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Friday, March 18, 2016

✈First Air Arabia flight landed in Sarajevo today


Air Arabia first scheduled flight (G9311) to Sarajevo International Airport from Sharjah International Airport has landed today at Sarajevo Airport at 12:47 after 5 hours and 10 minutes of flying time, covering distance of 3.934 kilometers. Flight was operated with brand new Airbus A320 aircraft registration A6-AOL with 168 seats. Aircraft with the serial number 6942, took off to the skies for the first time on January 22. 2016.

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

✈Bosnia and Herzegovina air traffic statistics for February 2016.

Wizz air Airbus 320 at Tuzla International Airport

During month of February number of passengers using airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina has increased from 53.303 to 63.405 (+18,95% or 10.102 passengers increase). Tuzla International Airport recorded largest increase in passengers handled +65,40% or 7.884 passengers increase. Sarajevo International Airport recorded increase of 6,66% or 2.659 passengers increase, comparing to same month last year. Banja Luka and Mostar airport recorded decrees in all areas (flights, passengers and cargo). The only source of income for Banja Luka airport during 2015 were cargo flights to Turkey. Scheduled Air Serbia flights are subsidized by local government (Air Serbia does not pay landing and handling fees to the airport). Unfortunately for Banja Luka airport MNG Airlines cargo flights to Istanbul have stopped. Most likely flights will reopen in the near future but from Tuzla International Airport instead. It’s not clear yet if flights will be operated by MNG Airlines or Turkish Airlines.

Monday, March 14, 2016

✈Sarajevo International Airport Summer timetable 2016 Analysis


From April to October Sarajevo Int. Airport will see increase in flights on current and new destinations. Largest increase of flights is to United Arab Emirates which will position its self as fourth country in term of seats offered from Sarajevo. From April to October total number of seats offered from and to Sarajevo will reach record high of 817.016 seats. During summer timetable flights to and from Sarajevo record on average 85% cabin load factor. Charter flights are not included in the study except flights to Antalya, Turkey. With presented timetable we can expect  record high number of passengers this year. 

My prediction for upcoming months:

Month
Total seats offered
PAX estimate
APRIL
105.676
80.000
MAY
109.596
85.000
JUNE
110.788
87.000
JULY
128.534
101.000
AUGUST
129.704
105.000
SEPTEMBER
115.260
90.000
OCTOBER
111.122
80.000
TOTAL
817.016
628.000

Saturday, March 12, 2016

✈Four daily flights Istanbul-Sarajevo


From beginning of April, Sarajevo will be connected to Istanbul with four daily flights. Turkish Airlines will operate 18 weekly flights as it did last year. From April to the end of June, Pegasus Airlines will increase flights to Sarajevo to nine weekly flights, from its hub at Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport. One more weekly flight will be added from July to the end of October, making it 10 weekly flights between Istanbul (SAW) and Sarajevo. With four daily flights Istanbul is most popular destination for air travel to and from Sarajevo.

Number of flights by the airline and the day of the week

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Total
3
2
2
3
3
2
3
18

1
2
2
2*
1
1
1
10
* Second daily Pegasus Airlines flight from July 01/2016.

✈Tuzla-Dortmund traffic figures


Over 40.000 passengers used Wizz air flights between Tuzla and Dortmund in 2015. Wizz air started flights from Tuzla to Dortmund on June 19. 2014. with two weekly flights, increasing to three flights per week during summer season. In 2014 Wizz air operated 152 flights between two cities transporting 23.333 passengers. Cabin load factor stood at 83,12%. In 2015 from January to October Wizz air recorded 36.920 passengers on 235 flights. Cabin load factor improved to 85,36%. Table below is providing detailed data for the route from 01/01/2015. to 31/10/2015.



Tuzla-Dortmund-Tuzla traffic figures for 2015.
2015
Arriving
passengers
Departing
passengers
Total
passengers
Total
available
seats
Number of flights
Average
passengers
per flight
Load
factor
January
1.272
1.380
2.652
3.240
18
147
77,56%
February
1.191
1.061
2.252
2.700
15
150
80,00%
March
1.398
1.434
2.832
3.240
18
157
85,36%
April
1.948
2.010
3.958
4.680
26
152
81,58%
May
1.951
2.063
4.014
4.680
26
154
83,12%
June
2.076
2.091
4.167
4.680
26
160
87,50%
July
2.261
2.045
4.306
4.680
26
166
91,57%
August
2.052
2.220
4.272
4.680
26
164
90,25%
September
2.024
2.161
4.185
4.680
26
161
88,20%
October
2.071
2.211
4.282
5.040
28
153
82,36%
November







December







Total
18.244
18.676
36.920
42.300
235
157
85,36%


Thursday, March 10, 2016

✈Air passenger transport between airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Sweden for year 2015.


Table below is showing traffic between airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Sweden on quarterly base. Data is missing for flights from Tuzla to Stockholm Skavsta (NYO) airport. Flights on this route have started on June 26. 2015. with two weekly flights on board of Wizzair Airbus 320 offering 180 seats. As of November 2015 flight operate only once per week. Based on the Wizzair schedule estimated 7.500 passengers used the route, which is bringing total passengers between two countries to 107.856.



Jan-Mar
Apr-Jun
Jul-Sep
Oct-Dec
Total
MOSTAR
(OMO)
GOTEBORG
(GOT)
0
1.243
376
257
1.876
SARAJEVO
(SJJ)
GOETEBORG
(GOT)
0
0
9
0
9
SARAJEVO
(SJJ)
STOCKHOLM
(ARN)
3.946
4.341
6.499
3.469
18.255
TUZLA
(TZL)
GOTEBORG
(GOT)
9.037
11.931
12.491
9.416
42.875
TUZLA
(TZL)
MALMO
(MMX)
6.391
10.728
10.541
9.681
37.341
TUZLA
(TZL)
STOCKHOLM
(NYO)
0
Info not available
Info not available
Info not available
 Info not
available


19.374
28.243
29.916
22.823
100.356