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Tuesday, April 3, 2018

✈Lufthansa marks 20th anniversary of Sarajevo flights


Water salute to LH A320 celebrating 20 years of Munich-Sarajevo service 

German national airline and the largest airline in Europe Lufthansa has marked the 20th anniversary of its regular, direct flights Munich-Sarajevo-Munich. The event was marked at the Sarajevo International Airport on Thursday in presence of German Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Christiane Hohmann.

German Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Christiane Hohmann


General manager of Sarajevo International Airport Armin Kajmakovic stated on this occasion that Lufthansa was one of the first airline companies that started scheduled operations from Sarajevo after the end of the war, which significantly contributed to Sarajevo's connecting with Europe and the rest of the world, normalizing life in Bosnian capital and strengthening the economic image of the country.
Lufthansa crew with German ambassador and Sarajevo Airport general manager 

He also said that more than 10 million passengers have passed through the Sarajevo Airport since arrival of Lufthansa and that significant growth was recorder in 2017. "This year we expect our millionth passenger in one year", he added.
General manager of Sarajevo Airport Armin Kajmakovic

Ambassador Hohmann emphasized she was honored and privileged to attend the anniversary of Munich-Sarajevo-Munich line and of Lufthansa-Sarajevo Airport cooperation.German companies have invested 350 million Euros in Bosnia and Herzegovina over the past 20 years and they intend to stay here and strengthen business cooperation, she stressed, adding that Bosnia and Herzegovina export to Germany is recording solid increases year after year.


Lufthansa group operate following flights to/from Sarajevo
(Lufthansa Group)
Airlines

Destination
Number of weekly flights
(one way)

Number of weekly seats 
 (round-trip)
Austrian Airlines
Vienna
14 
4.284
Eurowings
Cologne
864
Eurowings
Stuttgart
576
Lufthansa
Munich
2.352
Swiss Air Lines
Zurich
600

4 airlines

5 destinations

29 weekly flights

8.676

Source: Flying Bosnian and Sarajevo Airport

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