Nikola Tesla Airport planning expansion of terminal building – Another three gates by Expo

Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport has unveiled plans to expand its terminal building, with the project set to be completed in time for the specialized Expo 2027. The expansion will include the addition of three new gates in the recently extended C pier of the terminal, accompanied by four new aircraft parking positions. The addition of gates C15 - C17 will add a further 18,353 square meters to the C wing for a total size of 45,298 square meters.

As part of its ongoing expansion and overhaul so far, the airport has increased its size by an extra 39,300 square meters to 93,651 square meters.

– Since the start of the concession, we have been working closely with the Serbian authorities and all our partners to improve Nikola Tesla Airport and to make it a hub in Southeast Europe serving fifteen million passengers by the end of concession period. At the end of 2023, the airport welcomed close to eight million passengers compared to 6.2 million in 2019 and added 46 new destinations and 86 new routes, now with 116 routes in total. There are four and soon to be five long-haul destinations – Nicolas Notebaert, CEO of VINCI Concessions and President of Belgrade’s operator VINCI Airports, said.

The airport is still expanding its existing facilities, with most of the work focused on the addition of 4,000 square meters of commercial space inside the terminal building, which will see the opening of new food and beverage facilities and shops.

Work has also begun on the installation of passport eGates, which are expected to be completed by October. The sixteen eGates are expected to expedite passport control procedures five-fold. As a result, capacity at the airport’s passport control area has temporarily been reduced by some 25% as some of its 29 passport control booths have been shut down to make way for the eGate installation.

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