As Morski writes, Split Airport director Pero Bilas claims that the situation with crowding at Zagreb Airport is unlikely to occur there. “Split Airport functions in a different way. We’re an extremely seasonal airport and the fluctuations in traffic are very large indeed. We expect crowds in the summer and we know how to deal with them,” he said.
Not a single employee was fired during the coronavirus pandemic
Split Airport director Pero Bilas said that not a single of the airport’s employees was fired during the coronavirus pandemic, they were instead reorganised inside the airport, and he praised the Croatian Government’s measure to preserve jobs, which contributed to everyone keeping their staff. He added that they also hired seasonal workers.
What is happening in Europe and what we’re seeing as a problem is flight cancellations and delays. When this happens, passengers should have the means to cope with these situations made available to them. We’re trying to do our best and we’re also trying to make up for all the delays,” he pointed out.
It is predicted that the traffic by 2024 and 2025 should be at the level of pre-pandemic 2019. Split Airport director Pero Bilas believes that they should easily reach these numbers, because the results that show that they have had an excellent May and June and that they will end this year at 80 percent of the traffic realised when compared to the record year of 2019.
He added that energy prices don’t significantly affect the operation of the airport, either. What is significant is that companies that have to load their kerosene at various stations across Europe are sensitive to all changes occuring on the market.
The traffic boom in Split happened with the appearance of low-budget companies, and Bilas says that low-budget companies are very welcome.
They have an equal status, they all operate within the airport under the same conditions. They’re very important to us, they make up 40 to 45 percent of our turnover, and the boom in traffic in Split happened with the appearance of these low-cost companies,” Split Airport director Pero Bilas emphasised for N1.
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