✈Sarajevo Airport statistics for May

Sarajevo airport arrival area

Sarajevo International Airport has recorded 84.137 passengers in May. Number of passengers have declined comparing to the same month of the last year when 85.738 passengers used the airport. Decline in passengers is a result of the holy month of Ramadan, when Muslim population is fasting and traveling is avoided during this month. The airport has recorded increase in aircraft movement and cargo handled. Sarajevo Airport is expecting very busy summer especially during July and August when majority of tourists from United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia visit Bosnia and Herzegovina. Many new flights are scheduled for upcoming summer season including new flights from Riyadh and Kuwait. Flydubai is drastically increasing its flights from Dubai to double daily beginning June 23^rd. Air Arabia will fly once daily from Sharjah to Sarajevo beginning June 22^nd. Nesma Airlines will start with flights from Riyadh to Sarajevo on June 24^th, offering 5 weekly flights. It is projected for Sarajevo Airport to handle 120.000 passengers in July, 125.000 passengers in August and 100.000 passengers in September.  

Source:Flying Bosnian and SIA

✈ Sarajevo Airport busy summer ahead

Sarajevo Airport photo by Kontrolaletenja.net

Summer season is always very busy at Sarajevo International Airport and this year it will be busiest on the record. Many flights are booked way in advance like Fly Dubai flights from Dubai, Norwegian Air flights from Stockholm and Copenhagen, Turkish Airlines flights from Istanbul Ataturk Airport and Pegasus Airlines flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport. Many airlines are using larger aircraft on its flights to Sarajevo.

• Turkish Airlines is using Airbus 321 on most of its flights (180 seats) up to 3 daily flights.
• Austrian Airlines is using Airbus 319/320 (138/168 seats) 2 daily flights.
• Lufthansa is using Airbus 320 (168 seats) 1 daily flights.

Sarajevo airport air cargo increased this year as well. Today alone, Sarajevo Int. Airport serviced three air cargo operations. The airport is still awaiting beginning of Turkish Airlines cargo operations from/to Istanbul with an Airbus 330 freighter aircraft.

✈Double digit growth continues in May for Sarajevo International Airport

Sarajevo International Airport 

Photo by Kontrola letenja

Sarajevo International Airport continues strong growth, recording a 12,06% increase in passengers using the airport during the month of May. Total number of passengers going through Sarajevo International Airport in May was 80.143. Load factor on flights to/from Sarajevo in the past month stood at 80%, making it the best May on record. In coming months it is projected that the number of passengers passing through the airport will increase on an average of 10-15%.