✈ Ryanair, increases Banja Luka flight operations by 28%

Ryanair has made an update to its summer timetable 2025 for flights to/from Banja Luka, significantly increasing number of flights when compared to the same time of the last year. The airline is adding an additional 322 flights across its six routes its serves from Banja Luka International Airport, representing an increase of 28,4%. The number of seats on offer will increase by 60.858 seats, representing an increase of 28,4%. The largest increase in flights and seats offered will be to Gothenburg and Karlsruhe/ Baden Baden.  During  April-September of next year Ryanair will further strengthen its position as leading airline at Banja Luka International Airport. Ryanair flight schedule is subject to minor changes and will be finalized during the month of January of 2025. 

Source: Zahid Krkić

✈Croatia Airlines Zagreb-Sarajevo route performance

Croatia Airlines handled 42.437 passengers on Zagreb-Sarajevo route during January-September of 2024, an increase of 8,91% or 3.474 passengers more compared to the same period of the last year.  For the same time period the number of flights decreased from 984 to 976, representing a decrease of 0,81% or 8 flights less. The average cabin load factor stood at 56,57% or 43 passengers per flight. Majority of passengers on this route are point to point passengers.

Source: Zahid Krkić

✈Eurowings to increase Sarajevo flights

From April of next year Eurowings is increasing Sarajevo flight operations on both routes currently  operated by the airline from Sarajevo Airport. Sarajevo-Cologne will increase from last year’s four weekly flights to six weekly, flights will operate every day but Saturday. Eurowings second destination from Sarajevo, Stuttgart will see flight increase from two weekly to three weekly. Eurowings is one of the airlines who won subsidies from Sarajevo Tourist Board for the establishment of new routes, the airline has plans to introduce four new destinations from Sarajevo. The first route, Berlin, will launch in summer 2025, followed by Hamburg, Dusseldorf, and Hanover in 2026. The airline is yet to schedule and put Sarajevo-Berlin flights on sale. When compared to same time of the last year Eurowing will increase number of seats it offers on Cologne-Sarajevo route by 16.740 seats and Stuttgart-Sarajevo route by 5.616 seats. When Berlin-Sarajevo route is added to the Sarajevo network, Eurowings will have around 100.000 seats on offer.

Source: Zahid Krkić

✈Ryanair to launch Stockholm-Sarajevo flights

Ryanair is adding its second destination in Sweden, after success of flights from Gothenburg, the airline is introducing two weekly flights from Stockholm Arlanda Airport to Sarajevo. Flights are scheduled to start on April 1, operating twice weekly on Tuesdays and Saturdays. This is Ryanair’s seventh destination from Sarajevo, the airline plans to increase its presence at Sarajevo Airport by introducing 3 additional routes, for a total of ten. This will position Ryanair as the number one airline in Sarajevo by the number of flights and seats offered. Three new destination will be announced in the coming weeks. Ryanair is facing direct competition on Stockholm Arlanda-Sarajevo route by Norwegian Air, operating flights two times per week on the same days as Ryanair.

Since Norwegian Air is operating flights on the same days as Ryanair, here is the schedule for Norwegian Air. Having two airlines competing on the same route will benefit customers with great prices and most likely introduction of more frequencies, predominantly by Ryanair, since the airline is known for price dumping until they win customers over.

Source: Zahid Krkić

✈Norwegian Air to launch Copenhagen-Sarajevo flights

Norwegian Air is launching flights between Copenhagen and Sarajevo beginning May 3. Flights are scheduled to operate twice per week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays until October 25. with Boeing 737-MAX8 aircraft offering 189 seats. The airline will operate a total of 51 flights each way, offering 19.278 seats (round trip). Copenhagen is third destination for Sarajevo  served by Norwegian Air, the airline operates flights from Stockholm and Oslo. During the peak summer months Norwegian Air will offer six weekly flights out of Sarajevo (Copenhagen 2x weekly, Oslo 2x weekly and Stockholm 2x weekly). During the summer season Copenhagen and Sarajevo will be served by two airlines (Scandinavian Airlines and Norwegian Air), offering four flights per week, two weekly flights by each airline.

Source: Zahid Krkić

✈Eurowings to launch Dusseldorf-Mostar and Stuttgart-Mostar flights

Eurowings is launching summer seasonal flights between Duesseldorf  and Mostar, and Stuttgart and Mostar. Duesseldorf-Mostar flights are scheduled to begin on May 3, operating once weekly on Saturdays, second weekly flight will be added on June 15, operating on Tuesdays until August 25, after which flights will go back to once weekly until October 25.

Stuttgart-Mostar flights are scheduled to begin on May 10, operating once weekly on Saturdays, second weekly flight will be added on July 1, operating on Tuesdays until October 25.

