✈Bosnia and Herzegovina-Sweden air traffic report

Stockholm Arlanda Airport - Photo by Wikipedia user Brorsson

Sweden is a key market for air travel to and from Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2022, the highest passenger volume between the two countries was recorded, with a total of 182,212 travelers, representing 8.26% of all passengers to and from Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, the consolidation of airlines and the increasing costs of airport operations have led to the discontinuation of several routes, including direct flights from Swedish airports to airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sweden route map

Following Sweden's reduction of its air passenger tax, several routes have resumed service, including the Tuzla-Malmo route, resumed December 13. 2025, and the Tuzla-Gothenburg route, slated to resume in March 2026, both operated by Wizz Air. Additionally, during last year’s expansion from Sarajevo, Ryanair introduced new flights to Gothenburg and Stockholm.

Preliminary airlines schedules for 2026 indicate the highest-ever number of available seats, suggesting a significant increase in passenger traffic between the two countries. Projected number of passengers between two countries will reach 200.000.

Source: Zahid Krkić

✈ Banja Luka Airport – photo update

Banja Luka Airport terminal building and control tower

Photos from Banja Luka International Airport, taken by Mirza SM, on Wizz Air flight Malmo-Banja Luka (December 24, 2021). The flight was operated by Wizz Air Hungary, Airbus 321, registration HA-LXS. The flight was 95% full, with 225 passengers on board.

Source: Flying Bosnian

✈ 2020 Tuzla Airport air traffic statistics by destination

Detailed air traffic statistics from Tuzla Airport  for five destinations in Germany, Switzerland, and Sweden. Currently data is available for five destination airports with more data to be available soon covering the rest of destinations from Tuzla. During the year 2020, number of passengers decreased by 55% when compared to pre-pandemic traffic in 2019.

DESTINATION	PAX. IN 2019	PAX. IN 2020
Basel (BSL)	66.762	23.883
Dortmund (DTM)	65.608	26.437
Gothenburg (GOT)	52.095	22.713
Hahn (HHN)	41.872	17.488
Malmo (MMX)	55.489	23.776

 

✈ WIZZ AIR ANNOUNCES FIVE NEW ROUTES FROM BANJA LUKA

 

Excellent news from Banja Luka today! Wizz Air will start flights to the  second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with five new routes from June. Basel, Dortmund, Eindhoven, Malmo, and Stockholm-Skavsta will be served with two weekly flights each. With addition of five new routes by  Wizz Air, this summer Banja Luka Airport will be connected with 13 destinations with 26 weekly flight departures by Air Serbia, Ryanair and Wizz Air. In the time of global pandemic this is very promising for the future of the airport development.

Wizz Air Banja Luka Airport flight schedule

Source: Flying Bosnian and Wizz Air

✈Top five destinations from Tuzla in 2016

Wizz Air destination map from Tuzla

Wizz Air top five routes from Tuzla International Airport in 2016 are: Dortmund, Malmo, Gothenburg, Basel and Frankfurt Hahn. Data is missing for Eindhoven Airport, according to the number of operated flights, number of passengers should be very similar to Frankfurt Hahn.   

Tuzla International Airport passenger numbers by destination in 2016:

	Destination/Airport	Passengers  2016	Passengers 2015	Change from 2015
1.	Dortmund (DTM)	49.319	43.502	+13,37%
2.	Malmo (MMX	44.553	37.341	+19,31%
3.	Gothenburg (GOT)	42.991	42.875	+0,27%
4.	Basel (BSL)	38.388	36.727	+4,52%
5.	Frankfurt Hahn (HHN)	33.000 *
	Memmingen (FMM)	31.654
	London Luton (LTN)	3.005
	Eindhoven (EIN)
	Billund (BLL)	Started 31.10.16.
	Berlin Schoenefeld (SXF)	Started 17.12.16.
	Stockholm Skavsta (NYO)	Restarted in 2017.
	Bratislava (BTS)	Started in 2017.
	Cologne (CGN)	Started in 2017.
	Friedrichshafen (FDH)	Started in 2017.
	Nuremberg (NUE)	Started in 2017.
	Vaxjo (VXO)	Started in 2017.

 * Frankfurt Hahn Airport (HHN) published data from January to September of 2016 (24.279 passengers are recorded). Estimated year end number is around 33.000. Data for Tuzla-Frankfurt Hahn will be updated as results get published.

Source:Flying Bosnian and EUROSTAT

✈Mostar Airport to get flights to Germany and Scandinavia from October!

The Government of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton (HNC) approved the transfer of 150,000 BAM intended for subsidizing the regular scheduled passengers flights to Mostar International Airport.

In a statement issued to media Government of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton stated: “It should be known within a month what airline will connect a German city with Mostar. Flights should start from the end of October. We are not talking only about the agreement and the start of flights, but our German partners also need some time to introduce and advertise these flights to the market. Everything is going as previously agreed and we expect all of the procedures to be completed without any major problems”.

Also, the funds from the government subsidies will be used for the establishment of an air connection with one of the Scandinavian countries. All the analysis state that flights to Scandinavia would be profitable due to the large number of B&H diaspora living in this part of the world.

It is rumored that Germanwings will connect Mostar with Stuttgart with two weekly flights, and Wizz Air will connect Mostar with Malmo with two weekly flights with the start of winter timetable of flights at the end of October.

Mostar International Airport already is receiving funds from higher levels of government and the European Union. These funds are used for modernization of the equipment and expansion of the airport capacity, because the number of passengers will be significantly increased with the introduction of regular flights.

Source: Akta.ba and Flying Bosnian