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Wednesday, August 31, 2016

✈ WIZZ AIR ANNOUNCES MAJOR EXPANSION IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA !


SECOND BASED A320 AIRCRAFT IN TUZLA, SIX NEW ROUTES FROM MARCH 2017
Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe announced today that it will base a second Airbus A320 aircraft at its Tuzla base. From March 2017 the airline will operate five new services from Tuzla to Cologne, Friedrichshafen and Nuremberg in Germany, Bratislava in Slovakia and Växjö in Sweden. The new aircraft will allow Wizz Air to increase the number of weekly flights on the existing routes from Tuzla to Eindhoven, Gothenburg, Malmo and Frankfurt Hahn. Wizz Air also announced its newest route connecting Tuzla with London Luton in the United Kingdom from 30 October. 
The first WIZZ flight took from Tuzla in May 2013 and since then the airline became the largest airline in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while constantly expanding its low-fare route network. Underlining its commitment to the country, just two years after launching its Bosnia operations, Wizz Air established base operations in Tuzla. In 2015 Wizz Air carried more than 250.000 passengers on its low fare Bosnia and Herzegovina routes supporting over 200 local jobs*.
The new aircraft represents an investment of € 98 million** by WIZZ in Bosnia and Herzegovina, creating 36 additional direct jobs at the airline. Wizz Air’s new employees will join a dedicated local crew, who deliver excellent onboard service on each WIZZ flight. 
With the new services, Wizz air now offers a total of 16 low-fare routes to 7 countries from Bosnia and Herzegovina.  All flights are already on sale and can be booked on wizzair.com from BAM 29.99**. 
WIZZ AIR’S NEWEST ROUTES FROM TUZLA

Destination
Days
Starting date
Fares from***
London Luton
Wednesday, Sunday
30 October 2016
BAM 59.99
Bratislava
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
27 March 2017
BAM 29.99
Cologne
Monday, Friday
27 March 2017
BAM 39.99
Friedrichshafen
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
27 March 2017
 BAM 39.99
Nuremberg
Tuesday, Saturday
28 March 2017
BAM 39.99
Växjö
Tuesday, Saturday
28 March 2017
BAM 39.99
Wizz air destinations from Tuzla (16 destinations from TZL)

WIZZ AIR’S INCREASED FREQUENCIES FROM TUZLA: 
Destination
Weekly flights
Malmo
from 4 to 5
Gothenburg
From 3 to 4
Eindhoven
from 2 to 3
Frankfurt Hahn
From 2 to 3
Speaking at a press conference in Tuzla today, József Váradi, Chief Executive Officer of Wizz Air, said: “We started our operations in Tuzla in 2013 with the mission of making travel affordable for Bosnia and Herzegovina customers. Since then, we became the airline of choice in the country carrying more than half million passengers on our low fare routes. Basing a second aircraft at our Tuzla base will create more local jobs, stimulate tourism and aviation industry and bring even more low fares and opportunities to Bosnia and Herzegovina. We stay committed to the country and constantly aim at expanding our ever growing network to best meet the needs of the Bosnian traveling public.

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

✈ Banjaluka-Belgrade January-July air traffic report

Air Serbia ATR-72 at Zagreb Airport, photo by Flying Bosnian

Air Serbia is the only scheduled airline operating from/to Banjaluka International Airport. The airline maintains 5 weekly flights from Belgrade during summer and 3 weekly flights during winter timetable. In first seven months of the year, Air Serbia transported total of 11.430 passengers on 250 flights to and from Banjaluka airport. Aircraft used on this route is ATR-72 with capacity to seat 66 passengers. On days when ATR-72 is not available the airline is sending Boeing 737-300, which is very seldom. Following table is showing flights and cabin load factor calculated for ATR-72 aircraft.

Air Serbia Banjaluka-Belgrade-Banjaluka passenger statistics

Month
2016
Total transported PAX
Total Departing
PAX
Total
Arriving
PAX
Total number of flights
Average number of PAX per flight
Average
CLF
January
1.105
597
508
26
43
65,15%
February
875
455
420
22
40
60,60%
March
1.310
678
632
32
41
62,12%
April
1.425
643
782
38
38
57,57%
May
2.058
1.024
1.034
44
47
71,21%
June
2.008
938
1.070
44
46
69,69%
July
2.649
1.277
1.372
44
60
90,90%
TOTAL
Jan-Jul 2016
11.430
5.612
5.818
250
46
69,69%








PAX-Passenger
CLF-Cabin Load Factor

✈ Busiest day of the year for Sarajevo International Airport


Due to Hajj charter flights, Sarajevo International Airport will record today busiest day of the year in terms of passengers handled. Total of 5.470 seats are offered on today’s flights to and from Sarajevo. The airport should handle around 4.500 passengers. 20 arrivals and 20 departures are scheduled of which 3 arriving flights from Antalya and  one from Medina are ferry flights, without passengers. Month of August should be another record breaking month for the airport.

