Sasa Vlaisavljevic

The incident resulted in all in and outbound flights being either canceled or delayed much of the morning.

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The Egypt Air plane landed at Belgrade's international airport at 04:11 hours CET due to technical problems.

Brnabic congratulated the airport on this significant result, as this is the first time in its 55-year history that it served more than five million passengers in one year, the government announced on its website.

Belgrade's Nikola Tesla airport will tighten security measures, setting up security screening at every gate at the terminal.

The airport's Acting General Director Sasa Vlaisavljevic made the announcement on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - Belgrade's Nikola Tesla Airport has served more than 4.6 million passengers in 2014, recording a growth of nearly 32 percent, which places it among Europe's top airports, Acting CEO Sasa Vlaisavljevic said.

BELGRADE - Belgrade's Nikola Tesla Airport welcomed on Tuesday its four-millionth passenger this year, and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic congratulated Serbia's first airport, opened for regular commercial flights 52 years ago, on reaching this important milestone.

The four millionth passenger served this year is student Nikola Miljkovic, who travelled to Banjaluka.