✈ Tuzla airport: First flights from London and Billund

Wizz air first  flight from London Luton Airport has landed in Tuzla yesterday with 108 passanagers on board of Airbus 320. Today Wizz air has started flights from Billund in Denmark. 152 passangers arrived from Billund on first flight on board of Wizz air Airbus 320. Bookings for Billund are much greater then London due to the fact that Bosnian passport holders still require visa to enter United Kingdom. Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina can travel visa free to all European countries except United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Republic of Kosovo and Belarus.

Bookings as of October 30. 2016:

30.10.16. London (LTN) – Tuzla 108 passangers
30.10.16. Tuzla (TZL) – London (LTN) 156 passangers

02.11.16. London (LTN) – Tuzla 119 passangers
02.11.16. Tuzla (TZL) – London (LTN) 89 passangers

06.11.16. London (LTN) – Tuzla 63 passangers
06.11.16. Tuzla (TZL) – London (LTN) 122 passangers

31.10.16. Billund (BLL) – Tuzla (TZL) 152 passangers
31.10.16 Tuzla (TZL) – Billund (BLL) 139 passangers

04.11.16. Billund (BLL) – Tuzla (TZL) 121 passangers
04.11.16 Tuzla (TZL) – Billund (BLL) 121 passangers

Source:Tuzlarije.net

✈ Tuzla Airport terminal expansion

Acting director for development and marketing of the Tuzla International Airport Enver Jukanović has confirmed today, expansion of the airport’s terminal building, starting soon with completion set for the end of March 2017. Current terminal building was designed for handling 100.000 passengers per year, and its running over its capacity. This year alone, Tuzla Airport will handle over 300.000 passengers. There is urgent need for space in all areas of the building and larger terminal building is priority for the development of the airport. 

Wizz air will start 3 new routes this year: today first flight from London Luton will touch down (W64288), tomorrow flight to Billund in Denmark will be introduced with two weekly flights, and from December 17 Tuzla will be connected to German capital Berlin, with two weekly flights. At the end of March 2017 Wizz Air will add one more Airbus A320 aircraft to its base at Tuzla International Airport. With 2 Airbus 320 based at the airport Wizz air will offer over 600.000 seats to and from Tuzla Airport. Expansion of the terminal building is worth around four million BAM (€ 2 million). Construction of the building will be financed from airports own funds, help  is expected from Government of Tuzla County and  Government of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

✈ Air transport of meat to Turkey is getting competition

Bosnia and Herzegovina has received approval from the European Union for transport of fresh beef and beef products across territory of European Union to Turkey and Russia, which will significantly reduce transportation costs, and possibly increase the purchase price of beef in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Each country individually needs to approved the transport. In this case Bulgaria and Greece, either or both.

"We have been informed that we have received permission from Brussels and now we are at the stage of obtaining the consent of all the countries involved. It is a process that will take some time, but on the end, I believe that all countries will give the consent," said Mirko Šarovic, Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina, stressing that in the near future Ministry is scheduled to hold talks with Turkish representatives of the quota for export of the meat in the year 2017.

He also said that the provision of conditions for transport by road via Bulgaria significantly makes transport cheaper, which will put our products in more competitive place than is currently the case. Bosnia and Herzegovina is exporting meat to Turkey by air only because of the European Union law which does not allow land transport through its territory due to the fact that Bosnia and Herzegovina still does not have permission to sell  this type of goods on European Union market. Air cargo transport to Turkey as of now is paid by the meat purchaser in Turkey, which is directly reflected in lower price of meat in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Transport by land will benefit Bosnian farmers the most, but same time it will hurt the airports!

According to unofficial information from the one of Bosnian airports, the air transportation of meat from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Turkey costs about 5.000 euros per flight (60 tons). The price of truck transportation of 25 tons of meat would be around 1.500 to 1.800 euros, depending on the destination in Turkey.

This approval from EU, could have negative effect on airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina, especially Tuzla International Airport, since all meat export from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Turkey goes from Tuzla Airport. In 2015 MNG Airlines Cargo transported meat from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Turkey from Banjaluka International Airport, while in 2016 Tuzla Airport scored the deal of organizing the transport of meat from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Turkey. Cargo flights are very profitable for airports, bringing around 1.000 euros per flight to the airport. Loosing these flights would mean big financial loos for Tuzla International Airport.

