✈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

✈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 to operate Sarajevo-Stockholm rescue flight!

FlyBosnia will operate a rescue flight from Sarajevo to Stockholm on April 5, 2020 (Flight 6W1310). The flight is organized by the Government of Sweden for Swedish citizens who wish to return home from Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to Swedish embassy in Sarajevo flight is fully booked with possibility for more flights. 

All Swedish nationals  interested in returning home should contact the embassy in Sarajevo or by signing up on following link

 https://www.swedenabroad.se/en/svensklistan

Source: Flying Bosnian

✈FlyBosnia to operate cargo-only flights between China and Sarajevo.

Due to current circumstances caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Bosnia and Herzegovina is in urgent need for medical equipment (masks, personal protection equipment , gloves, respirators, and coronavirus testing kits). FlyBosnia is inviting all companies, hospitals and government institutions that have ordered medical equipment to contact them to arrange transportation.

During last week FlyBosnia has received about 20 requests from interested companies that require fast and safe transportation of medical equipment and materials from China and other countries for the purpose of preventing and suppressing coronaviruses in Bosnia and Herzegovina

"Due to lack of effective coordination, and on the basis of the urgent need for this medical equipment, FlyBosnia, together with its partners, invites all companies, hospitals, healthcare institutions that have ordered and / or plan to order equipment from China and / or from other countries (minimum 1 metric ton) to contact us directly so that we can consolidate an put all orders on the same flight. FlyBosnia has also made itself available to all government institutions and the non-governmental sector, "the statement said.

FlyBosnia will operate cargo-only passenger aircraft flights between China and Sarajevo.

As an example, a trip from Sarajevo to Shanghai and back will take approximately 30 hours (with an Airbus 319 aircraft) with all necessary stops for refueling, crew rest (overnight), aircraft disinfection and aircraft loading. The distance between Sarajevo and Shanghai is 8.650 kilometers (5.375 miles)

"The first flight from Sarajevo to Shanghai, out of 10 planned so far, is scheduled for April 8, 2020. As a socially responsible company, all flights are operated on a direct cost basis only. All requests can be sent to fightcovid19@flybosnia.ba or to 062 762 785.

Source: Flying Bosnian

✈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