✈Bosnia and Herzegovina air traffic report for 2024

In 2024, Bosnia and Herzegovina's four international airports handled a total of 2.476.138 passengers, reflecting a 2.07% increase compared to the previous year. Despite the closure of Wizz Air bases in Sarajevo and Tuzla, the airports were able to offset the loss in passenger traffic, particularly at Sarajevo Airport. This was achieved through the launch of new routes by Ryanair (six new routes), Sun Express Airlines (two new routes), and Scandinavian Airlines (Copenhagen), along with Wizz Air introducing flights to Rome. Additionally, there was an increase in frequencies on existing routes, primarily with airlines from the Gulf region, including Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Doha, Jeddah, Kuwait City, and Riyadh.

Mostar Airport introduced new flights by Sky Alps to Rome, Verona, Bari, and Munich, while Air Serbia launched three weekly flights between Belgrade and Mostar. 

Tuzla Airport welcomed new services to Istanbul by two airlines, Ajet and Pegasus Airlines, each offering one weekly flight. 

Banja Luka Airport introduced Ryanair flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, with two weekly services.

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo (SJJ)
Tuzla (TZL)
Banja Luka (BNX)
Mostar (OMO)	\

Bosnia and Herzegovina passenger air traffic history 

Source: Zahid Krkić and BHDCA

✈ Wizz Air to discuss potential base at Sarajevo Airport

Next week, Wizz Air will hold talks with Sarajevo Airport about the possibility of reopening a base at the airport. The airline plans to base one Airbus A320 aircraft at the airport, with additional details expected to be announced soon.

In the meantime, Wizz Air is expanding its Abu Dhabi-Sarajevo route. Initially, the airline had scheduled 3 to 5 weekly flights between the two cities. However, due to strong demand, Wizz Air is adding 88 additional round-trip flights, increasing seat capacity by 21.032. From April to October, the airline will operate 332 flights on the route, offering a total of 79.348 seats.

With the expansion of flights from Abu Dhabi, Wizz Air has climbed to the fourth position in terms of seat capacity at Sarajevo Airport, with a total of 150.570 seats across three routes: Abu Dhabi, London-Luton, and Rome.

Source: Zahid Krkić