Tuzla International Airport Cargo flights in 2016.

MONTH	NO. OF FLIGHTS	FREIGHT (TONES)
JUNE	18	1.170
JULY	11	720
AUGUST	13	853
SEPTEMBER	11	715
OCTOBER	13	853
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
2016 TOTAL	66	4.311

Source: Oslobodjenje and FlyingBosnian

✈ Tuzla Airport is building storage for aviation fuel

In addition to the expansion and reconstruction of existing facilities, Tuzla International Airport is implementing another important project. The airport is building a customs terminal for the storage of aviation fuel JET A1. The project cost is around one million Bosnian marks (€500.000)

Last year Tuzla International Airport was granted a license for supply of fuel and airline aircraft fuel JET A1. In order to accommodate increase in number of aircraft movements, and most important, be able to accommodate Wizz air’s expansion at the airport, and increased fuel consumption, airport needs to have a fuel storage with proper customs terminal to carry out fuel sales.

After obtaining all necessary permits for building the fuel storage, the work has started last month. The plan for construction completion is expected in early March of next year. New fuel terminal will open just in time for Wizz air’s stationing of its second Airbus A320 at the airport and starting many new flights from the airport.

"The investment is estimated at around one million Bosnian marks. We are going to finance this project from its own resources, mainly from the income airport has made from Wizz Air flights. From 27^th of March we will be able to supply the airlines and aircraft with the fuel from our warehouse. For our airport it is very important because we wont have to pay VAT in advance, " explains director of Tuzla Airport Mr. Karasalihović.

The construction of this fuel terminal will fulfill all environmental standards of the law of Bosnia and Herzegovina. For increased protection, all fuel tanks will be placed on rubber surfaces. Control of the fuel quality will be carried out in a newly built laboratory at Tuzla International Airport. 

Source :RTVTK

✈ Mostar Airport terminal reconstruction

Mostar Airport terminal building after reconstruction

European Union funds (€250.000)

Mostar International Airport has received 250.000 Euros from IPA funds (IPA is European Union Pre-Accession Assistance). Currently works are in progress on the terminal building of the airport, which should be completed by the beginning of December. The building will have a much larger space, increasing terminals capacity of passenger’s flow. In addition to the reconstruction of the terminal building, the airport purchased the ambulance vehicle, which is necessary for the safety of passengers.

Mostar Airport terminal building after reconstruction

Government of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina funds (€ 1 million) 

Mostar International Airport has received funds from theMinistry of Transport and Communications of the Federation of Bosnia andHerzegovina. The funds are invested in the purchase of new equipment:

• Fire truck
• Elevator for loading and offloading disabled passengers from the aircraft
• Equipment for improvement of the security at the airport

✈ ACI EUROPE: 2015 Airport Traffic Report

European airport trade association, ACI EUROPE released its traffic report for 2015. This is the only air transport report which includes all types of civil aviation passenger flights to and from Europe: full service, low cost, charter and others. 

Passenger traffic across the European airport network in 2015 grew by an average +5.2%.  

At EU airports, the average increase in passenger traffic was +5.6% with airports in Ireland, Portugal, Greece, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia and Lithuania achieving double-digit growth. Meanwhile, non-EU airports reported diminished growth of +3.9%. This was mainly due to a significant decline in demand for air travel across Russian and Ukrainian airports, as well as almost flat growth in Norway – despite a stellar increase in passenger traffic in Iceland and sustained growth at most Turkish airports.  

Freight traffic at Europe’s airports only grew by +0.7%, as international trade remained subdued. Aircraft movements saw an increase of +2.2%.  

Olivier Jankovec, Director General ACI EUROPE said “2015 has been a very good year in terms of passenger traffic, with European airports welcoming an estimated 1,95 billion passengers. 20% of them achieved a double-digit increase and many broke new traffic records – mostly fueled by the continued growth of low cost airlines and selected non-EU airlines. EU airports generally performed extremely well, despite Germany and France being impacted by airline & ATC strikes and the Paris terror attacks. Remarkably, Istanbul-Atatürk airport became the 3rd busiest European airport with 61,8 million passengers, after London-Heathrow (74,9 million) and Paris-Charles de Gaulle (65,7 million). It should be noted however that small regional airports* across the continent underperformed the European average, with their passenger volume only increasing by +3,8%. This is indicative of traffic growth becoming more concentrated and less inclusive." 

