✈ 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

✈ Air Asia Airbus 330-300 visits Sarajevo Airport!

First time ever direct flight from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia to Sarajevo was operated by Air Asia on April 15, 2020. Air Asia Airbus 330-300 with registration 9M-XXK brought 10 metric tons of medical supplies donated to people of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the government of Malaysia to help fight corona virus pandemic. The flight from Kuala Lumpur to Sarajevo took 12 hours and 25 minutes covering distance of 9.268 kilometres.  

Air Asia Airbus 330-300 at Sarajevo Airport (video by Amer V.)

Source: Flying Bosnian and Sarajevo Airport

✈Sarajevo-Amsterdam rescue flight on April 9th!

Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs is organizing a rescue flight for its citizens On Thursday April 9, 2020. a flight will take place from Sarajevo to Amsterdam. The stranded Dutch people in Bosnia and Herzegovina wishing to return to the Netherlands can signed up on the government’s  website for Special Assistance Buitenland (www.bijzonderebijstandbuitenland.nl). 

The cost of the journey is EUR 300 per passenger. You need a valid travel document.

Flight will be operated by TUI fly Netherlands with Boeing 737-800 aircraft

Source:Flying Bosnian

✈Turkey delivers medical aid to the Balkans

On Wednesday (April 8, 2020) Turkey delivered medical supplies to five Balkan countries to help fight the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Surgical masks, personal protection equipment (PPE) and COVID-19 test kits prepared by Turkey’s Health Ministry have been delivered to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Kosovo at the instructions of Turkish President Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

A Turkish military cargo aircraft an Airbus A-400M departed from the capital Ankara early Wednesday to carry aid to the Balkan countries to help them fight the outbreak.Turkey previously sent medical aid to Italy and Spain, the countries in Europe worst hit by the virus.

NATO HQ Sarajevo Chief J5, LTC Hikmet Unal was a part of the delegation that welcomed the Republic of Turkey A-400M cargo plane which delivered assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina today. The aircraft was welcomed by HE Ambassador of Turkey to BiH Haldun Koç and Bosnia and Herzegovina Minister of Security Fahrudin Radončić. Although being stricken with COVID-19 itself, Turkey, a NATO member, has demonstrated solidarity and its humanitarian capacity to assist Bosnia and Herzegovina in fighting the pandemic.

Source: Flying Bosnian (Photos by Klix and Sarajevo Airport)

✈Sarajevo-London rescue flight on April 9th!

The United States government  is arranging a repatriation flight from Sarajevo to London Heathrow with Montenegro Airlines on Thursday 9 April, departing at 09.00. The flight is being organized on a commercial basis and British citizens can also book seats (price is set at 520 euros subject to demand)

Reservations are possible by contacting Globtour directly on:

📧 Embassy.Travel@globtour.ba or

☎️ +387-62-749-408 or +387-62-330-826.

The final manifest is due on Tuesday 7 April at 12.00 and it might not be possible to get tickets after that so act fast if you want to take advantage.

Please do not contact the British Embassy directly to reserve a seat as we will not be able to take your booking.

Source: British Embassy Sarajevo

✈FlyBosnia Rome-Sarajevo rescue flight!

On March 27th, FlyBosnia operated a rescue flight from Rome to Sarajevo on behalf of Bosnian Government, bringing stranded Bosnian citizens back home from Italy. Bosnia and Herzegovina Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the repatriation of Bosnian citizens from Italy was successfully implemented for the first time in history at the initiative of Bosnia and Herzegovina Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bisera Turković.

Bosnian citizens were successfully returned to our country after being “stuck” in Italy during a coronavirus pandemic, and a decision to return them home was made by the Bosnian Government. Flight price of 50.000 Bosnian Marks (€25.000) was paid by the Government. Most of the 47 passengers on the flight were minors who were in Italy due to the sporting event, but due to majority of flights from Italy being canceled they could not make it back home to Bosnia. It was urgent and necessary to  bring the minors back home and unite them with their families. In this case the Government did the right thing in protecting its citizens and helped when help was really needed.

47 Bosnian citizens flew directly from Rome to Sarajevo, all passengers and airline stuff were dressed in personal protective suits and were required to wear masks and gloves. The airplane was completely disinfected according to the World Health Organization procedures.

Source: Flying Bosnian

✈Bosnian Airports temporarily closed as of today!

The Bosnian government has decided to temporarily close all four international  airports in the country for passenger travel from March 30. due to coronavirus pandemic.

“Airports will be closed for all passenger traffic from March 30. The reason airports stayed opened until yesterday is due to many Bosnian citizens returning home after being stuck around the world airports due to coronavirus pandemic and for delivery of the equipment that will help Bosnia and Herzegovina in the fight against the coronavirus,” Bosnian prime minister Zoran Tegeltija said. After March 30tt  the airports will remain open for cargo and medical flights only, he added.

Closed Airports:

• Banja Luka International Airport (BNX)
• Mostar International Airport (OMO)
• Sarajevo International Airport (SJJ)
• Tuzla International Airport (TZL)

Bosnian Government also amended the decision on the conditions for entry of foreign citizens into Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to this amendment, all foreign citizens are barred from entering the country unless they are diplomats or medical staff or foreign staff that will work in Bosnia on mitigating the coronavirus pandemic. 

If you are foreign citizen currently in Bosnia and Herzegovina and need help, please contact your embassy or diplomatic mission. List of foreign embassies and diplomatic missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Embassies in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Source: Flying Bosnian and Bosnian Goverment