✈ 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

✈ Sarajevo International Airport - Summer timetable analysis

Sarajevo International Airport is expecting to start its recovery from next month with Wizz Air opening its base at the airport with nine new European routes. 

Also, FlyBosnia is restarting itsoperations with eight routes from Sarajevo. Majority of FlyBosnia flights will cater for tourists from Gulf region visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina. FlyBosnia flights from Bahrain, Doha, Gassim, Jeddah, Kuwait City and Riyadh are pre-booked by travel agencies specializing in vacation packages to Bosnia. The other two FlyBosnia routes from Sarajevo, Antalya and Hurghada are pre-booked by Bosnian travel agencies for Bosnians vacationing in Turkey and Egypt. 

From June 21^st Air Arabia is introducing its second route from Sarajevo, Abu Dhabi will be served three times weekly. The airline will also operate daily flights from Sharjah to Sarajevo. United Arab Emirates will be connected with Sarajevo from Abu Dhabi (AUH) 3x weekly, Dubai (DXB) 14x weekly and Sharjah (SHJ) 7x weekly. 

Three airports from Saudi Arabia will have direct connections with Sarajevo this summer season, Gassim 2x weekly flights, Jeddah 6x weekly and Riyadh 13x weekly flights. 

As we reported earlier this month for the first time in its history Sarajevo will have direct flight to the United States. Easter Airlines will operate one weekly flight between Chicago (ORD) and Sarajevo, using 238 wide-body Boeing 767-200ER aircraft. For the first time ever Sarajevo Airport will have direct flights to cities on four continents, Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. Total of 38 routes with 33 airports in 20 countries will be offered from Sarajevo this summer season (19 in Europe, 12 in Asia, 1 in Africa and 1 in North America). During the peak summer months, the airport will have 153 weekly departures. See tables bellow for detailed timetable analysis.

✈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

✈Sarajevo - Persian Gulf region summer 2020 network

Gulf region destination map from Sarajevo

Sarajevo International Airport will see another solid year when comes to connectivity to countries in Persian Gulf region. The airport will see Kuwait Airways launching flights from Kuwait City and flynas from Gassim. Flynas will significantly increase number of flights from Riyadh and Jeddah, extending flying season to the end of September. Flydubai is the only airline from the Gulf region that will see major flight decreases, due to the fleet shortage caused by grounding of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. 

Last summer season Flydubai operated three daily flights from Dubai to Sarajevo, while this summer season the airline will operate only one daily flight from Dubai to Sarajevo. Flydubai flights are operated in cooperation with Emirates, offering wide range of connections on Emirates network out of Dubai. 

FlyBosnia will operate same number of destinations in Persian Gulf region as it did last year. Riyadh is the only destination with less flights when compared to the last year. Last year, FlyBosnia operated daily flights from Sarajevo to Riyadh from mid-June to the end of September, while this summer season the airline will operate three weekly flights from June 03, to September 06.

Due to Corona virus (COVID-19) outbreak, changes to flight schedules and flight cancellations are very likely.

Source: Flying Bosnian

✈ 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

✈Record August for Sarajevo Airport

Sarajevo Airport has recorded its busiest August on the record since opening its doors 50 years ago. During the month of August, the airport has recorded 178.943 passengers, representing an increase of 12,18%, or 19.437 passengers more compared to the same month of the last year. Year to date airport recorded 817.606 passengers, representing an increase of 9,15% or 68.578 passengers more. 

Double digit increase in passengers was fueled by the introduction of many flights to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain. During August FlyBosnia operated daily flights to Riyadh, two weekly flights to Jeddah and Kuwait and one weekly flights to Bahrain, Gassim and Monastir. Also, during last month the airline operated 12 flights from Medina to Sarajevo bringing around 1.700 Bosian pilgrims returning home from Hajj pilgrimage. 

Flynas had strong presence in Sarajevo during the last month with its daily flights from Riyadh and five weekly flights from Jeddah. Initially Flynas scheduled 3 weekly flights from Riyadh and two weekly flights from Jeddah, but due to extremely high demand flights were upgraded to daily and five weekly. 

Qatar Airways significantly increased capacity on its Doha-Sarajevo route by upgrading aircraft from Airbus 320 to Airbus 321 for the first half of the month, and increasing it again to Airbus 330-200 during the second half of August. 

