✈Norwegian Air to launch Copenhagen-Sarajevo flights

Norwegian Air is launching flights between Copenhagen and Sarajevo beginning May 3. Flights are scheduled to operate twice per week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays until October 25. with Boeing 737-MAX8 aircraft offering 189 seats. The airline will operate a total of 51 flights each way, offering 19.278 seats (round trip). Copenhagen is third destination for Sarajevo  served by Norwegian Air, the airline operates flights from Stockholm and Oslo. During the peak summer months Norwegian Air will offer six weekly flights out of Sarajevo (Copenhagen 2x weekly, Oslo 2x weekly and Stockholm 2x weekly). During the summer season Copenhagen and Sarajevo will be served by two airlines (Scandinavian Airlines and Norwegian Air), offering four flights per week, two weekly flights by each airline.

Source: Zahid Krkić

✈BHDCA approves operations of Boeing 737MAX aircraft

Bosnia and Herzegovina Directorate of Civil Aviation (BHDCA) has approved operation of Boeing 737-8 MAX and 737-9 MAX types of aircraft in the airspace of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In accordance with Article 73 of the Aviation Law of BIH (Official Gazette of BiH 39/09 and 25/18) and Article 51 of the Rulebook on oversight in civil aviation (Official Gazette of BiH 22/16, 24/18, 55/18 and 5/19), as well as EASA Safety Directive No 2021-01, the Bosnia and Herzegovina Directorate of Civil Aviation has issued a safety directive allowing Boeing 737-8 MAX and Boeing 737-9 MAX aircraft to conduct commercial air transport operations over and above the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Before conducting the first commercial air transport flight by means of such aircraft over and above the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the aircraft operator shall meet certain conditions specified in the safety directive, in accordance with the elements contained in the directives of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

Please note that in March 2019, after EASA and other countries had done so, the BHDCA also passed a safety directive which suspended flight operations of Boeing 737-8 MAX and Boeing 737-9 MAX aircraft over and above the territory of BIH, on the occasion of two aircraft accidents involving these aircraft types.

Source: BHDCA