 ARRIVALS 
 DEPARTURES




Monday, August 29, 2016

✈ Bosnia-Herzegovina air traffic statistics January-July 2016

Bosnia-Herzegovina air traffic statistics  January-July 2016

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SARAJEVO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

2015
Change %
+/-
2016
Change %
+/-
January
43.700
+21,00%
+7.586
41.208
-5,70%
-2.492
February
39.908
+12,62%
+4.473
42.567
+6,66%
+2.659
March
50.273
+9,79%
+4.484
53.438
+6,29%
+3.165
April
63.064
+11,39%
+6.453
68.085
+7,96%
+5.021
May
80.143
+12,88%
+8.630
85.738
+6,98%
+5.595
June
74.855
-0,16%
-121
66.429
-11,25%
-8.426
July
89.319
+19,17%
+14.371
109.141
+22,19%
+19.822
August
101.307
+14,35%
+12.716



September
79.120
+11,17%
+7.952



October
71.255
+9,88%
+6.411



November
51.793
+10,59%
+4.960



December
28.167
-34,61%
-14.912



Total
772.904
+8,87%
+63.003
466.606
+5,74%
+25.344

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TUZLA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

2015
Change %
+/-
2016
Change %
+/-
January
12.960
+56,59%
+4.684
19.235
+48,41%
+6.275
February
12.055
+86,75%
+5.600
19.939
+65,40%
+7.884
March
14.474
+98,57%
+7.185
23.598
+63,03%
+9.124
April
17.311
+82,31%
+7.816
24.829
+43,42%
+7.518
May
18.082
+93,93%
+8.739
27.326
+51,12%
+9.244
June
21.563
+76,82%
+9.368
26.673
+23,69%
+5.110
July
33.666
+69,28%
+13.779
32.245
-4,22%
-1.421
August
33.007
+71,43%
+13.754



September
28.900
+70,33%
+11.933



October
27.167
+66,67%
+10.868



November
22.462
+81,68%
+10.099



December
17.427
+28,79%
+3.896



Total
259.074
+71,17%
+107.721
173.845
+33,61%
+43.734

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MOSTAR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

2015
Change %
+/-
2016
Change %
+/-
January
775
+96,20%
+380
226
-70,83%
-549
February
186
+58,97%1
+69
24
-87,09%
-162
March
2.425
+53,96%
+850
1.122
-53,73%
-1.303
April
6.680
+14,83%
+863
3.797
-43,15%
-2.883
May
11.867
+22,47%
+2.178
6.139
-48,26%
-5.728
June
9.696
+4,40%
+408
7.178
-25,96%
-2.518
July
9.715
+10,01%
+884
8.411
-13,42%
-1.304
August
13.305
+24,45%
+2.614



September
11.502
+9,55%
+1.003



October
6.718
-13,10%
-1013



November
852         
-40,25%
-574



December
1.303
-32,17%
-618



Total
75.024
+10,36%
+7.041
26.897
-34,94%
-14.447

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BANJA LUKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

2015
Change %
+/-
2016
Change %
+/-
January
1.830
+20,23%
+308
1.484
-18,90%
-346
February
1.154
-14,64%
-198
875
-24,17%
-279
March
1.327
-15,26%
-239
1.368
+3,08%
+41
April
2.090
+7,62%
+148
1.581
-24,35%
-509
May
2.353
+6,90%
+152
2.298
-2,33%
-55
June
2.085
-25,45%
-712
2.094
+0,43%
+9
July
2.554
-26,12%
-903
2.835
+11,00%
+281
August
2.591
-35,40%
-1.420



September
2.185
-17,01%
-448



October
1.782
-28,80%
-721



November
1.078
-35,09%
-583



December
1.771
-11,04%
-220



Total
22.800
-17,799
-4.836
12.535
-6,40%
-858


Source: BHDCA