✈Bosnia and Herzegovina aviation year in review

2017 will be marked as a very successful year for the civil aviation air transport in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo and Tuzla Airports recorded double digit passenger’s growth. During the year Sarajevo Airport welcomed six new airline companies with seven new routes from the city, while Tuzla Airport has seen five new routes from the city across European continent. Both Airports started expansion of terminal buildings and maneuvering areas of the airport. In 2017, Mostar Airport worked on expanding its facilities and upgrading equipment in preparation for 2018 when new scheduled flights with Eurowings to Dusseldorf and Stuttgart will begin. Possible new routes from Mostar Airport in 2018 are Zagreb, Malmo and Billund. Number of air passengers in Bosnia and Herzegovina during 2017 increased by an impressive 25% to 1,5 million. Majority of passengers used Sarajevo and Tuzla airports. Banja Luka is the only Bosnian airport that did not record any progress in 2017.

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FEB 10	Sarajevo airport purchased a special Ambu-lift vehicle
FEB10	Sarajevo airport purchased most advanced aircraft towing equipment
FEB 11	New equipment for Mostar Airport
FEB 11	Mostar Airport terminal expansion (worth 500.000 Bosnian Marks)
MAR 25	Wizz Air deployed second Airbus 320 aircraft at its Tuzla base opening five new routes from Tuzla to: Friedrichshafen, Cologne, Nuremberg, Bratislava and Vaxjo
MAR 31	Wizz Air Tuzla-Stockholm Skavsta flights back to year-round
MAR 31	TUI fly Belgium established Brussels Charleroi-Sarajevo flights
APR 05	Wizz Air, Budapest-Sarajevo flights established
APR 13	Sarajevo Airport apron reconstruction
MAY 03	Sarajevo Airport terminal building expansion announced
MAY 06	Government to allocate 6 Million BAM for improvement of air transport infrastructure (Tuzla, Mostar and Bihac airports)
JUN 15	Wizz air celebrates a new record in Tuzla
JUN 22	Atlas Global established Istanbul-Sarajevo flights
JUN 23	Nesma Airlines established Riyadh-Sarajevo flights
JUL 15	Wataniya Airways launched Kuwait-Sarajevo flights
JUL 26	Self-check-in kiosks at Sarajevo Airport
AUG 01	Record July for Sarajevo Airport (140.025 passengers)
AUG 18	Record day for Sarajevo Airport (7.000 passengers in one day)
AUG 25	Sarajevo Airport opens Fast lane
SEP 04	Record August for Sarajevo Airport (144.330 passengers)
SEP 25	Tuzla Airport signed contract to build new terminal
OCT 06	Emirates announces Flydubai Sarajevo code-share flights
OCT 17	Scandinavian Airlines to launch Copenhagen-Sarajevo flights in 2018
OCT 31	Eurowings announced two new routes from Mostar
OCT 31	Qatar Airways has launched Doha-Sarajevo flights
NOV 01	Flydubai launches Dubai-SARAJEVO-Podgorica flights
NOV 11	Sarajevo Airport upgrade and expansion
NOV 23	Tender for Bihac Airport design
NOV 28	900.000 passengers for Sarajevo Airport
DEC 06	New Bosnian startup airline FLYBOSNIA to launch flights in 2018
DEC 09	Sarajevo Airport expansion has begun

Map of new established routes in 2017 from Sarajevo and Tuzla 

New routes from Sarajevo  map by Great Circle Mapper

New routes from Tuzla  map by Great Circle Mapper

Source: Flying Bosnian