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Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport

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In response to your question on Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport history page:

→Terminal 1 - How does an 8 gate terminal be a domestic terminal when there was only 2 domestic destinations? And also British Airways used the terminal (A1) but dont know how to add that in

Terminal 1 used to be domestic terminal during the era of socialist Yugoslavia, when domestic destinations were abundant, and departures much more frequent than those to international destinations. Following the breakup of the country, this terminal was used in fact only for domestic traffic (at that time to Priština, Podgorica and Tivat) - however, as two terminals are at airside separated only by glass barrier in the middle of A concourse, that barrier was moved. Prior to the change, international terminal (T2) used gates A1 through A4, while gates A5 though A10 were used for domestic traffic at T1. Later this was changed, so domestic terminal (T1) used only gates A7-A10, while the others became part of international terminal.

So, while British Airways has been using gate A1 (and I beleive it still regularly does), it has never been a part of domestic terminal (T1). Terminal 2, apart from A gates, uses gates C1-C6, which are exclusively international gates. Best regards, Meelosh 15:22, 7 November 2006 (UTC).Reply

Thanks for that. It is kinda weird and confusing about the layout of T1 and T2. I think there should just be like a JAT terminal (T1) (gates A1-A8 or i think there are 12 gates to T1) which could be used by other domestic carriers such as Aviogenex or Centavia and have T2 for other international carriers such as British Airways, Montenegro Airlines, Swiss etc. JU580

Given the situation, that would be the logical thing to do, in fact - the glass barrier could be completely removed, so while both terminals are used in terms of check-in, all the gates could be reachable from both terminals. The trouble is Terminal 1 is relatively small (not a problem for Jat's frequency of traffic), but it also lacks space for passport and customs control, as it was designed to be domestic terminal. It is doable, but still, pretty crowded. The thing is, current passanger number allows for use of just one terminal - sad, but is true and will be so for another 2-3 years for sure...

There are, however, two future events that will in one way or another make T1 busy again - after LCCs start flying to BEG, T1 could become LCC terminal (although it would take a huge renovation to make it funcioning again). Also, once Serbia joins Schengen area, BEG will need two separate terminals, one with and one without passport control, so T1 could be reverted to its original purpose - domestic flights. But that's in 10-15 years, maybe there'll be a whole new airport... Meelosh 10:51, 8 November 2006 (UTC).Reply

ok. I hope 7N can get licences to fly scheduled destinations too. Would be good to see a local low cost carrier.

I don't think that T2 is big enough for all the flights, especially during the morning and afternoon peak periods. Up to 8 flights board flights around the 7:30AM/8AM time in T2 who only has 6 gates, and thats excluding the arrivals during that time. But i like that the airport is A380 ready, all that is needed is an A380 to test the facilities. :) JU580