The Ankara–Sarajevo service will begin on July 1 and operate twice weekly, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, through the end of October.
The Bodrum–Sarajevo service will commence on June 27 and operate once weekly, on Sundays, until the end of October.
All flights will be operated with Boeing 737-800 aircraft, featuring 189 seats.
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In 2024, Istanbul remained the leading destination from Sarajevo in both flight frequency and passenger volume. During the summer season, Turkish Airlines operated three daily flights between Sarajevo and Istanbul New Airport, while the winter schedule featured two daily services.
Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport was also well connected, offering three daily flights to Sarajevo—two operated by Pegasus Airlines and one by A Jet, the low-cost subsidiary of Turkish Airlines.
In total, Sarajevo and Istanbul were linked by six daily flights across three carriers: A Jet, Pegasus Airlines, and Turkish Airlines, reaffirming the route’s consistently high demand.
The year also marked a major milestone, with a record 3.433 flights operated between the two cities and 562.799 passengers carried—an increase of 100.573 travelers, or 21,75%. Sarajevo Airport handled 1.821.762 passengers overall, with Istanbul accounting for 30,89% of all traffic.
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Türkiye's airline Ajet, the low-cost subsidiary of Turkish Airlines (THY), launched direct flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport to Tuzla International Airport located in northeastern part of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The opening of the new route was marked with a ceremony at Tuzla International Airport, attended by Turkish Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, AJet CEO Kerem Sarp and the local authorities.
The flights are scheduled to operate once per week on Mondays pending an increase in case of rising demand, Sarp said. Speaking at the ceremony, Uraloğlu expressed his believe that "the launch of Istanbul-Tuzla flights will improve relations and trade between the two countries."
Türkiye is known to have strong historical and cultural ties with Bosnia-Herzegovina, and many Turkish companies, from construction and health to banking and financing sectors, are operating in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Recently, Pegasus Airlines, also launched flights on the same route, with plans to continue expansion on Bosnian market with introduction of flights between Istanbul and Mostar. Uraloğlu, in his speech, recalled the expansion of AJet following the start of its operations under its new name in March this year, noting that since Oct. 1, the carrier introduced seven new routes, adding that Tuzla is the eighth.
He also pointed to Turkish Airlines and Ajet extensive flight network, adding that they aim to further increase the number of points the carriers fly to by the end of the year. "Today, we fly from Türkiye to 347 different points in 131 countries. We will increase this to 349 by the end of the year," he said. For his part, Sarp said that with this flight, they built "another bridge" between Türkiye and Bosnia-Herzegovina, two friendly countries.
He also noted that Ajet carry their passengers to 95 different destinations, with a modernized fleet of 85 aircraft. He added that the new route represents their second line in Bosnia-Herzegovina as they operate seven weekly flights to the capital, Sarajevo.
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Turkish low-cost carrier AJet will connect Istanbul Sabiha
Gokcen Airport and Tuzla, with one weekly service starting October 07h using an Airbus 321neo aircraft offering 211 seats. This will be the second airline
serving Tuzla from Istanbul, after Pegasus Airlines announced the launch of flights
from Istanbul to Tuzla last week.
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Beginning August 1st Turkish low-cost carrier Ajet
is upgrading Istanbul (SAW) – Sarajevo flights from 3 weekly to daily. Flights
are scheduled to operate daily until the end of summer schedule (October 26,
2024). With Ajet flight increase Istanbul (both airports) and Sarajevo will be
connected with six daily flights. All Ajet flights are scheduled to operate
with an Airbus 321neo aircraft offering 211 seats.
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Due
to very strong bookings Freebird Airlines has increased Antalya-Tuzla flights
from two weekly to three weekly flights. Flights are sold and operated by GoldenTours travel agency from Tuzla. Freebird Airlines will operate a total of 84
round-trip flights, offering 15.120 seats.
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Krkić
