✈Banja Luka Airport Winter 2020-21

 

Banja Luka International Airport terminal building and control tower

➤With the beginning of Winter timetable on Sunday October 25, Banja Luka Airport will see major flight reductions when compared to the same time of the last year. Air Serbia will operate two weekly flights from Belgrade while Ryanair will scale back its operations to Banja Luka from last year’s 5 destinations to only one this coming winter season. 

➤Single destination Ryanair plans to operate to Banja Luka during upcoming winter timetable is new two weekly service from Gothenburg, beginning October 25.2020. 

➤Ryanair will delay the launch of new flights from Vienna to Banja Luka until March 29, while its planned new route from Milan-Bergamo has been cancelled altogether.

➤Ryanair is pushing back the resumption of most of its flights to Banja Luka until spring of 2021.

➤Following routes are suspended until Summer timetable 2021. (changes to the schedules are likely possible due to uncertainty with coronavirus pandemic and borders opening and closing on short notice).

Ryanair Banja Luka flight resumption schedule

ROUTE	RESUMPTION DATE	DAYS (flights operate)
1) Berlin Brandenburg - Banja Luka	28.03.2021.	--3---7
2) Brussels Charleroi - Banja Luka	Not published yet	-------
3) Frankfurt Hahn- Banja Luka	29.03.2021.	1---5--
4) Memmingen – Banja Luka	30.03.2021.	-2---6-
5) Milan Bergamo – Banja Luka	CANCELLED	CANCELLED
6) Stockholm Skavsta – Banja Luka	CANCELLED	CANCELLED
7) Vienna – Banja Luka	29.03.2021	1---5--

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Source: Flying Bosnian

✈Air Serbia to reduce Banja Luka flights

During winter timetable Banja Luka airport will be connected to Belgrade with two flights per week. Compared to last winter Air Serbia will reduce its service between Belgrade and Banja Luka from three flights per week to just two weekly flights. Even though flights are subsidized by local government the demand for the flights is very low. Air Serbia used to fly daily from its hub at Belgrade Airport to Banja Luka, reducing flights to five per week during last year, to three weekly last winter and now to just two flights per week.

Winter timetable Belgrade-Banja Luka

JU102    BEG-BNX	13:50-14:45	-2----7	ATR-72
JU103    BNX-BEG	15:15-16:05	-2----7	ATR-72

Source: Flying Bosnian

✈ Banjaluka-Belgrade January-July air traffic report

Air Serbia ATR-72 at Zagreb Airport, photo by Flying Bosnian

Air Serbia is the only scheduled airline operating from/to Banjaluka International Airport. The airline maintains 5 weekly flights from Belgrade during summer and 3 weekly flights during winter timetable. In first seven months of the year, Air Serbia transported total of 11.430 passengers on 250 flights to and from Banjaluka airport. Aircraft used on this route is ATR-72 with capacity to seat 66 passengers. On days when ATR-72 is not available the airline is sending Boeing 737-300, which is very seldom. Following table is showing flights and cabin load factor calculated for ATR-72 aircraft.

Air Serbia Banjaluka-Belgrade-Banjaluka passenger statistics

Month 2016	Total transported PAX	Total Departing PAX	Total Arriving PAX	Total number of flights	Average number of PAX per flight	Average CLF
January	1.105	597	508	26	43	65,15%
February	875	455	420	22	40	60,60%
March	1.310	678	632	32	41	62,12%
April	1.425	643	782	38	38	57,57%
May	2.058	1.024	1.034	44	47	71,21%
June	2.008	938	1.070	44	46	69,69%
July	2.649	1.277	1.372	44	60	90,90%
TOTAL Jan-Jul 2016	11.430	5.612	5.818	250	46	69,69%

PAX-Passenger

CLF-Cabin Load Factor

✈ Air Serbia performance at Banja Luka International Airport

Air Serbia is the only airline operating to/from Banja Luka International Airport with five weekly flights from Belgrade using ATR-72 aircraft with 66 seats. Four weekly flights were introduced with the beginning of summer time table on March 27^th, additional fifth weekly flight started on April 20^th and will last until October 29, when flights will go back to three weekly. With the beginning of Air Serbia’s flights to New York on June 23^rd, number of passengers on flight to and from Banja Luka should improve too.

Month 2016	Total transported PAX	Total  Departing  PAX	Total Arriving PAX	Total number of flights	Average number of PAX per flight	Average CLF
January	1.105	597	508	26	43	65,15%
February	875	455	420	22	40	60,60%
March	1.310	678	632	32	41	62,12%
April	1.425	643	782	38	38	57,57%
TOTAL Jan-Apr 2016	4.715	2.373	2.342	118	40	60,60%

PAX- passengers / CLF-cabin load factor

✈Record breaking ATR-72 flight from Mostar Int. Airport

 

Danish airline Alsie Express operated one of the longest ATR-72 flights. September 01.2015. Flight MMD 6586 from Billund (BLL) in Denmark to Mostar (OMO), distance 1519 km, operated with ATR-72, registration number (OY-CLZ) with 48 seats, all in business class layout. The flight is booked by travel agency for tourist from Denmark visiting Herzegovina.  Previous record for scheduled ATR-72 flight was, BH Airlines flight from Sarajevo to Copenhagen, distance 1373 km. During month of September Alsie Express will operate flights to Mostar with same aircraft type on following days:

Billund (BLL) - Mostar (OMO)

September-01,05,06,08,12,13

Photos of the airplane at Mostar Airport after landing from Billund----> 

Source: FlyingBosnian

✈Air Serbia is reducing flights to Banja Luka

Banja Luka International Airport (BNX)

Air Serbia is reducing flights from Belgrade to Banja Luka to three times per week from November 01. 2015. All flights are scheduled to operate with 66 seats ATR-72 aircraft. Air Serbia is the only airline flying to Banja Luka after BH Airlines ceased all operations in July of this year. BH Airlines operated four times per week flights to Zurich and seasonal charter flights to Tivat. As a result of BH Airlines ceasing operation, Banja Luka International airport recorded decrease of 18,37% in passengers handled. In the first seven months of the year 13.393 passengers used the airport, while same time last year number of passengers was 14.837. Banja Luka is second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina with population of 200.000. The city and whole northwest region of Bosnia could benefit from low cost airlines with flights to places with large concentration of people from this region such as Scandinavia, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In the past many talks were held with numerous airlines, but due to incompetent airport management such plans never realized.  

Flight schedule from 01/11/2015. to 26/03/2016.

Route	Flight number	Departing	Arriving	Days of operation
BEG-BNX	JU 102	13:30	14:24	TUE,THU,FRI
BNX-BEG	JU 103	15:00	15:50	TUE,THU,FRI

Source: FlyingBosnian