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Tuesday, January 7, 2025

✈ Sarajevo Airport records over 1,8 million passengers in 2024

During last year Sarajevo Airport handled 1.821.762 passengers, representing an increase of 34%.The airport recorded 16.836 aircraft operations, representing an increase of 21%. Last year the airport handled 3.165 tons of cargo, representing an increase of  14%.

Last year Sarajevo Airport marked the arrival of Ryanair with six new routes, Scandinavian Airlines from Copenhagen, Aegean Airlines from Athens, SunExpress Airlines from Antalya and Izmir. Compared to the year before Sarajevo Airport added an additional 459.755 passengers. With announcement of new routes by Ryanair and increased frequencies by Eurowings, Lufthansa LOT Polish Airlines, Swiss Air Lines, Sarajevo Airport will break another record this year by handling over two million passengers.

Source: Zahid Krkić and Sarajevo Airport


Monday, January 6, 2025

✈ Ryanair to introduce four new routes from Sarajevo

Ryanair will introduce four new routes from Sarajevo International Airport at the beginning of summer flight schedule. The airline will introduce flights to Girona in Spain, Paris-Beauvais in France and Düsseldorf Weeze and Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden in Germany. Sarajevo Tourist Board will hold a press conference on Thursday, January 9th at 09:30 to introduce new flights. All new routes are scheduled to begin in April, operating twice per week. With the addition of four new routes, Ryanair network from Sarajevo will rise to 11 destinations in eight European countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom)

Source: Zahid Krkić

✈ Ryanair to grow Sarajevo frequencies

By the end of this month Ryanair will announce new routes from Sarajevo. The airline will introduce at least three new routes, bringing Sarajevo route network to ten. When compared to the same time of last year, Ryanair will increase its Sarajevo flights as follows:

  • Milan Bergamo (BGY) will increase from 2 weekly flights last year, to 5 weekly flights during April and May, and 4 weekly flights for the rest of summer schedule.
  • Brussels Charleroi (CRL) will increase from 2 weekly flights last year to 3 weekly flights this year.
  • Gothenburg (GOT) will increase from 2 weekly flights last year to 3 weekly flights this year.
  • Stockholm Arlanda (ARN) is Ryanair’s new destination from Sarajevo with 2 flights a week.
  • Flights to Thessaloniki (SKG) will start a month earlier, beginning June 2nd. 

During the 2024. summer schedule, Ryanair had 13 weekly departures from Sarajevo, while this year the figure will rise to 19 weekly departures.

Source: Zahid Krkić