✈ Qatar Airways to resume Doha-Sarajevo flights in June

Qatar Airways has scheduled Doha-Sarajevo flights relaunch after two years break due to Corona virus pandemic. Qatari national airline will restart Sarajevo flights on June 03, 2022. operating flights three times a week on Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday. All flights are scheduled to operate with an Airbus A320 aircraft offering 12 seats in business and 132 seats in economy class. Qatar Airways is offering connections to 140 destinations across the World through its hub at Doha International Airport.

Source: Flying Bosnian

✈Qatar Airways has postponed Sarajevo relaunch

Qatar Airways has postponed  relaunch of Doha-Sarajevo flights for winter timetable 2021/22. This is second time for Qatar Airways to postpone Sarajevo relaunch after the flights were suspended in March of 2020 due to global pandemic. The restoration of diplomatic relations between Qatar and four Arab states is set to have big impact on Qatar Airways. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to restore ties with Qatar, ending a blockade that has been in place for more than three years. 

Largest number of passengers on Qatar Airways flights from Doha to Sarajevo are transfer passengers from Australia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait. Due to pandemic causing many borders to be closed transfer passengers are almost non existent, forcing Qatar Airways to postpone Sarajevo relaunch once again. In general air travel from and to Sarajevo during winter months is minimal, making return of flights from Doha in November very unlikely. Relaunch of Doha-Sarajevo flights most likely will happened in March of 2022, with possibility of daily flights from June 2022.

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

✈ Qatar Airways hiring in Sarajevo

Qatar Airways will hold open days in Sarajevo for cabin crew (dates and venues TBA), with base at its home airport in Doha.

Details about our event:

SARAJEVO

Venue:  TBA

Date:     TBA

Time:     TBA

Our Cabin Crew uniforms are smart and formal. We recommend you to wear formal business attire.

Step 1: Complete your online application.

Step 2: Our Recruitment team will review your CV and invite shortlisted applicants to our Open Day through email.

Step 3: Prepare to attend the Open Day.

Step 4: Once you receive your Open Day invitation, meet our Recruitment team and provide:

Applicant ID

An up to date CV in English

Photocopy of your passport

A passport sized photograph

(Last date of application:15-Feb-2020)

For more info visit Qatar Airways

✈Qatar abolishes visas for citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina will be able to travel to Qatar visa free for 90 days. Visa free travel was agreed at meeting between Minister of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Mektic and Prime Minister of Qatar Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani held in Doha. Citizens of the State of Qatar are exempted from the visa requirements when entering, exiting or traveling through Bosnia and Herzegovina for up to 90 days.

Holders of  Bosnia and Herzegovina passport can travel without a visa to 117 countries. Bosnian passport is ranked 49th on the list of the most powerful passports in the world. Bosnia and Herzegovina is among the six countries that advanced the most on the list of the most  powerful passports. In the last 10 years Bosnian passport has moved from 72^nd to 49^th place.

Bosnian Ambassador to Qatar Bisera Turkovic  said in recent interview “with visa free travel between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Qatar, Qatar Airways will most likely increase Doha-Sarajevo flights to daily at the beginning of summer schedule in April of next year”. Last summer during peak travel season Qatar Airways operated flights to Sarajevo with wide-body aircraft, an Airbus 330-200.

Qatar Airways Airbus 330 at Sarajevo Airport

Source: Flying Bosnian

✈ Qatar Airways is deploying Airbus 330 to Sarajevo

Qatar Airways Airbus 330 at Sarajevo Airport, photo by Jasmin L.

During month of August, Qatar Airways is increasing capacity on Doha-Sarajevo route by using Airbus 321 and Airbus 330-200 aircraft. Qatar Airways is deploying larger aircraft to Sarajevo due to increased demand for both economy and business class seats. First flight operating by Airbus 330-200 is scheduled next Tuesday on August 13^th. Doha-Sarajevo route is operated four times per week by an Airbus 320, offering 132 seats (120 economy and 12 business seats). During month of August Qatar Airways will operate total of 17 round-trip flights between Doha and Sarajevo with following aircraft schedule:

Aircraft	Dates Operating	Total seats	Business seats
Airbus 320-200	07, 14, 28, 30	1.056	96
Airbus 321-200	02, 04, 06, 09, 11, 18,	2.184	144
Airbus 330-200	13, 16, 20, 21, 23, 25, 27	3.640	336
Total	17 round-trip flights	6.880	576

• Airbus 320 – 132 seats (120Y and 12J)
• Airbus 321 – 182 seats (170Y and 12J)
• Airbus 330 – 260 seats (236Y and 24J)

Source: Flying Bosnian

✈Qatar Airways to deploy Airbus 330 to Sarajevo!

