✈ Sarajevo Airport opens COVID-19 testing site

Sarajevo International Airport terminal building

Sarajevo International Airport has opened a new COVID-19 testing site. Testing will be available for  passengers, but also for the public in need of fast COVID-19 test. Sarajevo Airport has partnered with Eurofarm polyclinic, to perform antigen and RT-PCR test at the airport grounds. The results of the test will be available in 15-20 minutes for antigen testing, or one and a half hours for PCR test.

The antigen testing will be performed inside the terminal building, while PCR testing will be performed in front of the terminal building where a suitable container is placed for walk in testing.

Sarajevo International Airport COVID-19 testing site

The working hours of testing site at Sarajevo International Airport are aligned with airport opening hours from early morning to late evening (05:00 to 22:00). The cost of PCR testing is 100 KM, while antigen testing costs 45 KM.

This service was introduced in accordance with the requirements and expectations of Sarajevo Airport passengers, making Sarajevo Airport one of the first airports in the region to introduce the benefit of COVID-19 testing at the airport for its passengers which greatly facilitates travel for citizens during the coronavirus pandemic. 

Eurofarm is privately owned Medical Center with diagnostic and treatment services in accordance with the highest world standards by the most eminent experts in the field of medicine, using modern technologies and respecting the fundamental ethical principles on which medical profession is based. The Medical Center is used by many foreign embassies and diplomatic missions in Sarajevo.

Source: Sarajevo Airport and Flying Bosnian

✈Tuzla Airport introduces rapid Covid testing

Tuzla Airport terminal building 

From Friday - January 29, 2021, a "Rapid Covid-19 test center" will be established at Tuzla International Airport, ready for rapid antigen testing of passengers on Covid-19. More information on availability, reservations and other details can be obtained by calling the phone number: 00 387 35 416 601 (available on weekdays from 08:00 to 16:30).

Source: Tuzla International Airport

✈Dubai Air Wing Boeing 747 lands in Sarajevo again!

Second visit of a Boeing 747 to Sarajevo International Airport

Dubai Air Wing 747-400 (reg. A6-HMM) flight from Dubai (DBX) to Sarajevo (SJJ) ON June 05. 2020. The aircraft delivered medical air for Montenegro using Sarajevo Airport as a landing point, since Podgorica airport doesn’t have unloading equipment to handle and service Boeing 747-400 aircraft

Photos by Jasmin L.

Source: Flying Bosnian

✈Tuzla International Airport reopening tomorrow!

Wizz Air is restarting its Tuzla Airport operations beginning tomorrow (June 02, 2020) . All 15 destinations from Tuzla will restart during next 10 days beginning tomorrow, while new Tuzla-Salzburg flights will start on July 02^nd .

Wizz Air destination map from Tuzla

Notice for all passengers traveling from Tuzla Airport:

–Passengers are asked to arrive at the airport at least two hours and fifteen minutes before the scheduled departure time, to have enough time to perform all procedures (registration of passengers and luggage, customs and passport control)

– Passengers are asked to adhere to all preventive measures to prevent the spread of Corona virus

– Access to the terminal building of Tuzla International Airport is possible only for airport staff, crew members, passengers and persons accompanying passengers with reduced mobility who require assistance in registering passengers and luggage

– In order to prevent the spread of Corona virus, passengers are required to maintain a social distance (1.5 meters) and are asked to respect the markings on the floor. It is recommended to wash your hands often for at least 20 seconds with soap and water or use disinfectants. Mandatory wearing of a face mask that needs to be changed every 4 hours during your stay in the terminal building, as well as proper disposal of used masks in non-contact bins available at the airport. .

– Passengers are asked to cover their mouth and nose with a handkerchief or to cover their face with a bent elbow when sneezing or coughing, regardless of wearing masks

– Contact with surfaces and people should be kept to a minimum (electronic check-in, non-contact boarding)

– Use card payment services.

– All passengers will be subjected to a body temperature check before entering the terminal building

– Passengers are asked to leave the airport building immediately when picking up their luggage

– PASSENGERS WHO DO NOT COMPLY WITH EXISTING MEASURES WILL BE REFUSED ACCESS TO THE TERMINAL BUILDING OR THE AIRCRAFT

Source: Tuzla Airport

✈Dubai Air Wing Boeing 747 lands in Sarajevo!