From the first week of June until the last week of August demand for airline seats from: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman is increasing every year, due to many tourist agencies offering vacation packages to Bosnia and Herzegovina promoting Halal tourism. In the past three years many tourists from these countries switched from vacationing in Turkey and other European countries to Bosnia and Herzegovina due to its hospitality towards Muslim population and safety. In coming years, we can see these numbers growing with more airlines discovering Bosnia and Herzegovina as perfect tourist destination.

New flights operating this year (August 2019 vs. August 2018)

Airline	Destination	Weekly flights
Aegean Airlines	Athens	2 weekly
Eurowings	Berlin	2 weekly
FlyBosnia	Riyadh	7 weekly
	Jeddah	2 weekly
	Kuwait	2 weekly
	Bahrain	1 weekly
	Gassim	1 weekly
	Monastir	1 weekly
Flynas	Riyadh	7 weekly
	Jeddah	5 weekly
Norwegian	Gothenburg	1 weekly
Total		31 weekly

Compared to August 2018 number of weekly flights from Sarajevo Airport increased by 31 new weekly flights.

Source: Flying Bosnian and Sarajevo Airport

✈ 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

✈Qatar Airways-Cabin Crew Recruitment Event Sarajevo

Current Opportunities

QR17381 - Cabin Crew Recruitment Event Sarajevo | 05th May 2018

• Organisation:Qatar Airways
• Job Function:Cabin Crew
• Division:Cabin Services (Division)
• Employment Type:Full Time 
• Permanent City:Middle East | Qatar | Doha 
• Last date of application:05-May-2018

Welcome to a world where ambitions fly high

From experienced pilots to dynamic professionals embarking on new careers, Qatar Airways is searching for talented individuals to join our award-winning team.

We take pride in our people—a dynamic and culturally diverse workforce is essential to why we are one of the finest and fastest growing airlines in the world.

We offer competitive compensation and benefit packages.

About Your Job:

Do you feel you’re really going places in your current job? With Qatar Airways, you will be.

As the National Airline of the State of Qatar, we seek to reflect the best of Qatar's warm and generous hospitality.

Dinner in Paris, Lunch in New York, Breakfast in Montreal, while cruising around the world at 40,000 feet on some of the most modern aircraft in the world is definitely not your typical office job. Qatar Airways is known to be a truly world class, 5 star global airline, challenging established norms and a leader in airline hospitality. On the Ground and in the air we offer our customers a powerful approach to service. Our Cabin Crew are Qatar Airways' Ambassadors to the world.

The Qatar Airways Cabin Crew team is growing. We are looking for candidates who can deliver our mission by providing "Excellence in everything we do". Known for our 5 star hospitality, we look for future Cabin Crew who can be part of our "World Class Global Brand". Join our multinational Cabin Crew Team and enjoy a tax-free remuneration package including accommodation, allowances and transportation for duty.

Write your own story with Qatar Airways. World’s 5 star airline.

Disclaimer:

Qatar Airways is proud to be an employer of choice for many candidates from around the world. However, there are unscrupulous individuals who look to take advantage of this.

Qatar Airways never charges applicants for interviews, security deposits, or for placement. If you are asked for money as part of any Qatar Airways recruitment, please do not pay and report it to reportfraud@qatarairways.com.qa with all accompanying e-mails and documents.

About You:

To be part of this winning team, you need to meet the following requirements:

Minimum age of 21 years

Minimum arm reach of 212 cms on tip toes

Minimum high school education with fluency in written and spoken English

Excellent health and fitness

Willingness to relocate to Doha, Qatar

Outgoing personality with good interpersonal skills and the ability to work with a multinational team.

The Event:

SARAJEVO

Venue:  HOTEL RADON PLAZA  - Džemala Bijedića 185, 71 000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Date:    05th May 2018

Time:    Between 9 am to 5 pm

Attire:   Formal business attire

*Please note that this event is an Open day, where you are required to come and submit your application

personally.

Bring along:

1 x CV

1 x passport photocopy

1 x passport photograph taken in the same dress code mentioned above (without glasses).

1 x photocopy of your highest education certificate.

Note: you will be required to attach the following:

1. Resume / CV

2. Recent Full Length Color Photo

3. Copy of Highest Educational Certificate

4. Copy of Passport

Source:Qatar Airways