airplanes was 141 tonnes. As an EU Member State, Slovenia is obliged to report to the EU statistical office (Eurostat) among other data also the data on airport passenger and goods traffic. Detailed data are reported monthly only by the biggest airports. Among the Slovenian airports only one, Airport Jože Pučnik Ljubljana, meets the requirements of the Directive.
Trends in the number of arriving aircraft
In 2009, 25,524 airplanes arrived at the three Slovenian international airports, which is about as many as in 2008. The number of arriving aircraft in the 1992-2009 period indicates that the number of arriving aircrafts in that period was constantly growing. The only exception when the number of arriving aircraft declined over the previous year was 2001, most likely also due to the terrorist attack in New York, USA, in September 2001. Compared to 1992, the number of arriving aircrafts in 2009 increased from 4,748 to 25,524, i.e.. by more than five times. A similar trend applied also to the number of airport passengers. The quantity of goods traffic, however, reached a lower growth in the stated period – it doubled.
A comparison of the numbers of arriving aircrafts on scheduled and non-scheduled flights shows that in 1992 the numbers were almost the same. Yet, in the following years, namely until the end of the 1990s, there was a much stronger increase in the number of arriving aircrafts on scheduled flights. In 2002 the number of arriving aircrafts on non-scheduled flights more than doubled and in 2002 and 2003 the number of arriving aircrafts on non-scheduled flights was even bigger than the number of arriving aircraft on scheduled flights. In the 2002-2010 period the number of arriving aircrafts on non-scheduled flights was between 8,000 and 10,000 per year. In 2009, however, the number of arriving aircraft on nonscheduled flights for the first time exceeded 10,000. The number of arriving aircrafts on scheduled flights in the 2001-2008 period was rising sharply and in 2008 it reached its peak with over 16,000 arriving aircrafts on scheduled flights. A decline followed in 2009.
In view of the share of arriving aircrafts in 2009, the biggest international airport Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport was in the lead with a share of more than 86% of all arriving aircrafts. Portorož Airport followed with a share of over 12% and Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport with a share of more than 1% of all arriving aircraft.
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