✈ Ljubljana-Sarajevo air transport statistics for 2019

During 2019 Adria Airways transported a total of 21.975 passengers between Ljubljana and Sarajevo, representing a decrease of 0,87% or 194 passengers less. Due to bankruptcy the airline operated its last flight between Ljubljana and Sarajevo on September 15^th, 2019. after operating the route for 22 years. Currently there is no air link between Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Source: Flying Bosnian

✈Sarajevo Airport 2020 summer timetable news

• Adria Airways went bankrupt in September of 2019 and ceased all operation. The airline operated daily flights to Sarajevo with Bombardier CRJ-900 Aircraft. During 2019 Adria Airways transported 21.795 passengers between Ljubljana and Sarajevo. With Adria Airways bankruptcy Bosnia-Herzegovina has lost its only air link with Slovenia.
• Greek airline Aegean Airlines is boosting its number of flights from Athens to Sarajevo when compared to the last year when the airline introduced first ever scheduled air service between Greek and Bosnian capital cities. Aegean Airlines will run a total of 40 round-trip flights between two cities from May 26th to October 8th, representing an increase of 42% or 12 round-trip flights more when compared to the last year.
• Air Serbia will be operating early morning flight on Thursday’s offering connection to its Belgrade-New York flight. The airline will be using leased Bombardier CRJ-1000 aircraft offering 100 seats (an increase of 34 seats when compared to usual ATR-72 that Air Serbia operates on Belgrade-Sarajevo route).
• Croatia Airlines is increasing Zagreb-Sarajevo service, from 13 weekly to 14 weekly, all flights are scheduled to operate with Bombardier Dash 8-400 aircraft. With this increase Croatia Airlines will offer a total of 418 round-trip flights between Zagreb and Sarajevo, representing an increase of 5% or 20 round-trip flights more, adding additional 3.040 seats when compared to the same time of the last year.
• Air Arabia is slightly decreasing number of flights from Sharjah to Sarajevo, from last year’s 143 round-trip flights to this year 135. Reduction will result in 2.592 seats less on offer when compared to the summer of 2019.
• FlyBosnia will be operating majority of charter flights out of Sarajevo this summer with flights being reserved by Bosnian travel agencies, securing solid and safe earning for the airline. FlyBosnia will operate charter flights to Antalya in Turkey (daily flights), Hurgada in Egypt and Monastir in Tunisia. FlyBosnia will maintain scheduled regular flights from Sarajevo to: Riyadh (3x weekly), Jeddah (2x weekly), Grasim (2x weekly), Kuwait City (2 x weekly),  Rome via Mostar (2x weekly) and London (2 weekly). During April-October the airline is offering around 100.000 seats on its flights from Sarajevo and Mostar.
• The largest reductions of flights in summer timetable will be by Flydubai on its service from Dubai to Sarajevo. Due to the fleet shortage caused by grounding of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft Flydubai is reducing Sarajevo service from last year’s three daily flights to this year’s one daily. Last year Flydubai operated a total of 332 round-trip flights, while this year the airline has scheduled 181 round-trip flight. Seats offered are down from 115.536 to 62.988, a decrease of 45% or 52.548 seats less.
• For upcoming summer season Saudi low-cost airline flynas is expanding Sarajevo network by introducing one more destination from Saudi Arabia to Sarajevo. Flights from Gassim (Qassim) to Sarajevo will be introduced on May 25th with three weekly services on board of Airbus 320 aircraft with capacity to seat 164 passengers. For the 2020 summer season flynas is adding additional flights from both, Riyadh and Jeddah (when compared to the last summer). Flights are starting in May and extending to the end of September. Riyadh-Sarajevo flights will be operated six times weekly from May 19th to September 5th, while Jeddah-Sarajevo flights will be operated five times weekly from May 19th to September 5th and then three weekly  from September 6th to September 30th. For summer 2020 Flynas is offering a total of 74.456 seats, representing an increase of 161% or 45.920 seats more.
•  Kuwait Airways has scheduled Kuwait City - Sarajevo flights beginning June 9th. Flights are scheduled to operate from June 9th  to September 12th , three times weekly with brand new Airbus 320NEO aircraft offering 134 seats (122 economy and 12 in business class seating configuration). Kuwait Airways is offering a total of 11.256 seats in both directions between Kuwait City and Sarajevo.
• Lufthansa is introducing second daily Munich-Sarajevo service. Second daily flight LH1742 will be leaving Munich at 21:30, arriving in Sarajevo at 22:50. Returning flight LH1743 is next day, early morning, leaving Sarajevo at 06:30, arriving in Munich at 07:55. This flight will enable many connections to Lufthansa’s worldwide network, making Sarajevo and Lufthansa’s world network reachable with only one stop in Munich! All flights will operate with Airbus 320 aircraft.
• Swiss Air is discontinuing its two weekly summer seasonal flights between Zurich and Sarajevo  

Detailed schedule by the airlines and seats offered will be published in coming days for all for international airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Source: Flying Bosnian

✈Sarajevo Airport strong start for summer

Airlines lineup at Sarajevo Int. Airport

With the beginning of Summer schedule of flights (which have started on March 31), Sarajevo Airport is already seeing stronger demand when compared to same period of the last year. Airlines are using larger aircraft on its flights to Sarajevo (Adria Airways is using A319 instead of CRJ-700/900, Austrian Airlines is using Airbus 320 and much larger 321, Swiss is using A220-300 with capacity to accommodate 145 passengers, and on some days A320, Next week Qatar Airways is using A321). For the first 11 days of the month airport serviced a total of 152 arriving and 152 departing commercial flights (total 304 commercial passengers flights). During the first 11 days of the month total number of seats offered on both arrivals and departures was 44.354. According to airlines timetable total of 120.000 seats are offered during this month to/from Sarajevo, but with increased demand airlines are adjusting to larger aircraft, this will add more seats then planed 120.000. My projection: Sarajevo Airport will handle 90.000 passengers in April.

Sarajevo Airport flight timetable for the week of April 11-18

Flightradar24  is showing FlyBosnia flights to: Riyadh (RUH), Rome (FCO), Moscow (SVO), Frankfurt (FRA) and London (LGW) but no flights are scheduled or being sold on the airlines website. The airline is very active on social media but no announcements of any sort about the possible launch date and destinations. If they were counting on Bosnian diaspora as they were saying then this summer for them is lost. For Bosnian family living in USA, Canada, Australia or even Europe, It takes months for family to arrange their vacation with their employers, airline tickets, hotels, rent a cars etc… Hopefully FlyBosnia won’t be yet another filed airline project.

Flightradar24 destinations from Sarajevo (04/11/2019)

Source: Flying Bosnian