This is a result of new airlines flying to the Mozart city from Germany (HLX), England (Thomsonfly, SkyEurope), Norway (Norwegian), Spain (Niki, SkyEurope), and Poland (SkyEurope).
For the first time in the airport's history, the number of scheduled passengers overtook those on touristic charter flights - a clear indication that the tourism business moves away from the traditional package charter flights in the direction of the new "low cost" carriers. Salzburg Airport has seen a 49.7% increase of scheduled passengers to 929.796, while charter guests decreased slightly by 4.4% to 762.842.
The remarkable growth of scheduled passengers is not only the result of low cost operations. The advent of Styrian Spirit has had a very positive effect on operations from Salzburg with legacy airlines to new European hub airports with codeshare services to Zurich and Paris. Commercial movements were up 20.2% and reached a total of 24.554.
During the current Mozart jubilee year, the airport expects another healthy growth. Ryanair will start new services to Dublin and Brussels-Charleroi at the beginning of April. Other airlines will increase their operations. Flights to Rome and Istanbul will be announced during the first half of 2006, if current negotiations are successful.
After completing a new terminal for winter charter operations, a new 100% hold baggage screening facility and the installation of a brandnew baggage sorting system the airport is now concentrating on landside development including the extension of the existing car park structure, which will be doubled in size to accomodate 1900 cars by June 2006.
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