    

COMPARING 2008 AND 2015 

Commenting on the air traffic recovery since the global financial crisis, Jankovec added: “While the EU economy did not even grow by +3% between 2008 and 2015, passenger traffic at EU airports increased by +13,6% over the same period. Such a wide gap is pointing to a lasting discontinuity in the usual relationship between GDP growth and passenger traffic performance. This is reflective of new market dynamics, changing consumer behaviors and the increased importance of air transport for the European economy.” 

CURRENT OUTLOOK 

Looking at the outlook for the coming months, Jankovec concluded: “The positive momentum created by improving economic conditions in the Eurozone, low oil prices and loose monetary policy is likely to persist for most of 2016. This should help keep passenger traffic growing - except for Russian airports. However, downside risks abound, and they are mainly of a geopolitical nature – both homegrown and external. These range from the unprecedented migration crisis and its repercussions on Schengen to the UK Brexit, heightened terrorist threats, instability in the Middle East & North Africa and deteriorating prospects in emerging markets."  

BREAKDOWN BY TRAFFIC CATEGORY 

Over the full year, airports welcoming more than 25 million passengers per year (Group 1), airports welcoming between 10 and 25 million passengers (Group 2), airports welcoming between 5 and 10 million passengers (Group 3) and airports welcoming less than 5 million passengers per year (Group 4) reported an average adjustment +3.7%, +6.3%, +7.1% and +5.5%. 

The airports which reported the highest increases in passenger traffic during 2015 (compared with 2014) are as follows: 

• GROUP 1:  Madrid-Barajas (+12.0%), Istanbul IST (+9.1%), Amsterdam (+6.0%), London LGW and Barcelona El-Prat (+5.7%) and Rome FCO (+5.0%)  
• GROUP 2:  Istanbul SAW (19.7%), Athens (+19.1%), Dublin (+15.3%), London STN (+12.8%) and Izmir (+12.1%)  
• GROUP 3:  Milan BGY (+18.6%), Gothenburg GOT (+18.1%), Berlin SXF (+16.9%), Porto (+16.7%) and Glasgow (+12.9%)  
• GROUP 4:     Ohrid (+53.3%), Ponta Delgada (+29.5%), Astrakhan (+26.1%), Santorini/Thira (+87.6%), Cluj and Timisoara (+25.8%) 

Among the airports in the Top 5, several airports will now move to a higher traffic category for 2016.

✈ Sarajevo airport: analysis of winter flight schedule

Detailed analysis of flight schedule in upcoming winter timetable of flights. Analysis is based on the airlines scheduling system with flights to and from Sarajevo. Winter timetable of flights is running from November 1^st to March 31^st, 2017. During winter months Sarajevo International Airport  is experiencing problems with fog and very low visibility, causing flight cancellations, delays and diversions. For Sarajevo International Airport major restrictions is a mountain terrain close to the airport, that requires a high approach, precision and a big inclination angle in a procedure of unsuccessful approach (go around) and landing.  Sarajevo International Airport is equipped with ILS CAT I. Implementation of ILS categories (CAT II or CAT III) is impossible due to the position of the airport in the urban area and the terrain in front of the runway that should be free of obstacles for at least 1000 meters.

In upcoming winter schedule of flights Sarajevo Airport will be connected to 11 destinations, served by 10 airlines. Turkish Airlines is still airline number one, in terms of seats offered, followed by Pegasus Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Croatia Airlines, etc…

Istanbul with its two airports (Ataturk and Sabiha Gokcen Airports) is still most served destination from and to Sarajevo, with 17 weekly flights (10 flights from Ataturk airport are operated by Turkish Airlines, one daily flight from Sabiha Gokcen Airport is operated by Pegasus Airlines). Both Airlines will operate flights to Sarajevo with Boeing 737-800. Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 is offering 150 seats in two class configurations, while Pegasus Airlines is offering 189 seats in all economy configuration.

Austrian Airlines will be operating 12 weekly flights from/to Vienna to Sarajevo. Flights will be operated using old Fokker 100 and Fokker 70. Austrian Airlines is in process of replacing its Fokker fleet with Embraer 195, which will operate Sarajevo flights. 

