Croatian national carrier Croatia Airlines welcomed this year two-millionth passenger, on Tuesday, 20th November 2018. Her name is Mrs. Olinka Gašparović and she arrived to Split from Munich, on flight OU4439.
At a ceremony held at Split Airport, Mr. Boris Kolka, Croatia Airlines Sales and Marketing Manager, awarded the lucky passenger with two business class return tickets to international destination at her choice. On behalf of Split Airport, Mr. Ante Teklic, Assistant General Manager, presented the two-millionth passenger with basket of Dalmatian delicacies.
Split Airport employees took advantage of favourable weather conditions for olive harvest within the Airport area. The harvest passed in a good mood, although this year's yield is worse than in the past years. 3.2 tons of olives were picked, and 650 l of extra virgin olive oil were obtained.
Today, for the first time in its history, Split Airport has welcomed the three-millionth passenger. The passenger arrived on Croatia Airlines flight OU 413 from Frankfurt. Her name is Mrs. Iva Mrkonjić Ljušanin.
It is the result of positive trend of growth in the passenger and air traffic numbers, particularly during the summer period. Namely, during first nine months, Split Airport records 10% growth of passenger traffic in relation to the same last year period. In July alone, almost 700.000 passengers passed through Split Airport, what represents the record one-month number of passengers in the history, not only of Split Airport, but of Croatian airports in general. According to air carriers announcements, the trends of passenger and aircraft numbers growth will continue in the postseason, too.
On behalf of arrival of three-millionth passenger, Split Airport has organised a small party at which Mr. Luksa Novak, General Manager, congratulated the lucky passenger and presented her with the occasional gift. Also, on behalf of Croatia Airlines, Mr. Boris Kolka, Sales and Marketing Manager, handed her two return tickets on one of their flights, at choice of Mrs. Iva Mrkonjić Ljušanin.
The Split Airport, the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE), and the International Association of Airport Executives (IAAE) had organised the 23rd Annual North America and Central Europe Airport Issues Conference. It has been held at Hotel Park, in the city of Split, Croatia, from 21st to 23rd October, 2018.
The Conference program is designed to promote the exporting of North American airport related technologies by providing direct contacts between North American specialised companies and key airport and aviation officials in the Central Europe Region. The Conference offers valuable opportunities for airport and aviation officials from North America and Central Europe to discuss and debate about airport management and operations challenges. Besides them, the Conference is attended by representatives of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia and the Slovak Republic airports, as well as by U.S. Commercial Service Officers from U.S. Embassies throughout the region.
Today, the employees of Split Airport celebrate of their patron St. Bartholomew.
Inside the Airport area there is a small medieval church of St. Bartholomew which is open for visitors only once a year, on this day. Within the celebration, a holy mess will be held in front of the church. Besides employees and guests of Split Airport, we expect a larger number of believers from surrounding parishes.
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