Havaş will be responsible for passenger, ramp, representation and supervision services, flight operation, load control and communication services as well as cargo and mail services at Zagreb Airport.
Havaş General Manager S. Mete Erna stated: “Approximately 30 airlines regularly fly to Zagreb Airport, which is a significant tourist destination in the Adriatic. We will carry out all processes as the sole ground handling service provider at the airport, which also has cargo and general aviation traffic. We will increase the efficiency of our operations, sustain our investments in ground handling services and continue to be the preferred business partner of airlines.”
Havaş, a TAV Airports and Groupe ADP company, will provide service in Zagreb with approximately 500 employees and 176 motorised and 346 wheeled equipment. The Zagreb station holds ISAGO certification by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
The consortium including TAV Airports and Groupe ADP holds the right to operate Zagreb Airport until 2042.
In 2019, Zagreb Airport served 3 million 435 thousand passengers and 45 thousand flights, as well as approximately 13,000 tons of cargo. Due to travel restrictions brought by the Covid-19 pandemic, the passenger traffic at the airport in 2021 was around 41% of the traffic in 2019.
