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Wednesday, March 31, 2021

✈ Sarajevo Airport opens COVID-19 testing site

Sarajevo International Airport terminal building

Sarajevo International Airport has opened a new COVID-19 testing site. Testing will be available for  passengers, but also for the public in need of fast COVID-19 test. Sarajevo Airport has partnered with Eurofarm polyclinic, to perform antigen and RT-PCR test at the airport grounds. The results of the test will be available in 15-20 minutes for antigen testing, or one and a half hours for PCR test.

The antigen testing will be performed inside the terminal building, while PCR testing will be performed in front of the terminal building where a suitable container is placed for walk in testing.

Sarajevo International Airport COVID-19 testing site

The working hours of testing site at Sarajevo International Airport are aligned with airport opening hours from early morning to late evening (05:00 to 22:00). The cost of PCR testing is 100 KM, while antigen testing costs 45 KM.

This service was introduced in accordance with the requirements and expectations of Sarajevo Airport passengers, making Sarajevo Airport one of the first airports in the region to introduce the benefit of COVID-19 testing at the airport for its passengers which greatly facilitates travel for citizens during the coronavirus pandemic. 

Eurofarm is privately owned Medical Center with diagnostic and treatment services in accordance with the highest world standards by the most eminent experts in the field of medicine, using modern technologies and respecting the fundamental ethical principles on which medical profession is based. The Medical Center is used by many foreign embassies and diplomatic missions in Sarajevo.

Source: Sarajevo Airport and Flying Bosnian

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

✈ Sarajevo Airport summer timetable 2021

In upcoming summer months Sarajevo International Airport will be connected to record number of destinations on three continents (Asia, Africa and Europe). Sarajevo Airport will have connections to 27 destinations in 15 countries (largest network for Sarajevo Airport, due to Wizz Air opening its base at the airport, with nine new routes across Europe. Anadolujet is newcomer to the airport with three new destinations in Turkey (Antalya, Bodrum and Istanbul). Norwegian Air will reintroduce its Scandinavian network with two weekly flights to Oslo and Stockholm, and one weekly flight to Copenhagen. Lufthansa Group will have strong presence at Sarajevo Airport this summer with Austrian Airlines operating 14 weekly departures to Vienna, Lufthansa will introduce daily flights from its hub at Frankfurt Airport, Eurowings will operate 3 weekly flights from Cologne and 2 weekly flights from Stuttgart, and finally Swiss Air Lines will operate 2 weekly flights from Zurich. Lufthansa Group will operate a total of 28 weekly departing flights from Sarajevo, putting the airline group at the second spot of weekly departures from Sarajevo International Airport, right after Turkish Airlines Group with 32 weekly departures, followed by Wizz Air with 21 weekly departures from Sarajevo. 

Sunday, March 28, 2021

✈ Anadolujet launches Istanbul-Sarajevo flights


First AnadoluJet aircraft on the new Istanbul-Sarajevo-Istanbul route landed at Sarajevo International Airport today with a traditional water salute organized on the occasion.AnadoluJet operates as part of Turkish Airlines, and as of today it has started flights to Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport, which is located on the Asian side of Istanbul.

AnadoluJet will connect Sarajevo and Istanbul three times a week: on Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays, with a Boeing 737-800 aircraft offering 189 seats. Departure time from Sarajevo  is 14:50 local time.

From today AnadoluJet has a special promotion of return tickets on the new established route Sarajevo-Istanbul-Sarajevo starting 59.00 EUR. This special offer will last until March 31, 2021.

In addition to Istanbul, the company plans to introduce flights to the Turkish resort towns Antalya and Bodrum on turkish coast.Flights from Antalya will start om May 19. with three times a week, increasing to daily from June 29. Flights from Bodrum to Sarajevo will start on June 07. Operating twice weekly on Mondays and Fridays.

Source: Sarajevo Airport and flying Bosnian

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

✈ Anadolujet to start Antalya and Bodrum – Sarajevo flights

Anadolujet  is increasing its presence at Sarajevo International Airport with addition of two more destinations in Turkey, Antalya and Bodrum. Last month the airline announced flights between Istanbul (SAW) and Sarajevo. Antalya flights will start on May 19 with two times per week (Wednesday, and Friday), increasing to daily from June 29. Bodrum flights will start on June 07, operating twice a week (Monday and Friday). In upcoming summer season  Anadolujet will operate 12 weekly flights from Sarajevo to Turkey (Antalya 7x, Istanbul 3x and Bodrum 2x. All flights will operate with Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

Source: Flying Bosnian

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

✈Eurowings to resume Stuttgart-Sarajevo flights

Eurowings Airbus 319 at Sarajevo Airport

Eurowings will resume twice weekly service between Stuttgart and Sarajevo from May 04, 2021. Flights are scheduled to operate twice weekly on Tuesdays and Saturdays until the end of October, with Airbus 319 aircraft. For upcoming summer season Eurowings will operate three weekly flights from Cologne to Sarajevo, two weekly from Stuttgart to Sarajevo and once weekly flight from Dusseldorf to Mostar.