Boeing 747-400 (reg. A6-COM) belonging to the government of Dubai has landed at Sarajevo International Airport today delivering valuable medical aid to Bosnia and Herzegovina including: 40 ventilators, 100.000 corona virus test kits, 25.000 ppe gowns, 150.000 pairs of medical gloves, 150.000 N95 masks, 150.000 disposable surgical masks, 150.000 disposable protective masks, 50.000 visors and 20.000 goggles.

Dubai Air Wing 747-400 at Sarajevo Airport, photos by KLIX

During corona virus pandemic Bosnia and Herzegovina has received medical aid from many countries. Medical aid was delivered via Sarajevo International Airport with large wide body aircraft (very unusual for Bosnian airports to see wide-body aircraft traffic).

Dubai Air Wing 747-400 landing at Sarajevo Airport (video by Amer V.)

During corona virus pandemic Sarajevo International Airport handled following wide body aircraft:

Airline/Operator	Aircraft	Photo
Dubai Air Wing	Boeing 747-400 (A6-COM)
Qatar Airways	Boeing 787-8  (A7-BCC)
Air Asia	Airbus 330-300  (9M-XXK)
Silk Way Airlines	Ilyushin-76TD  (4K-AZ60)
Turkish Air Force	Airbus A-400M  (15-0051)
Austria Air Force	Lockheed C-130 Hercules

Source: Flying Bosnian

✈Sarajevo Airport to reopen on June 02. 2020!

Sarajevo International Airport is scheduled to reopen on June 02. 2020. First flight to land at the airport after two months of closure due to corona virus pandemic is Eurowings flight from Cologne. Regular and charter flights are schedule to resume slowly during June and July.

Schedule of flight resumption:

NOTE:airlines could change the scheduled resumption at any time, please check with your airline for accurate flight schedule!

Due to corona virus pandemic following airlines have cancelled Sarajevo service for this year:

• Aegean Airlines – Athens (ATH) 2 weekly flights
• FlyBosnia – London (LTN) 2 weekly flights
• Flynas – Gassim (ELQ) 3 weekly flights
• Flynas – Jeddah (JED) 5 weekly flights
• Kuwait Airways – Kuwait City (KWI) 3 weekly flights (New service it was supposed to launch on June 9, 2020.)
• Qatar Airways – Doha (DOH) 4 weekly flights cancelled until October 25, 2020.

Source: Flying Bosnian

✈Qatar Airways Boeing 787 lands in Sarajevo!

Qatar Airways Boeing 787 airplane carrying 10 tons of three million Euro worth aid from Qatar for Bosnian healthcare institutions landed at the Sarajevo International Airport on Tuesday (19.05.2020).

Bisera Turkovic, the Foreign Affairs Minister, said the help that arrived from Qatar will be distributed to the hospitals across Bosnia and Herzegovina through pandemic crisis headquarters.

She said Qatar was the only Arab country to send the assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina despite the fact that this country is facing a more complex situation caused by the pandemic, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said.

“The State of Qatar is a true friend of Bosnia and Herzegovina,” said Turkovic, thanking the people and Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, for the help during the difficult times their own country is facing during the coronavirus pandemic.

This is first ever visit of a Boeing 787 aircraft to any Bosnian airport.

Source: N1 (Photos and Video by Klix.ba)

✈ Qatar Airways suspends Sarajevo flights resumption until October

Qatar Airways on Wednesday (06MAY20) filed schedule and inventory changes for its entire network between 01JUN20 and 31AUG20. The following information is based on GDS inventory display based on research by route and date, between 0100GMT and 0700GMT 07MAY20.

As usual, further changes remain possible. In addition to all changes listed below, Qatar Airways will resume codeshare partnership with American Airlines starting 04JUN20, initially covering AA’s domestic US service via Chicago and Dallas/Ft. Worth. Planned codeshare routes will be covered in separate post.

Reservation for following routes not available 01JUN20 – 31AUG20:

Doha – Hanoi

Doha – Isfahan

Doha – Kigali (3 weekly nonstop terminator service originally scheduled from 02JUL20)

Doha – Kilimanjaro

Doha – Sulaymaniyah

Planned resumption from the week of 25OCT20 (Schedule removed for summer season):

Doha – Adana

Doha – Adelaide

Doha – Ankara

Doha – Atlanta

Doha – Auckland

Doha – Birmingham

Doha – Bucharest

Doha – Cardiff

Doha – Chengdu

Doha – Chongqing

Doha – Clark

Doha – Clark – Davao – Doha

Doha – Da Nang

Doha – Djibouti

Doha – Djibouti – Mogadishu

Doha – Faisalabad

Doha – Gothenburg

Doha – Hangzhou

Doha – Helsinki

Doha – Houston (reservation closed 01JUN20 – 24OCT20)