Number of seats offered from/to Sarajevo Airport during winter timetable

                 Number of seats (by the airline) offered from/to Sarajevo Airport during winter timetable

Number of seats (by the month) offered from/to Sarajevo Airport during winter timetable

Number of flights (by the month) offered from/to Sarajevo Airport during winter timetable

Detailed information of number of flights by the airline and aircraft operated, number of seats offered from/to Sarajevo Airport during winter timetable.

Airline	City	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	TOTAL
Adria Airways	LJubljana	26 X CRJ9	26 X CRJ9	27 X CRJ9	24 X CRJ9	27 X CRJ9	260
		2.236 X 2	2.236 X 2	2.322 X 2	2.064 X 2	2.23
		4.472	4.472	4.644	4.128	4.472	22.188
							6,50%
Air Serbia	Belgrade	30 X ATR72	31 X ATR72	31 X ATR72	28 X ATR72	31 X ATR72	302
		1.980 X 2	2.046 X 2	2.046 X 2	1.848 X 2	2.046 X 2
		3.960	4.092	4.092	3.696	4.092	19.932
							5,80%
Austrian	Vienna	30 X F100 22 X F70	31 X F100 22 X F70	31 X F100 23 X F70	28 X F100 20 X F70	31 X F100 23 X F70	528
		3.000 X 2 1.540 X 2	3.100 X 2 1.540 X 2	3.100 X 2 1.610 X 2	2.800 X 2 1.400 X 2	3.100 X 2 1.610 X 2
		9.080	9.280	9.420	8.400	9.420	45.600
							13,30%
Croatia Airlines	Zagreb	56 X Q400	57 X Q400	58 X Q400	52 X Q400	58 X Q400	562
		4.256 X 2	4.332 X 2	4.408 X 2	3.952 X 2	4.408 X 2
		8.512	8.664	8.816	7.904	8.816	42.712
							12,40%
Eurowings	Cologne	9 X A319	9 X A319	9 X A319	8 X A319	8 X A319	86
		1.296 X 2	1.296 X 2	1.296 X 2	1.152 X 2	1.152 X 2
		2.592	2.592	2.592	2.304	2.304	12.384
Eurowings	Stuttgart	4 X A319	5 X A319	4 X A319	4 X A319	4 X A319	42
		576 X 2	720 X 2	576 X 2	576 X 2	576 X 2
		1.152	1.440	1.152	1.152	1.152	6.048
							5,40%
Flydubai	Dubai	17 X 737-8	18 X 737-8	17 X 737-8	16 X 737-8	18 X 737-8	172
		2.958 X 2	3.132 X 2	2.958 X 2	2.784 X 2	3.132 X 2
		5.916	6.264	5.916	5.568	6.264	29.928
							8,70%
Lufthansa	Munich	30 X E195	31 X E195	31 X E195	28 X E195	31 X E195	302
		3.480 X 2	3.596 X 2	3.596 X 2	3.248 X 2	3.596 X 2
		6.960	7.192	7.192	6.496	7.192	35.032
							10,20%
Norwegian	Stockholm	4 X 737-8	5 X 737-8	4 X 737-8	4 X 737-8	4 X 737-8	42
		756 X 2	945 X 2	756 X 2	756 X 2	756 X 2
		1.512	1.890	1.512	1.512	1.512	7.938
							2,30%
Pegasus Air	Istanbul	30 X 737-8	31 X 737-8	31 X 737-8	28 X 737-8	31 X 737-8	302
		5.670 X 2	5.859 X 2	5.859 X 2	5.292 X 2	5.859 X 2
		11.340	11.718	11.718	10.584	11.718	57.078
							16,60%
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul	43 X 737-8	44 X 737-8	44 X 737-8	40 X 737-8	45 X 737-8	432
		6.450 X 2	6.600 X 2	6.600 X 2	6.000 X 2	6.750 X 2
		12.900	13.200	13.200	12.000	13.500	64.800
							18,80%
TOTAL		68.396	70.804	70.254	63.744	70.442	343.640
Projected number of passengers		53.000	54.000	45.000	43.000	55.000	250.000

Adria	Air Serbia	Austrian	Croatia	Eurowings	Flydubai	Lufthansa	Norwegian	Pegasus	Turkish
CRJ-900	ATR-72	F-100 F-70	Dash 8Q4	Airbus 319	Boeing 737-800	Embraer 195	Boeing 737-800	Boeing 737-800	Boeing 737-800
86	66	100 70	76	144	174	116	189	189	150

Aircraft on flights to/from Sarajevo (with number of seats offered)