Source: Flying Bosnian

✈Eurowings to resume summer seasonal flights to Mostar

Eurowings Airbus 319 at Mostar Airport

Eurowings will resume one weekly service from Duesseldorf to Mostar in upcoming summer season. Flights will operate once weekly on Sundays from July 04  to August 29, 2021. Total of 9 round-trip flights are scheduled with Airbus 319 aircraft offering 1.296 seats in each direction. Currently, this is the only scheduled flight out of Mostar this summer season 

Source: Flying Bosnian

Friday, March 5, 2021

✈BHDCA - Izvještaj o događajima koji su uticali na sigurnost letenja u 2020.

Direkcija za civilno vazduhoplovstvo Bosne i Hercegovine (BHDCA), kao organ nadležan i odgovoran za obavljanje funkcije regulatora i nadzor u oblasti civilnog vazduhoplovstva, ima zadatak da odgovori obavezama Bosne i Hercegovine kao države članice Međunarodne organizacije za civilno vazduhoplovstvo (International Civil Aviation Organization - ICAO) i potpisnice Čikaške konvencije.

Uz to, Bosna i Hercegovina (BiH) je član Evropske konferencije civilnog vazduhoplovstva (European Civil Aviation Conference - ECAC) ima i status posmatrača u radu Evropske agencije za bezbjednost u vazduhoplovstvu (European Aviation Safety Agency - EASA).

BiH je ratifikovala Sporazum o uspostavljanju Zajedničke vazduhoplovne oblasti (European Common Aviation Area - ECAA) i potpisala radni aranžman sa EASA-оm, čime je prihvatila obavezu usklađivanja, transponovanja i primjene propisa Evropske unije u oblasti civilnog vazduhoplovstva.

BHDCA, kao jedina vazduhoplovna nadzorna i regulatorna vlast u Bosni i Hercegovini, učestvuje u osiguravanju bezbjednog odvijanja vazdušnog saobraćaja u prostoru Bosne i Hercegovine.

U skladu sa obavezama preuzetim pristupanjem BiH, kao punopravne članice, u ICAO, ECAC, EUROCONTROL i potpisivanjem ECAA multilateralnog sporazuma sa Evropskom unijom, zadatak BHDCA je da obezbijedi implementaciju međunarodnih standarda bezbjednosti letenja (Safety) i bezbjednosti civilnog vazduhoplovstva (Security), kao i blisku saradnju sa subjektima odgovornim za implementaciju pomenutih standarda i preporučenih praksi na operativnom nivou.

Bezbjednost letenja (Safety)

Funkciju regulatora i nadzor, a koju obavlja BHDCA, i koje se odnose na bezbjednost vazdusne plovidbe, obavljaju se kroz odredjene vazduhoplovne funcionalne oblasti, a to su:

a) plovidbenost vazduhoplova,

b) operacije vazduhoplova,

c) licenciranje letačkog osoblja,

d) vazduhoplovna navigacija,

e) aerodromi.

U Bosni i Hercegovini funkcionišu sljedeći pružaoci usluga, od kojih se u najvećoj mjeri i dobijaju izvještaji o određenim događajima u oblasti bezbjednosti letenja:

A) Agencija za pružanje usluga u vazdušnoj plovidbi Bosne i Hercegovine (BHANSA)

B) Međunarodni aerodromi:

1) Međunarodni aerodrom Sarajevo

2) Međunarodni aerodrom Banja Luka

3) Međunarodni aerodrom Mostar i

4) Međunarodni aerodrom Tuzla

C) Letilišta:

1) ''Stipe Krišto'' Livno

2) ''Golubić'' Bihać

3) ''Urije'' Prijedor

4) ''Jegin lug'' Tuzla

5) ''Zalužani'' Banjaluka

6) ''Popovi-Bijeljina'' Bijeljina

7) ''Ciljuge'' Živinice

8) ''Medeno Polje'' Bosanski Petrovac

9) ''Glasinac'' Sokolac

10) ''Kenan Jusufbašić'' Visoko

11) "Kreševo" Kreševo

12 ) "Nišići" Ilijaš

13) Ranč ‘’Lazy Horse" Hadžići

14) “Gorice” Krepšić

D) Tereni:

1) ''Paragliding Ljubuški'' Kula

2) ''Bjelašnica'' Bjelašnica 

3) ’’Školsko brdo’’ Stričići, Manjača

E) Avio-kompanije:

1) ’’ICAR Air’’ Tuzla

2) ’’Fly Bosnia’’ Sarajevo

F) Škole letenja:

1) Vazduhoplovna škola Aero-klub ’’Prijedor’’ Prijedor

2) Vazduhoplovna škola Aero-klub ’’Sveti Ilija“ Banja Luka

3) Škola letenja Aero-klub ’’Izet Kurtalić’’ Visoko

4) Paraglajding klub ’’AIRDRENALINE’’ Banja Luka

5) Vazduhoplovna škola ’’SBA škola letenja’’ Sarajevo

6) ACRO d.o.o. Sarajevo

7) Vazduhoplovni klub ''SKYDIVE'' Banja Luka

8) Klub slobodnog letenja ’’Kros’’ Banja Luka

G) Organizacije za održavanje vazduhoplova (PART 145), kontinuiranu plovidbenost (CAMO) i vazduhoplovno-tehničku obuku:

1) Avioservis ''Ikar'' Laktaši (BA.MF)

2) Avioservis ''Ikar'' Laktaši (E7.MF)

3) Avioinženjering d.o.o. Laktaši (E7.MF)

4) ''Orao'' Bijeljina (E7.145)

5) ''Icar Air'' Tuzla (BA.MG)

6) ''Srednja škola metalskih zanimanja'' Sarajevo (BA.147)

7) AvioBOSS d.o.o. (BA.145)

8) ‘’FlyBosnia’’ Sarajevo (BA.MG)

H) Medicinski centri:

Zavod za zdravstvenu zaštitu radnika u saobraćaju – Sarajevo

I) Centri za obuku vazduhoplovnog osoblja na aerodromu:

1) Centar za obuku aerodroma Sarajevo

2) Centar za obuku aerodroma Banja Luka 

3) Centar za obuku aerodroma Tuzla

Identifikacija i sistematizacija hazarda i njihove posljedice

Vazduhoplovna industrija se svakodnevno susreće sa širokim spektrom rizika koji se odnose na letačke operacije, na službe kontrole letenja, službe održavanja, aerodrome, kao i državnu administraciju. Međutim, nemoguće je eliminisati sve rizike, niti su sve metode mitigacije rizika ekonomski izvodljive.

Direkcija za civilno vazduhoplovstvo Bosne i Hercegovine kontinuirano dobija izvještaje o događajima u civilnom vazduhoplovstvu i vrši njihove analize i daje preporuke kako bi se unaprijedila bezbjednost vazdušne plovidbe.

Radi lakšeg razumijevanja određenih pojmova, koji će se koristiti u daljem tekstu, dajemo definiciju određenih pojmova koji imaju sljedeće značenje:

a) Događaj: nesreća, ozbiljna nezgoda (ozbiljan incident) i incident, neispravnost ili kvar vazduhoplova, njegove opreme ili bilo kojeg elementa sistema vazdušne navigacije koji se koristi ili ima namjeru da se koristi u svrhu ili u vezi sa operacijama vazduhoplova ili sa obezbjeđenjem sistema upravljanja vazdušnim saobraćajem ili pružanja navigacione pomoći vazduhoplovu.

b) Nesreća (udes) - Accident: događaj povezan sa operacijom vazduhoplova, koji se desio od (trenutka) momenta ukrcavanja jedne ili više osoba u vazduhoplov sa namjerom da se obavi let do (trenutka) momenta iskrcavanja svih osoba iz vazduhoplova, pri čemu je nastala bilo koja od sljedećih posljedica:

1) smrt ili teška (ozbiljna) tjelesna povreda osobe zbog:

a) boravka u vazduhoplovu, ili

b) direktnog kontakta s bilo kojim dijelom vazduhoplova, uključujući dijelove koji su se odvojili od vazduhoplova, ili

c) direktne izloženosti izduvnom mlazu mlaznog motora, osim kada su povrede nastale zbog prirodnih uzroka, samopovređivanjem ili su ih nanijele druge osobe, ili kada su povrede nanesene slijepim putnicima koji su se skrivali izvan dijelova koji su na raspolaganju putnicima i posadi

2) oštećenje vazduhoplova ili oštećenje njegove strukture koje negativno utiče na jačinu strukture ili karakteristike leta vazduhoplova ili zahtijeva veću opravku ili zamjenu oštećene komponente, izuzev otkaza ili oštećenja motora (kada je oštećenje ograničeno na motor, kapotaže ili agregate) ili oštećenja elisa, krajeva krila, antena, guma, kočnica, oplate, malih udubljenja ili proboja u oplati vazduhoplova

3) vazduhoplov nestao ili je potpuno nedostupan (nije mu moguće prići).

c) Ozbiljna nezgoda (ozbiljan incident) - Serious Incident: događaj (nezgoda) koji obuhvata okolnosti koje ukazuju da se nesreća (udes) mogla dogoditi ili da se nesreća (udes) zamalo dogodila.

d) Nezgoda – Incident: događaj koji je povezan sa operacijom vazduhoplova, koji utiče ili je mogao uticati na bezbjednost vazduhoplova, a nije nesreća (udes).

