✈Tuzla Airport statistics for 2021

Last month Tuzla  Airport recorded 25.486 passengers, representing an  increase of 104% or 13.013 passengers more when compared to the same month of 2020. Last month airport recorded 251 aircraft operations, also airport processed 3.800 kilograms of cargo.

During 2021 airport handled a total of  299.012 passengers, representing an increase of 31% or 70.587 passengers more when compared to the year before. When compared to pre-pandemic year of 2019,  passenger traffic is 50% down or 294.071  passengers less.

Source: Flying Bosnian and Tuzla Airport

✈Tuzla Airport statistics for November 2021

Last month Tuzla Airport recorded 21.600 passengers, representing an increase of 127% when compared to the same month of 2020. The airport was 39% (or 13.884 passengers) down compared to pre-pandemic November in 2019. The January-November period airport handled 273.526 passengers, representing an increase of 27% when compared to the same time of the last year. Passenger’s traffic is 50% down compared to record 2019 when Tuzla Airport handled 593.083 passengers.

✈Sarajevo Airport statistics for November 2021

Last month Sarajevo Airport recorded 61.989 passengers, representing an increase of 314% when compared to the same month of 2020. The airport was only 8% (or 5.369 passengers) down compared to pre-pandemic October in 2019. The January-October period airport handled 696.934 passengers, representing an increase of 195% when compared to the same time of the last year. Passenger’s traffic is 35% down compared to record 2019 when Sarajevo Airport handled 1.143.680 passengers.

✈Bosnia and Herzegovina air traffic report for October 2021

During the month of October Bosnia and Herzegovina recorded 137.777 passengers going through its four international airports. Sarajevo Airport recorded 84.462, followed by Tuzla with 35.027, Banja Luka 17.964, and Mostar with 324 passengers. When compared to pre-pandemic October of 2019, Bosnia and Herzegovina recorded 17% passengers decrease. Year to date, the country has recorded 993.202 passengers, representing 59% of 2019 passengers traffic.

2021	2019 vs. 2021

Source: Flying Bosnian and BHDCA

✈ Sarajevo Airport terminal construction photo update

The work on Sarajevo Airport terminal building expansion is in its final stage. New building will provide approximately 10.000 square meters of space on four floors with capacity to handle 2 million passengers per year. Estimated value of the investment is 38,5 million Bosnian Marks or 20 million Euros.

The new terminal building will feature:

• 30 Check in desks
• 10 passport control desks
• 9 boarding gates
• 3 air bridges
• optimized and improved baggage handling system
• enlarged restaurants and shopping area
• covered front of the terminal building for convenient passengers drop off and pick up
• improved, automated, and enlarged car parking area 

The next major project for Sarajevo Airport modernization includes the expansion of the main apron, construction of rapid taxiways, and the overhaul of the runway and taxiways. With rapid passenger growth, after terminal expansion priority is  to expand the platform for aircraft parking, which will provide three additional parking spaces for  medium size airplanes (Airbus 320 or Boeing 737 family). This project is valued at 11 million Euros.

Italian company Tecno Engineering was chosen to carry out work on  drafting  the reconstruction project. Tecno Engineering has extensive experience in airport construction and carried out work at Mostar Airport in 2014. It has partnered up with the Mostar-based companies Ecoplan and Integram for the Sarajevo Airport project. Sarajevo Airport  runway was last upgraded in 1998. During that time the airport was closed for two weeks while work was being performed with all traffic being moved to Tuzla Airport.

Source: Flying Bosnian

✈Sarajevo Airport statistics for October 2021

Last month Sarajevo Airport recorded 84.462 passengers, representing an increase of 294% when compared to the same month of 2020. The airport was only 11% (or 11.166 passengers) down compared to pre-pandemic October in 2019. The January-October period airport handled 634.945 passengers, representing an increase of 187% when compared to the same time of the last year. Passenger’s traffic is 37% down compared to record 2019 when Sarajevo Airport handled 1.143.680 passengers. 

Source: Flying Bosnian and Sarajevo Airport

✈Tuzla Airport statistics for September 2021

Last month Tuzla Airport recorded 32.960 passengers using the airport, representing an increase of 69% when compared to the same month of the last year. When compared to pre-pandemic traffic (September of 2019) the airport was 41% down for the month, and 53% down for the year. This year Tuzla Airport is excepting to handle 300.000 passengers.  

✈Sarajevo Airport statistics for August 2021

 

✈ Sarajevo Airport is ready for very busy July

The month of July, Sarajevo Airport will see a total of 1.425 flights (712 arriving and 713 departing flights). Three new airlines will launch Sarajevo flights during July: Kuwait Airways, Jazeera Airways and Gulf Air. Destinations in Gulf region will see large number of flights during the month of July with record number of destinations served in Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Qatar. Total of 120 round trip weekly flights are scheduled between Sarajevo and Gulf destinations during the month of July.

Norwegian Air will mark its return to Sarajevo after 15 months of absence due to the pandemic. Norwegian Air will operate two weekly flights between Stockholm Arlanda and Sarajevo until the end of summer flight schedule. During the month of July Sarajevo Airport will be served by 19 airlines on 32 destinations with approximately 220.000 seats on offer.

Sarajevo Airport - Destination Map - Europe

Sarajevo Airport - Destination Map - Asia and Afrika

Source: Flying Bosnian

✈Sarajevo Airport statistics for May 2021

Source: Flying Bosnian and Sarajevo Airport

✈Sarajevo Airport terminal expansion-photo update

Source: Flying Bosnian

✈Jazeera Airways to launch Sarajevo flights

Jazeera Airways will launch Kuwait-Sarajevo flights from June 29, 2021. Flights are scheduled to operate four times weekly until the end of October. The airline initially planned to operate two weekly flights, but due to high demand has increased it to four weekly. Most of the flights for July are already sold out, signaling most likely daily flights in August. Flights will operate with airline’s new Airbus 320neo aircraft.

Source: Flying Bosnian

✈ Wizz Air inaugural flight Copenhagen - Sarajevo

Sarajevo Airport - Terminal Building under construction

Sarajevo International Airport, Wizz Air inaugural flight Sarajevo-Copenhagen-Sarajevo, May 22, 2021.

	Wizz Air inaugural flight  Copenhagen ✈ Sarajevo  May 22, 2021.  Photos by Mirza

 

Source: Flying Bosnian