Eurowings will operate a total of 42 flights each way between Stuttgart and Mostar, offering  a total of 12.600 seats (round trip).

Eurowings will operate a total of 33 flights each way between Duesseldorf and Mostar, offering  a total of 9.900 seats (round trip).

Source: Zahid Krkić

✈ London (all airports) - Sarajevo air traffic statistics data for 2024.

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London market is served by two airlines from Sarajevo Airport. Ryanair operates three weekly flights from London Stansted Airport, while Wizzair operates two weekly flights from London Luton Airport. As an answer to Ryanair introducing flights from London Stansted, Wizzair increased its service from London Luton to Sarajevo from two to four weekly flights. London Luton-Sarajevo routes is served seven times weekly (Wizzair 4x and Ryanair 3x). The seat capacity offered between two cities has incresed to 3.046 round-trip seats on a weekly basis.

• During this year Wizzair has a total of 56.580 seats on offer between London Luton and Sarajevo.
• During this year Ryanair has a total of 44.226 seats on offer between London Luton and Sarajevo.
• During 2024, the total number of seats offered between London (LTN and STN) and Sarajevo is 100.806.
• During the January-September of the year, Wizzair transported 27.571 passengers on 156 flights with an average cabin load factor of 76,84%.

Ryanair launched London Stansted-Sarajevo flights on 02.04.2024. operating flights three times a week, with Boeing 737-800 aircraft (capacity 189 seats). 

• During the April-September the airline transported 26.327 passengers on 156 flights with an average cabin load factor of 89,29%.

Source: Zahid Krkić

✈ Ryanair, Sarajevo summer timetable 2025.

Ryanair has published its schedule from Sarajevo International Airport for summer timetable 2025 with Stockholm Arlanda airport as new route. Milan Bergamo and Brussels Charleroi will see increases from two weekly to four weekly flights, Thessaloniki will see the start of summer seasonal flights one month earlier when compared to summer of 2024, while Gothenburg will see an increase from two weekly to three weekly flights during the peak of summer season. At the beginning of next month Ryanair will hold a press conference at Sarajevo Airport with the announcement of three new routes from Sarajevo starting April 2025. Most likely new routes from Sarajevo will be Barcelona or Girona in Spain, Paris Beauvais in France and Karlsruhe/Baden Baden in Germany. With the addition of three new routes Ryanair will operate 26 weekly flights (52 flights both ways), positioning itself as the number one airline with the number of flights and seats offered. During the April-October period Ryanair will have 277.830 seats on offer, with Turkish Airlines taking number two spot with 216.240 seats, followed by Pegasus Airlines with 206.940 seats. During the year 2025, Ryanair plans to transport 350.000 passengers to/from Sarajevo with 17% passengers share (passenger numbers for Sarajevo Airport for the year 2025. are projected at 2.100.000).

Source: Zahid Krkić

✈ AJet launches Istanbul-Tuzla flights

Türkiye's  airline Ajet, the low-cost subsidiary of Turkish Airlines (THY), launched direct flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport to Tuzla International Airport located in northeastern part of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

The opening of the new route was marked with a ceremony at Tuzla International Airport, attended by Turkish Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, AJet CEO Kerem Sarp and the local authorities.

The flights are scheduled to operate once per week on Mondays pending an increase in case of rising demand, Sarp said. Speaking at the ceremony, Uraloğlu expressed his believe that "the launch of Istanbul-Tuzla flights will improve relations and trade between the two countries."

Türkiye is known to have strong historical and cultural ties with Bosnia-Herzegovina, and many Turkish companies, from construction and health to banking and financing sectors, are operating in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Recently, Pegasus Airlines, also launched flights on the same route, with plans to continue expansion on Bosnian market with introduction of flights between Istanbul and Mostar. Uraloğlu, in his speech, recalled the expansion of AJet following the start of its operations under its new name in March this year, noting that since Oct. 1, the carrier introduced seven new routes, adding that Tuzla is the eighth.

He also pointed to Turkish Airlines and Ajet extensive flight network, adding that they aim to further increase the number of points the carriers fly to by the end of the year. "Today, we fly from Türkiye to 347 different points in 131 countries. We will increase this to 349 by the end of the year," he said. For his part, Sarp said that with this flight, they built "another bridge" between Türkiye and Bosnia-Herzegovina, two friendly countries.

He also noted that Ajet carry their passengers to 95 different destinations, with a modernized fleet of 85 aircraft. He added that the new route represents their second line in Bosnia-Herzegovina as they operate seven weekly flights to the capital, Sarajevo.

Source: Zahid Krkić

✈ London (all airports) - Sarajevo air traffic statistics data for 2024.

