Bratislava M. R. Stefanik Airport (BTS) is among the most popular point-to-point airports in the CEE region. BTS handled 1,4 million passengers in 2022, which is a 19% increase compared to 2021. It is the main international airport in Slovakia. Shortly after the independence of Slovakia in 1993, it was named after general Milan Rastislav ┼átef├ínik (1880ÔÇô1919), whose aircraft crashed near Bratislava in 1919. The airport is owned and run by Letisko M. R. tef├ínika, Airport Bratislava, a.s. (BTS). As of September 2014, the company is fully owned by the Slovak Republic via the Ministry of Transport, Construction, and Regional Development.