Qatar Airways will operate its wide-body Airbus A330-200 aircraft from Doha to Sarajevo on May 29 and June 03. It marks the first time that airline will send its 260-seat aircraft to Sarajevo. The change from Airbus 320 to Airbus 330-200 comes due to operational reasons (increased demand on those days). 

Doha-Sarajevo flights scheduled to operate with Airbus 330-200

Qatar Airways currently operates four weekly flights from Doha to Sarajevo, with plans to increase flights to daily using Airbus 321 aircraft in the near future. This will be only second time in Sarajevo Airport history that scheduled flight is operated with wide-body aircraft. Last time an airline used wide-body aircraft on its scheduled flights to Sarajevo was back in 2013 when Kuwait Airways used its Airbus 300-600 to operate two weekly flights from Kuwait City.

Kuwait Airways advertisement for Sarajevo flights (Summer 2013)

Source: Flying Bosnian and Qatar Airways

✈ 900.000 passengers for Sarajevo Airport

Sarajevo International Airport has welcomed its 900,000 passengers of the year today, representing a record number of passengers in one calendar year. Dina Ceric is recorded as 900.000^th passenger, traveling on Qatar Airways flight to Doha. She was presented with gift voucher from Qatar Airways for any destination of her choice within Qatar Airways network. In last 12 months Sarajevo Airport has added additional 100.000 passengers (last year 800.000th passenger was recorded on December 05.), representing a growth of 14%. The trend of passenger growth is expected to continue in 2018. 

  

Source:Sarajevo International Airport

✈Qatar Airways has launched Sarajevo flights!

First Qatar Airways scheduled flight from Doha has landed at Sarajevo International Airport. Flight QR293 operated by Airbus 320 with registration A7-AHU landed at Sarajevo Airport at 10:50 am local time, after 5 hours 32 minutes flight from Doha. Flights on the newly established route to the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina will be operated four times a week on Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Passengers will travel from Doha to Sarajevo and back on the Airbus A320 aircraft with 12 seats in the business and 132 seats in economy class. In addition to the rich gastronomic offer, travelers will have access to the top entertainment system, which offers the latest editions of movies, TV series, music, games, and many other contents.

The air links between Sarajevo and Doha will greatly facilitate travel to Qatar by an increasing number of Bosnian citizens living and working in this country. In addition to strengthening business connections, the introduction of the Doha-Sarajevo flight will significantly increase the number of tourist visits to our country. Finally, this line will allow passengers from Sarajevo to connect to more than 150 destinations around the world through Qatar Airways hub at Hamad International Airport, from North and South America, Asia to distant Australia.

Source: Sarajevo International Airport/Photos by SIA and Klix

✈Qatar Airways to start Doha-Sarajevo flights on October 31. 2017.

Qatar Airways has open reservations for Doha-Sarajevo flights. Flights will commence on October 31. 2017. with four weekly rotations.

Today’s announcement of the new four times-weekly service, set to begin on 31 October, is part of the airline’s expedited expansion into Eastern Europe, with the recent launch of four times-weekly service to Skopje as well as daily flights to Prague, Czech Republic and Kyiv, Ukraine set to begin later this month.

Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, Mr. Akbar Al Baker said: “Launching flights to Sarajevo is a significant step toward increasing our presence in Eastern Europe, and will provide our passengers with a new and exciting route to and from this remarkable city. It is also tangible proof of our ongoing commitment to expand our global network. Adding Sarajevo to our global network will allow passengers in Bosnia-Herzegovina to connect to more than 150 destinations worldwide through our five-star hub, Hamad International Airport.”

Flight number	Route	Time	Days operating
QA 293	Doha -Sarajevo	06:40-10:40	-23-5-7
QA 294	Sarajevo-Doha	11:40-18:55	-23-5-7

Source: Qatar Airways

✈Qatar Airways launching Doha-Sarajevo flights!

One year after the announcement, and two postponed launch dates, Qatar Airways has finally put Sarajevo on its network map. The airline will inaugurate Doha-Sarajevo service on 16. August 2017. Flights will operate three times weekly on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays with an Airbus 320 aircraft offering 132 seats (12 business and 120 in economy class). Qatar Airways is fifth airline from Gulf region to operate flights to Sarajevo.

Flight	Route	Days	Aircraft
QA 293	Doha-Sarajevo	--3-5-7	Airbus 320
QA 294	Sarajevo-Doha	--3-5-7	Airbus 320

Sarajevo Airport flights to the countries in Gulf region this summer

Airline	Destination	Weekly flights
Flydubai	Dubai (DXB)	13
Air Arabia	Sharjah (SHJ)	7
Nesma Airlines	Riyadh (RUH)	5
Wataniya Airways	Kuwait City (KWI)	2
Qatar Airways	Doha (DOH)	3
Kuwait Airways	Kuwait City (KWI)	Announced

Source: Flying Bosnian