Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport
Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport Letališče Edvarda Rusjana Maribor | |||||||||||||||
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AMSL 267 m / 876 ft | | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°28′47″N 015°41′10″E / 46.47972°N 15.68611°E | ||||||||||||||
Website | mbx-airport.si | ||||||||||||||
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Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (
History
In 1953, the aeroclub built at the current location a substitute grass aerodrome Skoke for aeroclub needs, since the former aeroclub airport Maribor Tezno was too dangerous to fly. During 1953 to 1976, when only a grass airport was operating, over 1,000 pilots were trained at this location by aeroclub flight school. With the desire of the Styrian region to become more connected with the world, an international airport for international traffic was built in 1976 and has two runways: grass and asphalt. The airport was opened for commercial traffic in May 1976. Since then this airport has been the second biggest and the second most important in Slovenia.[4][5]
When Slovenia was a part of
In the early 1990s, passengers and cargo traffic reached record highs. Around 85,000 passengers and 700 tonnes of cargo were carried per year. In 1999 its runway was renovated, as was the airport's apron in 2000.[7][8]
In 2002, Aerodrome Maribor llc was sold to Prevent Global plc from Slovenj Gradec, as a majority owner. In 2005 the instrument landing system ILS CAT I and the distribution transformer station were renovated. The airport was later served with scheduled flights by Slovenian Spirit, an arm of Styrian Spirit, which offered scheduled flights to Paris and Salzburg until March 2006. Styrian Spirit ended operations due to insolvency.[citation needed]
On 8 March 2007,
On 22 February 2008, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia decided to rename the Maribor Airport as Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport. The renaming was made as a result of a suggestion of a Slovene citizen, Silvo Škornik. The airport's new name has been in use since 15 June 2008.[citation needed]
The airport's new terminal, which cost some 15 million
The total number of passengers in 2013 was 15,000, an increase from the previous year.[13]
In October 2014, Delavska hranilnica plc bought the airport for 1 million € and became its co-owner. Delavska hranilnica plc had a 57% share and AvioFun Ltd had a 43% share of the company.[14]
During the summer of 2015,
On 9 June 2015, Slovenian savings bank Delavska hranilnica plc bought the remaining 43% share from AvionFun Ltd and became the sole owner of this airport.[17]
In December 2016, Aerodrom Maribor, the operator of the airport, was sold to SHS Aviation. The new owner, which also owns VLM Airlines, announced its plans to invest up to 300 million euros into the airport. SHS Aviation's main priorities are extending the runway, building a new terminal and launching flights to large European cities as well as a few Chinese cities.[18] In July 2017 SHS Aviation announced two new scheduled destinations from Maribor with its own airline, VLM Airlines Slovenia: Split and Dubrovnik, both in Croatia. The flights began on 8 August 2017 and were operated until the mid of August 2017.[19]
On 18 July 2019 The Ministry of Infrastructure lets the airport to temporary management of the company DRI upravljanje investicij, d.o.o.
Statistics
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Year | Passengers | Growth | ||||
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1990 | 85,000 | – | ||||
2004 | 6,215 | – | ||||
2005 | 16,046 | 158% | ||||
2006 | 12,452 | 22% | ||||
2007 | 25,000 | 101% | ||||
2008 | 17,000 | 32% | ||||
2009 | 5,000 | 70% | ||||
2010 | 9,000 | 80% | ||||
2011 | 6,000 | 33% | ||||
2012 | 6,500 | 8% | ||||
2013 | 14,065 | 116% | ||||
2014 | 17,568 | 25% | ||||
2015 | 24,886 | 42% | ||||
2016 | 8,890 | 64% | ||||
2017 | 6,000 | 32.5% | ||||
2018 | 2,435 | 60.9% | ||||
Source: Siol[20] |
Access
Maribor Airport, which is close to the
References
- ^ a b EAD Basic
- ^ Airport information for Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport at Transport Search website.
- ^ a b Fabinger, Jakov (2020-05-31). "Remembering Inex Adria Aviopromet: The Precursor To Adria Airways". Simple Flying. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
- ^ "Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (MBX)". www.mbx-airport.si. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
- ISBN 978-0-7494-4067-1.
- ^ "Sixty years of Belgrade Airport". 28 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
- S2CID 226355390, retrieved 2022-06-27
- ^ "The contribution of air transport to sustainable development in Africa".
- ^ "International Labour Organization". www.ilo.org. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
- ^ "Economic and Social Challenges and Opportunities".
- ^ "New terminal was opened at Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport". Delo. 21 November 2012.
- ^ "Aviofun plačal celotno kupnino za mariborsko letališče". 24ur. 14 August 2014.
- ^ "As of 2016, only charter flights operate from Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport only". žurnal24. 30 March 2014.
- ^ "Delavska hranilnica became new co-owner of Aerodrom Maribor with 57% share". siol.net. 27 October 2014.
- ^ "First London route to Maribor to take-off from London-Southend airport". brera-london.com. 19 March 2015.
- ^ "Since today three times per week from Maribor to London with Adria Airways". siol.net. 1 June 2015.
- ^ "Delavska hranilnica is now 100 percent owned by Delavska hranilnica". Večer. 10 June 2015.
- ^ "Kitajci čez Maribor v Evropo". vecer.com. Večer. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "VLM Airlines Slovenia to launch next month". exyuaviation.com. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "Za večino letališč v regiji lansko leto izjemno uspešno". Siol.net. Siol. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
External links
Media related to Maribor Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Slovene and English)