✈ Eurowings to resum Mostar flights!

Mostar Airport has reached agreement with Eurowings to restart seasonal flights from Mostar to Duesseldorf and Stuttgart in summer of 2019. Flights from Duesseldorf will restart on May 5^th with one weekly service, while flights from Stuttgart will start one month later on June 5^th with two weekly flights. Flights are scheduled to operate with Airbus 319 aircraft.

Duesseldorf-Mostar schedule

Stuttgart-Mostar schedule

Source: Mostar Airport and Eurowings

✈Bosnia and Herzegovina air transport statistics for November

In November Sarajevo airport recorded 62.253 passengers, representing an increase of 7% compared to the same month of the last year. In period January-November airport recorded 993.218 passengers, a new record for the airport.On December 5th 2018 Sarajevo Airport welcomed its 1.000.000 passenger, a new record in airports 49 years history. 

Tuzla Airport has seen its passenger numbers decline by 18% due to Wizz Air converting four routes to summer seasonal and frequency cuts on existing routes. Winter cuts are coming as a result of airport's management not being able to meet basic infrastructure conditions for airport to run safe operations during winter months when visibility is low. Installation of new approach lightning system has been delayed for second winter in a row due to incompetent  management of the airport to complete the task, even though all funds are provided and financed by the Government of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 
Another major issue contributing to Wizz air flight cuts from Tuzla is terminal building reconstruction, with finishing date  being delayed numerous times. Terminal building was scheduled to be finished before April of this year but unfortunately work is still going on without the set date for terminal completion. Yet again airport management is to blame for choosing construction company without any references and previous experience in airport terminal construction.

Banja Luka Airport recorded its busiest month ever since opening its doors in 1976. The airport recorded 8.272 passengers, an increase of 730% compared to November of the last year. Record numbers increases are result of Ryanair starting flights to the city from Brussels-Charleroi, Memmingen and Stockholm-Skavsta. Banja Luka airport is expecting to finish this year with 35.000 passengers. 

Mostar Airport has seen passenger numbers increase in November by 50%, but year to date airport has seen major decrease in passengers handled, due to Mistral Air discontinuing all charter flights from Italy to Mostar. Year to date airport handled 27.982 passengers, representing a decrease of 35% compared to the same time of last year when airport recorded 42.723 passengers. 

Croatia Airlines is the only airline operating flights to Mostar, with two weekly flights from Zagreb. During November Croatia Airlines transported  279 passengers on 14 flights. Flights were operated with Dash 8-400 aircraft with capacity to seat 76 passengers. Croatia Airlines managed to sell only 279 seats out of 1064 available, with average cabin load factor of only 26%. These flights are heavily subsidized by the Government of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Neretva County, but with such poor interest and very low load factor the future of these flights is very uncertain. 

During January-September all four international airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina recorded 1.594.208 passengers, representing an increase of 9% compared to the same period of last year. Bosnia and Herzegovina is expecting to finish this year with 1,7 million air passengers. In last four years number of air passengers in Bosnia and Herzegovina has almost doubled, from 956.870 passengers in 2014 to over 1,7 million this year. The trend is expected to continue in following years with 8-10% increase on average, with new low cost carrier routes from Banja Luka, launch of FlyBosnia flights from Sarajevo and possible Wizz Air expansion in Tuzla and Mostar.  

Source: Flying Bosnian and BHDCA

✈Turkish Airlines S19 charter flights Sarajevo-Antalya

Travel agencies from Bosnia and Herzegovina have started selling tourist packages for Turkish Riviera for summer of 2019. Turkish Airlines will operate largest number of the charter flights, a total of 89 round-trip flights are scheduled, representing an increase of 59% compared to the summer of the last year. Turkish Airlines will operate six flights per week from May 31. to September 21, with Boeing 737-800 aircraft, offering a total of 29.370 seats in both directions. For vacation package bookings please visit Fibula.ba

Source: Flying Bosnian

✈Sarajevo International Airport welcomes millionth passenger!

Sarajevo International Airport handled its millionth passenger today, Aida Birno who was flying to Istanbul with Turkish Airlines, is the first millionth traveler in a single calendar year for the airport. The one millionth passenger was awarded with Gift Certificates for the Airport’s Duty Free Shop and Turkish Airlines round trip ticket  from Sarajevo to Istanbul.

This figure represents a growth of 9 percent over the same period of last year, and growth of 25 percent compared to 2016. With more than 1.000.000 passengers per year, 13.000 flight operations and handling more than two million kilograms of cargo goods, Sarajevo International Airport is the busiest airport in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo International Airport Director Armin Kajmakovic, who presented a gift to a happy passenger, noted that this was very important event in the history of the airport.

"My sincere congratulations to our millionth passenger and to our most important strategic airline partner Turkish Airlines, who transports the largest number of passengers from the airport with 20% passenger share, "Kajmakovic said.

Source: Sarajevo Airport

✈ Record November for Sarajevo Airport

Source: Flying Bosnian and Sarajevo Int. Airport

✈Monastir – Sarajevo Tunisair S19 new scheduled charter route

Tunisair in summer 2019 season plans to add various scheduled charter service from Monastir and Tunis, operating once a week. Planned new scheduled charter flights as follow.

Monastir – Dublin 13JUN19 – 26SEP19 1 weekly A319
TU8226 MIR1735 – 2100DUB 319 4
TU8227 DUB2200 – 0130+1MIR 319 4

Monastir – Naples 15JUL19 – 09SEP19 1 weekly 737-600
TU4402 MIR1645 – 1905NAP 736 1
TU4403 NAP1955 – 2015MIR 736 1

Monastir – Sarajevo 10JUN19 – 09SEP19 1 weekly 737-600
TU7280 MIR0610 – 0915SJJ 736 1
TU7281 SJJ1000 – 1105MIR 736 1

Tunis – Verona 10JUN19 – 30SEP19 1 weekly A320
TU4586 TUN2000 – 2245VRN 32A 1
TU4587 VRN2345 – 0025+1TUN 32A 1

Source: Routesonline

✈Ryanair to start Berlin - Banja Luka flights!

Ryanair opened reservations for its fourth route from Banja Luka,  Berlin Schönefeld Airport, will be served with two weekly flights starting April 03. 2019. Flights are already on sale at Ryanair.com

Berlin Airport (SXF) – Banja Luka Airport (BNX)

Route	Flight number	Flight times	Operating days	Valid from-to
SXF-BNX	FR 2730	15:30-17:15	--3----	03.04.-
SXF-BNX	FR 2730	18:40-20:25	------7	07.04.-

Banja Luka Airport (BNX) – Berlin Airport (BNX)

Route	Flight number	Flight times	Operating days	Valid from-to
BNX-SXF	FR 2731	17:40-20:50	--3----	03.04.-
BNX-SXF	FR 2731	20:50-22:35	------7	07.04.-

Source: Flying Bosnian and Ryanair.com