Doha – Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen

Doha – Izmir

Doha – Kyiv Borispil

Doha – London Gatwick

Doha – Malta

Doha – Marrakech – Rabat – Doha

Doha – Miami

Doha – Mombasa

Doha – Multan

Doha – Nice

Doha – Penang – Langkawi

Doha – Peshawar

Doha – Philadelphia

Doha – Pisa

Doha – St. Petersburg

Doha – Sarajevo

Doha – Skopje

Doha – Sofia

Doha – Thessaloniki

Doha – Tokyo Haneda

Doha – Venice

Doha – Yangon

Ho Chi Minh City – Phnom Penh (reservation closed for Phnom Penh 01JUN20 – 24OCT20)

Johannesburg – Gaborone

Sao Paulo Guarulhos – Buenos Aires Ezeiza

Sydney – Canberra

Following planned summer seasonal routes cancelled in 2020:

Doha – Antalya

Doha – Bodrum

Doha – Malaga

Doha – Mykonos

Following planned new or resumed routes cancelled, with no new launch date filed:

Doha – Almaty Previously planned 2 weekly A320 from 02JUL20 cancelled

Doha – Dubrovnik Previously reported, planned new seasonal 5 weekly A320 from 01JUL20 cancelled

Doha – Lyon Previously planned 4-5 weekly 787-8 from 25JUN20 (4 weekly 25JUN20 – 06JUL20) cancelled

Doha – Nur-Sultan Previously planned 2 weekly A320 from 30JUN20 canceled

Doha – Osaka Kansai Previously reported, planned 1 daily A350-900XWB cancelled

Doha – Thira Previously planned new seasonal 3 weekly A320 from 01JUL20 cancelled

Doha – Trabzon Previously reported, planned new seasonal 3 weekly A320 from 03JUN20 cancelled

Source: Routes Online

✈Photo gallery of very unusual airlines and aircraft at Bosnian airports!

Photo gallery of very unusual airlines and aircraft at Bosnian airports during corona virus pandemic.

Bosnia and Herzegovina Special-Rescue-Readmission-Cargo-Medical Flights during COVID-19 Pandemic

Photo by Anur @sjj.aviation Air Asia A330-300  at Sarajevo Airport	Photo by Anur @sjj.aviation Air Asia A330-300  at Sarajevo Airport
Photo by Anur @sjj.aviation Air Asia A330-300  at Sarajevo Airport	Photo by David Segic Ethiopian Airlines  Boeing  777-200 at Banja Luka
Photo by Klix  FlyBosnia A319 at Sarajevo	Photo by Klix FlyBosnia A319 at Sarajevo
Photo by Klix FlyBosnia A319 at Sarajevo	Photo by Klix FlyBosnia A319 at Sarajevo
Photo by ? Hungarian Air Force A319 at Banjaluka	Photo by ? Hungarian Air Force A319 at Banjaluka
Photo by Nedim @approach.sarajevo Jazeera Airways A320NEO at Sarajevo	Photo by  Damir Dzubur @sa_spotter Lufthansa A320NEO at Sarajevo
Photo by Sarajevo Airport Montenegro Airlines ERJ-195 at Sarajevo	Photo by Sarajevo Airport Montenegro Airlines ERJ-195 at Sarajevo
Photo by David Segic Russian Air Force Ilyushin 76D at Banjaluka	Photo by Klix Silk Way Airlines Ilyushin 76D at Sarajevo
Photo by Klix Silk Way Airlines Ilyushin 76D at Sarajevo	Photo by Damir Dzubur @sa_spotter Silk Way Airlines Ilyushin 76D at Sarajevo
Photo by  US Embassy Sarajevo @usembassybih Turkish Air Force Airbus 400M at Sarajevo	Photo by  US Embassy Sarajevo @usembassybih Turkish Air Force Airbus 400M at Sarajevo
Photo by US Embassy Sarajevo @usembassybih Turkish Air Force Airbus 400M at Sarajevo	Photo by US Embassy Sarajevo @usembassybih Turkish Air Force Airbus 400M at Sarajevo
Photo by US Embassy Sarajevo @usembassybih US Air Force  C-130 Hercules at Sarajevo	Photo by Jasmin Lokmic  @jalelock Austrian Air Force C-130 Hercules at Sarajevo

Source: Flying Bosnian