Hazardi u sistemu bezbjednosti vazdušne plovidbe (Safety) koji mogu izazvati nesreće, ozbiljne nezgode i nezgode, svrstavaju u sljedeće vrste:

1) Hazardi koji se mogu javiti u toku sprovođenja operacija sa vazduhoplovima;

2) Hazardi koji su u vezi sa tehničkom uslovima, održavanjem i popravkom vazduhoplova;

3) Hazardi koji su u vezi sa aerodromima i zemaljskim uslugama;

4) Hazardi koji su u vezi sa uslugama i objektima u vazdušnoj plovidbi.

Pregled događaja

Ukupan broj događaja koji su uticali na bezbjednost letenja (Safety), prijavljenih BHDCA u toku 2020. godine, je 59. Od toga su 23 dobrovoljna izvještaja o događajima.

Lista događaja koji su uticali na sigurnostletenja u 2020. godini

Thursday, March 4, 2021

✈FlyBosnia destinations - summer 2021

FlyBosnia is about take delivery of its first Airbus 320 aircraft from Onur Air. The aircraft is painted in full FlyBosnia livery, featuring 180 seats in all economy class. The airline has signed agreement with Fibula travel agency to operate charter flights to Turkey and Egypt but will also operate regular flights to :

Destination Airport

 

Country

Bahrain International Airport


Bahrain

Amman Queen Alia International Airport


Jordan

Muscat International Airport


Oman

Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport


Saudi Arabia

Riyadh King Khalid International Airport


Saudi Arabia

Doha International Airport


Qatar

 

FlyBosnia Airbus 320 at Istanbul Airport (March 4, 2021)


 

 

 

Source: Flying Bosnian

✈Sarajevo International Airport suspends passenger tax

House of Representatives of the Parliament of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina accepted the proposal of MP Nihad Čolpa to abolish taxes for passengers using airports in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mostar, Sarajevo and Tuzla Airports). Sarajevo International Airport passenger service charge for departing passengers on international flights is KM 35,20 or €18,00. In December of last year, the Government of  Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has suspended a ten euros passenger tax at Sarajevo Airport (the tax was collected for the development of air transport in Bosnia and Herzegovina).The air transport development tax, was introduced in 2005 to fund the development of the country’s air transport sector, but it was only collected at Sarajevo Airport. Funds collected from this tax were used for development and subventions of Tuzla and Mostar Airports. The tax has been suspended until December 31, 2021.

With these two taxes discontinued, passengers departing Sarajevo Airport will pay KM 54,60 or €28,00 less per air ticket.

Sarajevo Airport Passenger Service Charges (before suspension of charges)

“Sarajevo Airport is the most expensive in the region when comes to passengers taxes. For example, the taxes are four times higher than in Turkey, where the taxes are paid only by domestic citizens, all with the aim to bring as many tourists as possible. Our cultural and historical heritage, the combination of Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian architecture, beautiful Olympic mountains, as well as a diverse gastronomic offer give us the predisposition to make our offer more competitive than the offers of other countries in the region. The suspension of these taxes for  Sarajevo International Airport is the first in a series of measures in order for Bosnia and Herzegovina to become a tourist leader in the region, which it deserves”, concluded Mr. Čolpa.

Stimulating air travel market by discontinuing passenger taxes will have multiple benefits on local economy, by bringing tourist to the country will create demand for hotel accommodations, restaurants and shopping. Increased tourist arrivals  will signal for new domestic investments in expanding accommodation capacities, creating new jobs in the hotel, rent a car and service industry.

Source: Flying Bosnian

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

✈ Sarajevo Airport open tenders for 2021

Sarajevo Airport terminal and administration building under construction 

Sarajevo Airport is undergoing major development with main terminal building expansion, administrative building construction, parking and road access construction etc.… 

Monday, March 1, 2021

✈ Ryanair plans to resume Banja Luka flights in May

Ryanair has resumed the sales of air tickets for flights to/from Banja Luka to European cities. According to the information available at the moment, if everything goes according to the plan without any lockdowns, Ryanair flights to/from Banja Luka will restart first week of the month May.

After a long break, caused by the coronavirus pandemic, tickets can be purchased again for flights from: Berlin, Brussels-Charleroi, Frankfurt-Hahn, Gothenburg, Memmingen and Vienna.

Resumption of flights to Banja Luka is scheduled as follows:

Currently, Air Serbia is the only airline operating flights to Banja Luka with just one weekly service from Belgrade onboard of 66 seater turboprop ATR-72 aircraft.

Source: Flying Bosnian