Thus, traffic rose to 101,423 passengers in July and to 101,204 in August.

In January-August, the airport registered 672,474 passengers, up 8% from 623,310 passengers in the same period a year before.

Airport officials also expect a further growth in passenger traffic on Timisoara airport in the following months due to the new flights launched by RyanAir on September 1 and the flights to be launched by BlueAir in October.

Freight traffic will also increase in September on the backdrop of a higher transport capacity of TNT company.

Timisoara International Airport estimates that it will exceed 1.1 million passengers in 2016.