✈FlyBosnia receives Bosnian Air Operator's Certificate

FlyBosnia, the new Bosnian airline, today announces it has obtained its air operator’s certificate (AOC). The first scheduled flights will take off in mid-April 2018 and the ticket sale will start soon.

“We are pleased to announce that on 11 January 2019 we received the Air Operator Certificate (AOC), authorising FLYBOSNIA to perform commercial air operations. This is the final stage in the approval process which allows FLYBOSNIA to start commercial flying.” said FlyBosnia in its tweeter post 

Mandatory for all airlines, the air operator’s certificate has been provided by Bosnia and Herzegovina Directorate for Civil Aviation (BHDCA), the body in charge of the supervision and the regulation of airline transport in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The air operator’s certificate demonstrates the capacity of the airline to guarantee safe and responsible airline transport.

Source: Flying Bosnian

✈FlyBosnia has submitted a request for Bosnian AOC

After last week announcement about the newly founded airline company FlyBosnia (owned by Al Shiddi Group), we tried to find out more information about the plans of the company. We contacted Bosnia and Herzegovina Directorate of Civil Aviation (BHDCA) for more information.

Spokesman for Bosnia and Herzegovina Directorate of Civil Aviation, Mr. Aleksandar Lalovic confirmed to the portal Akta.ba that FlyBosnia has submitted a Request for Air Operator Certificates.

"The Directorate for Civil Aviation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHDCA) received the Request for Air Operator Certificate from FlyBosnia on November 13, 2017. According to the law of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BHDCA will carry out an analysis of the submitted documentation and an assessment of the company for meeting the conditions for obtaining Air Operator Certificate (AOC) ", confirmed Lalovic.

We also learn that Haris Čoloman, a former manager of Bosnian Wand Airlines, was appointed as a company director, who forwarded all our questions to the company’s official PR agency, Foto Art.The PR agency issued following statement:

"We will organize a press conference, presenting FlyBosnia to the public in more detail. At this moment we can confirm that FlyBosnia is a company that wants to connect Sarajevo and Bosnia and Herzegovina with the rest of the world. Since the company is registering and developing business plans in accordance with Bosnian aviation law, we are not able to provide any more information now. We can confirm that FlyBosnia is recruiting new cabin crew members (through employment agency Posao.ba). On FlyBosnia website, which is under construction, you will have the opportunity to find out more information soon" the PR agency said.

Source: Akta.ba