✈First Air Arabia flight landed in Sarajevo today

Air Arabia first scheduled flight (G9311) to Sarajevo International Airport from Sharjah International Airport has landed today at Sarajevo Airport at 12:47 after 5 hours and 10 minutes of flying time, covering distance of 3.934 kilometers. Flight was operated with brand new Airbus A320 aircraft registration A6-AOL with 168 seats. Aircraft with the serial number 6942, took off to the skies for the first time on January 22. 2016.

✈Bosnia and Herzegovina air traffic statistics for February 2016.

Wizz air Airbus 320 at Tuzla International Airport

During month of February number of passengers using airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina has increased from 53.303 to 63.405 (+18,95% or 10.102 passengers increase). Tuzla International Airport recorded largest increase in passengers handled +65,40% or 7.884 passengers increase. Sarajevo International Airport recorded increase of 6,66% or 2.659 passengers increase, comparing to same month last year. Banja Luka and Mostar airport recorded decrees in all areas (flights, passengers and cargo). The only source of income for Banja Luka airport during 2015 were cargo flights to Turkey. Scheduled Air Serbia flights are subsidized by local government (Air Serbia does not pay landing and handling fees to the airport). Unfortunately for Banja Luka airport MNG Airlines cargo flights to Istanbul have stopped. Most likely flights will reopen in the near future but from Tuzla International Airport instead. It’s not clear yet if flights will be operated by MNG Airlines or Turkish Airlines.

✈Sarajevo International Airport Summer timetable 2016 Analysis

From April to October Sarajevo Int. Airport will see increase in flights on current and new destinations. Largest increase of flights is to United Arab Emirates which will position its self as fourth country in term of seats offered from Sarajevo. From April to October total number of seats offered from and to Sarajevo will reach record high of 817.016 seats. During summer timetable flights to and from Sarajevo record on average 85% cabin load factor. Charter flights are not included in the study except flights to Antalya, Turkey. With presented timetable we can expect  record high number of passengers this year. 

My prediction for upcoming months:

Month	Total seats offered	PAX estimate
APRIL	105.676	80.000
MAY	109.596	85.000
JUNE	110.788	87.000
JULY	128.534	101.000
AUGUST	129.704	105.000
SEPTEMBER	115.260	90.000
OCTOBER	111.122	80.000
TOTAL	817.016	628.000

✈Four daily flights Istanbul-Sarajevo

From beginning of April, Sarajevo will be connected to Istanbul with four daily flights. Turkish Airlines will operate 18 weekly flights as it did last year. From April to the end of June, Pegasus Airlines will increase flights to Sarajevo to nine weekly flights, from its hub at Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport. One more weekly flight will be added from July to the end of October, making it 10 weekly flights between Istanbul (SAW) and Sarajevo. With four daily flights Istanbul is most popular destination for air travel to and from Sarajevo.

Number of flights by the airline and the day of the week

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Total
	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	18
	1	2	2	2*	1	1	1	10

* Second daily Pegasus Airlines flight from July 01/2016.

✈Tuzla-Dortmund traffic figures

Over 40.000 passengers used Wizz air flights between Tuzla and Dortmund in 2015. Wizz air started flights from Tuzla to Dortmund on June 19. 2014. with two weekly flights, increasing to three flights per week during summer season. In 2014 Wizz air operated 152 flights between two cities transporting 23.333 passengers. Cabin load factor stood at 83,12%. In 2015 from January to October Wizz air recorded 36.920 passengers on 235 flights. Cabin load factor improved to 85,36%. Table below is providing detailed data for the route from 01/01/2015. to 31/10/2015.

Tuzla-Dortmund-Tuzla traffic figures for 2015.
2015	Arriving passengers	Departing passengers	Total passengers	Total available seats	Number of flights	Average passengers per flight	Load factor
January	1.272	1.380	2.652	3.240	18	147	77,56%
February	1.191	1.061	2.252	2.700	15	150	80,00%
March	1.398	1.434	2.832	3.240	18	157	85,36%
April	1.948	2.010	3.958	4.680	26	152	81,58%
May	1.951	2.063	4.014	4.680	26	154	83,12%
June	2.076	2.091	4.167	4.680	26	160	87,50%
July	2.261	2.045	4.306	4.680	26	166	91,57%
August	2.052	2.220	4.272	4.680	26	164	90,25%
September	2.024	2.161	4.185	4.680	26	161	88,20%
October	2.071	2.211	4.282	5.040	28	153	82,36%
November
December
Total	18.244	18.676	36.920	42.300	235	157	85,36%

✈Air passenger transport between airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Sweden for year 2015.

Table below is showing traffic between airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Sweden on quarterly base. Data is missing for flights from Tuzla to Stockholm Skavsta (NYO) airport. Flights on this route have started on June 26. 2015. with two weekly flights on board of Wizzair Airbus 320 offering 180 seats. As of November 2015 flight operate only once per week. Based on the Wizzair schedule estimated 7.500 passengers used the route, which is bringing total passengers between two countries to 107.856.

		Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Total
MOSTAR (OMO)	GOTEBORG (GOT)	0	1.243	376	257	1.876
SARAJEVO (SJJ)	GOETEBORG (GOT)	0	0	9	0	9
SARAJEVO (SJJ)	STOCKHOLM (ARN)	3.946	4.341	6.499	3.469	18.255
TUZLA (TZL)	GOTEBORG (GOT)	9.037	11.931	12.491	9.416	42.875
TUZLA (TZL)	MALMO (MMX)	6.391	10.728	10.541	9.681	37.341
TUZLA (TZL)	STOCKHOLM (NYO)	0	Info not available	Info not available	Info not available	Info not available
		19.374	28.243	29.916	22.823	100.356