✈Tuzla International Airport success for Wizz Air

Tuzla International Airport has posted double digit passenger growth for the first seven months of this year. The airport welcomed 130.111 passengers through its doors, an increase of 78,38% compared to the same period last year. The busiest month so far was July with 33.666 passengers. The growth has been driven by Wizz Air with Tuzla Airport becoming one of the airline bases. Wizz Air launched service to the city in 2013 and is the only airline to maintain year-long flights to Tuzla, since then the airline is recording great growth continuously month after month. In the first seven months of this year Wizz air has transported 127.605 passengers to/from Tuzla. The table below is showing statistical data for Wizz air flights to/from Tuzla International Airport.

2015	Total number of passengers	Departing passengers	Arriving passengers	Number of flights	Average PAX per flight	Load factor
January	12.960	6.855	6.105	88	147,27	81,67%
February	12.054	6.127	5.927	80	150,27	83,34%
March	14.474	7.160	7.314	96	150,77	83,89%
April	17.327	8.633	8.694	114	151,99	84,45%
May	18.081	9.139	8.942	116	155,87	86,67%
June	20.403	9.385	11.018	138	147,84	82,23%
July	32.306	14.650	17.656	204	158,36	87,78%
Total	127.605	61.949	65.656	836	152,63	85,00%

Tuzla International Airport is expecting to handle over 250.000 passengers this year, positioning itself as second busiest airport in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Next year the airport is expecting to handle over 300.000 passengers. With such demand to travel to and from Tuzla, it is very likely that in summer of 2016 Wizz air will station one more Airbus 320 at the airport and add new destinations.

Source: FlyingBosnian and BHDCA

✈Sarajevo Airport records record growth in July

Sarajevo International Airport

Photo by Kontrola letenja

Sarajevo International Airport has recorded best month in history in terms of passengers, cargo and aircraft operation. This increase is putting airport back on the track to achieve planed 800.000 passengers for the year. During July airport handled 595.140 kg of commercial cargo, an increase of 362%, such huge increase comes from two weekly cargo flights operated by Turkish Airlines Cargo with an Airbus 330 freighter aircraft, transporting fresh meat to Turkey. During month of August Sarajevo International Airport is expected to handle close to 100.000. Airport management is in talks with Qatar Airways, and if everything goes as planned, we can see Doha-Sarajevo flights with the beginning of summer flight scheduled of 2016.

Number of passengers: 89.319 +19,17%

Number of air operations: 1.252 +6,00%

Cargo handled: 595.140 kg +362,00%

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SARAJEVO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

	2014	Change %	+/-	2015	Change %	+/-
January	36.114	+8,00%	+2.677	43.700	+21,00%	+7.586
February	35.435	+16,56%	+5.036	39.908	+12,62%	+4.473
March	45.789	+2,59%	+1.158	50.273	+9,79%	+4.484
April	56.611	-0,53%	-307	63.064	+11,39%	+6.453
May	71.513	+9,18%	+6.018	80.143	+12,88%	+8.630
June	74.976	+2,78%	+2.028	74.855	-0,16%	-121
July	74.948	+7,53%	+5.249	89.319	+19,17%	+14.371
August	88.591	+11,02%	+8.795
September	71.168	+6,66%	+4.447
October	64.844	+0,70%	+457
November	46.833	+5,37%	+2.387
December	43.079	+17,18%	+6.319
Total	709.901	+6,64%	+44.264	441.262	+11,60%	+45.876

 

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Source:FlyingBosnian and Sarajevo Airport

✈BH Airlines AOC suspended

Bosnia and Herzegovina Directorate for Civil Aviation  has suspended BH Airlines Air Operator Certificate (AOC) on July 02. 2015.  for 90 days.
Source: BHDCA

✈Mostar airport traffic statistic for June

Mostar Airport handled a total of 9.700 passengers in June, comparing it to the same month last year the airport recorded increase of 4,43% or 412 passengers more. Year to date airport handled total of 31.633 passengers, an increase of 17,19%.

Projected number of passengers in coming months:

July –9.000

August- 11.000

September-12.000

Source: FlyingBosnian and Mostar International Airport

✈Sarajevo airport traffic statistic for June

Sarajevo International Airport June 2015.

Photo by Kontrola letenja

Sarajevo Airport handled a total of 74.855 passengers in June, comparing it to the same month last year airport recorded slight decrease of 0,16% or 121 passengers less. The main reason for under performance is the Holy month of Ramadan, when traveling is very minimal due to religious fasting. The airport has recorded a sharp increase in cargo handled.  The cargo increase is fueled with two weekly cargo flights by Turkish Airlines, transporting fresh meat and meat products from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Turkey. Cargo flights are operated with an Airbus 330 freighter aircraft. In coming months, Sarajevo Airport is expecting double digit growth due to a great amount of charter flights to Turkey, and an increased number of flights to Dubai, Oslo, Cologne, Stockholm and Stuttgart. The end of month of Ramadan usually brings great amount of tourist from Turkey and Gulf countries to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Year to date airport handled total of 351.943 an increase of 9,83%.

Projected number of passengers in coming months:

July –88.000

August- 98.000

September-81.000

Source: FlyingBosnian and Sarajevo International Airport

✈New on Bosnian market: Sport and Business Aviation (SBA) Pilot's school

  Sport Business Aviation (SBA) fleet at Sarajevo Int. Airport

Photo by Fahrudin Krestalica

Sport Business Aviation (SBA) School is committed to support aviation in Bosnia and Herzegovina through training of responsible and secure pilots. Mission of the company is to provide candidates with dynamic content from high qualified stuff using modern and secure equipment. School is offering:

• PPL School for motor airplanes
• Flying course for gyrocopters
• Glider school
• Pilot for a day - gift course
• Informative flights

SBA is equipped with the fleet of following aircraft:

• CESSNA 177 RG
• CESSNA 172
• MORANE
• FUJI 200

For more information please visit SBA website

All the best, safe and clear skies!

FlyingBosnian 

✈BH Airlines is on the verge of bankruptcy

BH Airlines ATR-72

Photo by Robert Viktor

Once again, Bosnian national carrier BH Airlines is on the verge of bankruptcy, as of the end of April the Austrian leasing company HETA leasing has blocked the accounts of the airline, due to outstanding obligations for the lease of two ATR72 aircraft. This time, the government is not willing to support a loss making company and is willing to close the airline according to the Prime Minister of Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina Fadil Novalić.

Total debt of BH Airlines is nearly 17.5 million euros.

Since the end of January this year, the company operates with only one airplane, while the second aircraft remaining grounded in Germany, for which BH Airlines was unable to pay the cost of regular servicing of the aircraft. With only 3,604 transported passengers in the first three months of this year, the airline found itself in a situation that it has all of its accounts blocked by creditors, and that cannot continue to operate while a part of debts to creditors do not settle.

Blocked Accounts

Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is the majority owner of BH Airlines, said that a decision on the bankruptcy of the company depends on the main creditor HETA leasing, requesting to be paid close to 11.5 million euros, in order to unblock BH Airlines accounts.

"Will BH Airlines go bankrupt depends on its major creditor HETA, the successor of HYPO Bank, to whom BH Airlines owns 23 million Bosnian marks. There are two options, but the decision on bankruptcy does not depend on us but on the creditor," said Prime Minister Fadil Novalić. Since BH Airlines does not own any assets to pay for accumulated debt and without government help this is most likely the end for the airline. 

Source: FlyingBosnian and Aljazeera Balkans

✈Wizzair launches website in Bosnian language

Wizzair has launched website in Bosnian language, one week before opening its first base in Bosnia and Herzegovina at Tuzla International Airport.