London Stansted Airport (STN)

London market is served by two airlines from Sarajevo Airport. Ryanair operates three weekly flights from London Stansted Airport, while Wizzair operates two weekly flights from London Luton Airport. As an answer to Ryanair introducing flights from London Stansted, Wizzair is increasing its service from London Luton to Sarajevo from two to four weekly flights. Beginning next month London-Sarajevo routes will be served seven times weekly (Wizzair 4x and Ryanair 3x). The seat capacity offered between two cities will increase to 3.046 round-trip seats on a weekly basis.

• During this year Wizzair has a total of 56.580 seats on offer between London Luton and Sarajevo.
• During this year Ryanair has a total of 44.226 seats on offer between London Luton and Sarajevo.
• During 2024, the total number of seats offered between London (LTN and STN) and Sarajevo is 100.806.
• During the first six months of the year, Wizzair transported 20.642 passengers on 120 flights with an average cabin load factor of 74,78%.

History of Wizzair Sarajevo-London (LTN) flights

• Wizz Air is increasing Sarajevo-London (LTN) flights from 02.11.2024. from two weekly flights to four weekly.
• Wizz Air restarted Sarajevo-London (LTN) flights on 25.09.2023. with A321 aircraft.
• Wizz Air suspended Sarajevo-London (LTN) flights from 24.03.2023 until 25.09.2023.
• Wizz Air started Sarajevo-London (LTN) flights on 29.03.2022. with two weekly flights with A320 aircraft.
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Ryanair launched London Stansted-Sarajevo flights on 02.04.2024. operating flights three times a week, with Boeing 737-800 aircraft (capacity 189 seats). 

During the first four months of operations (April-August 2024) the airline transported 17.137 passengers on 104 flights with an average cabin load factor of 87,17%.

United Kingdom is one of the largest airline markets in Europe but until this year flights to Bosnia and Herzegovina were very minimal. With the arrival of Ryanair in Sarajevo this is finally changing. With Ryanair and Wizzair as LCC there is a market for third airline like easyJet and in near future Biritish Airways that would open great number of connections via its hub at London Heathrow Airport.

Source: Zahid Krkić

✈Sarajevo Airport Winter 2024/2025

The 2024/25 winter timetable enters into force on Sunday, October 27th, 2024. and will run until March 29, 2025. During this time period the passengers will be able to fly to 14 countries to 22 destinations on 16 different airlines.

The new destination this winter season is Rome (FCO), which will be served with 3 weekly flights by Wizz Air. The flights are scheduled to begin on October 29, 2024. and will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays with an Airbus 321 aircraft offering 239 seats.

Only one route will be cut during the upcoming winter timetable, Aegean Airlines is discontinuing Skopje-Sarajevo flights from November 28, 2024. just after one year of operations.

Sarajevo Airport will be connected with 118 weekly flights (one way). The most served route is Istanbul-Sarajevo with five daily flights. Three airlines with the most seats on offer are Pegasus Airlines with 128.350 seats, followed by Turkish Airlines with 99.660 seats and Ryanair with 88.830 seats.

Three countries with largest seats offer from Sarajevo Airport are Türkiye with 294.766 seats or 39,15% of all seats, Germany with 94.218 seats or 12,51% of all seats and Austria with 67.200 seats or 8,92% of all seats.

Source: Zahid Krkić

✈ Record September for Sarajevo Airport

Sarajevo International Airport has recorded its busiest September by handling 188.040  passengers, representing an increase of 30,57% or 44.027 passengers more when compared to the same month of last year. Aircraft operations recorded an increase of 21%, while cargo decreased by 32% . Year to date Sarajevo Airport handled 1.439.181 passengers, an increase of 32,94%. During January-September of this year, on average Sarajevo Airport has been handling 5.271 passengers per day.

Yesterday (October 13, 2024) Sarajevo Airport recorded its 1.500.000 passenger, first ever during one year in 70 years of airport's history.

Source: Zahid Krkić

✈Ryanair, Sarajevo–London (STN) route statistics

Ryanair launched London Stansted-Sarajevo flights on 02.04.2024. operating flights three times a week, with Boeing 737-800 aircraft (capacity 189 seats). During the first four months of operations (April-August 2024) the airline transported 17.137 passengers on 104 flights with an average cabin load factor of 87,17%.

Source: Zahid Krkić

✈AJet to launch Istanbul-Tuzla flights

Turkish low-cost carrier AJet will connect Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport and Tuzla, with one weekly service starting October 07^h using an Airbus 321neo aircraft offering 211 seats. This will be the second airline serving Tuzla from Istanbul, after Pegasus Airlines announced the launch of flights from Istanbul to Tuzla last week.

Source: Zahid Krkić