✈ Tuzla Airport winter timetable 2016-2017

Map of destinations

Upcoming winter timetable starting 30th of October, Tuzla International Airport will start with two new destinations. From October 30. Wizz air will connect Tuzla with London-Luton in the United Kingdom, with two weekly flights on Wednesdays and Sundays. Day after on October 31. Wizz Air will connect Tuzla and Billund in Denmark with two weekly flights on Mondays and Fridays. New, third destinations Berlin-Schoenefeld, Wizz air will introduce on December 17. with two weekly rotations on Tuesdays and Saturdays. One more weekly flight will be added to Dortmund comparing to the last year winter schedule. Only destination seeing cuts in this winter schedule is Stockholm Skavsta Airport. Wizz air has converted this route to seasonal. This winter season a total of 10 destinations in six European countries will be served with 22 weekly flights from Tuzla International Airport. Cargo flights to Istanbul with Turkish Airlines will continue in winter months as well.

Number of weekly flights

Airline	Destination	Winter 15/16	Winter 16/17	Change
Wizz Air	Basel	2	2	0
Wizz Air	Berlin SXF	0	2	+2
Wizz Air	Billund	0	2	+2
Wizz Air	Dortmund	2	3	+1
Wizz Air	Eindhoven	2	2	0
Wizz Air	Gothenburg	2	2	0
Wizz Air	Frankfurt Hahn	2	2	0
Wizz Air	London LTN	0	2	+2
Wizz Air	Malmo	3	3	0
Wizz Air	Memmingen	2	2	0
Wizz Air	Stockholm NYO	2	0	-2

✈ Mostar and Banjaluka airports winter 2016-2017

Banja Luka International Airport

In upcoming winter schedule of flights will be connected to only one destinations. Air Serbia is the only airline serving the airport with three weekly flights from/to Belgrade on board of ATR-72 aircraft, offering 66 seats.

Air Serbia does not pay any fees to the airport!

Local Government has obliged the entity’s airport operator to finance the costs of airport services and fees for the Belgrade-Banja Luka route, from January 1. until December 31. 2016. Funds to finance the flightsare provided from local government budget.

Airline	Destination	Winter 15/16	Winter 16/17	Change
Air Serbia	Belgrade	3	3	0

Belgrade-Banja Luka	Banja Luka-Belgrade

✈ Sarajevo Airport winter timetable 2016-2017

Map of destinations

Flight reductions

In upcoming winter timetable starting on the 30^th of October, Sarajevo International Airport will see reduction of flights on the most popular routes from the city; Sarajevo-Istanbul and Sarajevo-Vienna. Turkish Airlines will reduce its twice daily service between Istanbul Ataturk Airport and Sarajevo to 10 weekly flights. Due to weather conditions in winter months and well known Sarajevo fog and very low visibility, Turkish Airlines has moved its morning arrival flight from 08:00 am to 11:00 am, which will allow airline to avoid early morning Sarajevo fog, causing almost daily flight delays and diversions to other airports in the region. Austrian Airlines will reduce its flights from 13 weekly from last year to 12 weekly this year. During winter, Sarajevo will lose direct connection to Zurich as well, since Swiss Air has decided to convert its three weekly flights from year round to summer seasonal. Air Arabia, also converted, its earlier announced year round, twice weekly service, from Sharjah in United Arab Emirates to Sarajevo to summer seasonal. 

More flights to Dubai, Lubljana and Istanbul (SAW)

Three airlines flying to Sarajevo will increase number of weekly flights, comparing to last winter schedule; 

Flydubai will increase its service from Dubai from 2 to 4 weekly, Adria Airways will increase its service from Ljubljana from 4 to 6 weekly and Pegasus Airlines will increase its service from Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport to Sarajevo from 4 weekly to 6. 

Very limited connectivity 

Sarajevo Airport has very limited number of connections to major hubs in Europe: Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Paris, Brussels...etc, and with Swiss Air dropping Sarajevo during winter months, Sarajevo is losing yet another important connection to Europe, putting Sarajevo on the list of the worst connected capital cities in Europe, when comes to air transport. Major problem for the airport is that it does not have "home" air carrier and is lacking presence of low cost carriers, due to high airport taxes and expensive landing and handling fees, making the airport unattractive and unpopular with the airlines. The airport administration is lacking in the departments of route development, promotion, marketing and in incentives to bring air carriers to open new routes and base aircraft at the airport. Only 11 destinations will be served from Sarajevo in upcoming winter (9 in Europe and 2 in Asia)!  

New in 2017!?

Possibility of Croatia Airlines to open base at Sarajevo Airport in 2017 has been surfaced, but no official confirmation did come from the airline. Only one new air carrier with one new destination has been confirmed for the next year; Qatar Airways with three weekly flights from Doha (Hamad International Airport), Qatar to Sarajevo.  

Number of weekly flights

Airline	Destination	Winter 15/16	Winter 16/17	Change
Adria Airways	Ljubljana	4	6	+2
Air Arabia	Sharjah	0	0	0
Air Serbia	Belgrade	7	7	0
Austrian Airlines	Vienna	13	12	-1
Croatia Airlines	Zagreb	13	13	0
Eurowings	Cologne	2	2	0
Eurowings	Stuttgart	1	1	0
Flydubai	Dubai	2	4	+2
Lufthansa	Munich	7	7	0
Norwegian Air	Stockholm	1	1	0
Norwegian Air	Oslo	0	0	0
Pegasus Airlines	Istanbul (SAW)	4	6	+2
Swiss Air	Zurich	3	0	-3
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul (IST)	14	10	-4

Source: FlyingBosnian

✈ Turkish Cargo flights: success story for Tuzla Airport

Turkish Airlines operated a total of 11 cargo flights from Tuzla International Airport to Istanbul Ataturk Airport during the month of September. At the beginning of the last month, cargo flights from Tuzla Airport, were in jeopardy, due to official announcement from the Bosnia and Herzegovina Office of Veterinary Inspection, about closure of its office at the airport, which would stop export of the meat to Turkey. Since cargo transport, generates good amount of income to the airports, competitions between Bosnian airports is fierce. There has been huge amount of pressure from a number of officials in the administration, at the state level, responsible for issuance and handling of permits for exports, to stop export of fresh meat and meat products from Tuzla International Airport in favor of both; Banja Luka and Sarajevo Airports. Thanks for quick and very professional  reaction from Mr. Mirko Šarović, Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, all administrative issues have been resolved in timely manner and flights have continued. Cargo flights from Tuzla to Istanbul started on June 2nd. Flights are operated by Turkish Airlines Cargo using Airbus 330-200 Freighter aircraft. Last year all transported meat from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Turkey was exported via airports in Banja Luka and Sarajevo, and generated survival income for Banja Luka airport. At the beginning of the year, management of Tuzla Int. Airport negotiated the deal with Turkish Airlines and companies selling meat products to its Turkish customers for flights to go exclusively from Tuzla International Airport. From the beginning of the year, the airport has invested in building necessary cooling facility for storage and transport of perishable goods. Taxation office and Veterinary inspection had to be set up a the airport as well. With the income from the cargo flights and increase number of the passengers using the airport, Tuzla International Airport will be self sustainable from the next year, without need for government subsidies for its operations.

Month	Number of flights	Freight (tonnes)
JUNE	18	1.170
JULY	11	720
AUGUST	13	853
SEPTEMBER	11	715

Source: FlyingBosnian