✈ Hungary will subsidise Budapest-Sarajevo flights

New routes from Budapest

The Hungarian National Development Ministry has published a tender for interested airlines to operate flights from Budapest to: Sarajevo, Skopje, Pristina, Podgorica and Tirana. Flights will be subsidized by Hungarian government. All carriers holding AOC registered within the European Union are eligible to apply for the subsidies. According to tender procedure May 19th is the deadline to submit an application, by July 15th airline operating flights will be chosen. 

Airlines willing to take part in tender procedure have to fulfill following:

• minimum 2 return flights per week
• aircraft must have minimum 30 seats
• aircraft can’t be older than 8 years
• minimum one Hungarian speaking flight attendant

Most likely Wizz Air will be the airline operating the flights, since the airline has large presence in the region, and its low cost model is most suitable for this type of flights.

Detailed information on tender procedure of scheduled air services from Budapest to five Western Balkan countries can be found by visiting: 

(Hungarian National Development Ministry)

✈Possible Wizz Air flights from Sarajevo and Mostar!

There is great interest in the establishment of flights between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Hungary, which would lead to a significant cooperation in the field of tourism and better economic cooperation between the two countries. Hungarian government offered  subsidies for Budapest-Sarajevo-Budapest flights,  expressing their willingness to support the sustainability of the line.

“After Tuzla, which remains our headquarters in Bosnia and Herzegovina, we intend to establish flights from Sarajevo, which is a very important destination for us. After that, we are also interested in investing in the Sarajevo Airport,” explained the Director of Wizz Air, József Ujhelyi, at a meeting with the Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mr. Saša Dalipagić that was held yesterday in Sarajevo.

In addition to airports in Tuzla and Sarajevo,  Wizz Air intends to increase its presence on the Bosnian market in the future, which would mean their expansion to  Mostar International Airport as well.

Possible Wizz Air routes from Sarajevo are: Budapest, Copenhagen, Stockholm and destinations in Germany.

Source: FlyingBosnian and akta.ba

✈Underserved markets from Sarajevo

According to airline network news analysis (anna-aero) underserved markets from Sarajevo are: