✈ FlyBosnia to lease an Airbus 320 aircraft

FlyBosnia is about to take an Airbus 320 aircraft from Onur Air. The aircraft is currently being painted in FlyBosnia livery in Istanbul. According to the airline’s website, not a single destination is available for booking but in upcoming summer season, the airline plans to operate daily charter flights to Antalya on behalf of Centrotrans Tours travel agency. In November of last year Sarajevo International Airport has terminated its contract with Fly Bosnia after the airline failed to pay its debts. Most likely the debt issue has been resolved, since FlyBosnia flights will be mostly charter flights for tourist from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Source: Flying Bosnia

✈ Anadolujet to start Sarajevo flights

Anadolujet will start three weekly flights between Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport and Sarajevo with the beginning of summer timetable 2021 (first week of April). Flights will operate on Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays by Boeing 737-800 aircraft offering 189 seats. Anadolujet is fully owned by Turkish Airlines and all Anadolujet flights carry Turkish Airlines flight numbers. Turkish Airlines operated flights from Istanbul-Sabiha airport to Sarajevo back in 2014. Anadolujet will directly compete with Pegasus Airlines operating up to nine weekly flights between Istanbul’s Asian side airport and Sarajevo. During the summer season Sarajevo and Istanbul will be connected with record 33 weekly flights (Turkish Airlines 21, Pegasus Airlines 9 and Anadolujet 3).

Source: Flying Bosnian

✈Aljazeera Balkans-Aviosaobraćaj na respiratoru

IATA je obznanila da je od rekordne 2019.godine sa prevezenih 4,5 milijardi uslijedila “Annus horribilis” 2020.u kojoj je prevezeno 1,8 milijardi putnika, a da se gubici kompanija u pomenutoj godini procjenjuju na sto milijardi eura.

Alen Jazić /08 Feb 2021

Prethodna, 2020. godina je historijski najlošija godina za sektore turizma i avio-saobraćaja. Pandemija Covida-19 sa svojim popratnim dejstvima – zatvaranjem granica, blokadama i (samo)izolacijom, distancom, PCR testovima i najavljenim zdravstvenim pasošima, je nivo civilnog avio-saobraćaja vratila decenijama unazad. Međunarodna asocijacija zračnog saobraćaja (IATA) je obznanila da je od rekordne 2019. godine sa prevezenih 4,5 milijardi uslijedila “Annus horribilis” 2020.u kojoj je prevezeno 1,8 milijardi putnika, a da se gubici kompanija u pomenutoj godini procjenjuju na sto milijardi eura.

U takvim okolnostima je državama dozvoljeno da reaguju na način koji nije bio moguć prije pandemije u većem dijelu zapadne hemisfere – uz direktnu državnu pomoć. Pa ipak, 43 kompanije nisu opstale na tržištu, a brojne se i dalje nalaze na ivici ambisa. Regija Balkana, kao kap u moru na globalnom nivou, dijeli sličnu sudbinu. Nakon slovenačke Adrie, ugašen je Montenegro Airlines, a Fly Bosnia trenutno bez aviona i zaposlenih posada hibernira i nada se čudu.

Na prostoru nekadašnje Jugoslavije, na 24 civilna aerodroma je lani opsluženo 7,46 miliona putnika, što je u odnosu na 29,8 miliona putnika iz 2019.godine dramatičan pad. Kao i u svemu, nakon krize ovakvog obima moraju slijediti krupni koraci prepuni rizika. Analitičari avijacije i specijalizovani portali nude bezbroj analiza, često međusobno oprećnih.

‘Upumpavanje novca’

„Na prostorima bivše Jugoslavije, nacionalni prevoznici Srbije i Hrvatske su dobili pomoć države, dok u Crnoj Gori nije bilo novca u državnoj kasi, pa je i nacionalni prevoznik Montenegro Airlines doživeo krah. Gotovo svim prevoznicima širom sveta je potrebna pomoć da bi preživeli ovu nesvakidašnju situaciju. Države koje su prepoznale važnost ovog sektora svoje ekonomije su investirale novac, dok one koje nisu mogu imati dugogodišnje posledice svojih odluka“, smatra Luka Popović, urednik EX-YU Aviation News portala.

Koliko je javnog novca „upumpano“ u pomenute kompanije nije i vjerovatno nikada neće biti poznato široj javnosti. I to zbog više razloga, a osnovni bi mogao biti sakrivanje stvarnih budžetskih izdvajanja od EU regulativa koja su prije pandemije bile rigorozne. Pa ipak su ih mnoge zemlje uspješno zaobilazile i plaćale „svojim“ kompanijama kroz PSO (Public Service Obligation)linije, regionalnu povezanost, turistički i državni marketing, ali i otpis dugova prema državi. Zbog toga je ovaj sektor prilično netransparentan.

„Vrijedi li Air Serbia 650 miliona eura koliko je država Srbija od 2013.godine uložila u nju kroz direktna ulaganja, plaćanja dugova bankama i agencijama, potom otpremnina radnicima, izdvajanja za restrukturiranje i dokapitalizaciju, subvencijama, dotacijama i donacijama…“ pita se u svojoj kolumni na sajtu ZamaAero, analitičar Alen Šćuric iz Zagreba?

Iz Srbije u kojoj nikada nisu javnosti predočili ugovor sa Etihadom iz 2013.godine negiraju tolika izdvajanja, pa se „sporna“ izdvajanja svode na oko 400 miliona eura. Jasno je da je samo u 2020.godini za dokapitalizaciju država izdvojila 100 miliona eura, a bivši ministar finansija Božidar Đelić smatra da je Srbija u kompaniju kojoj je sada vlasnik sa 82 posto, prošle godine uplatila 150 miliona eura. Ako je Air Serbia prevezla oko milion putnika, računajte…

Otvoriti aerodrome za nove destinacije

„Ova procedura je u skladu sa novim pravilima Evropske komisije o državnoj pomoći. Procenjeno je da će ova suma, za sada, omogućiti kontinuitet u poslovanju Air Serbia. Croatia Airlines, koja je nešto manja od Air Serbia po broju aviona i linija, dobila je približno sličnu sumu, nešto više od 90 miliona evra, koja je data kako bi se održala likvidnost firme. I hrvatska vlada je izvršila dokapitalizaciju mada je ona skoro 100-procentni vlasnik Croatia Airlines-a. Prethodna vlada Crne Gore je tokom leta 2020. izvršila finansijsku injekciju u Montenegro Airlines u iznosu od 10,4 miliona evra u julu i 25 miliona evra u avgustu, kako bi kompanija imala dovoljno sredstava da isplati plate i osigura tekuću likvidnost. Međutim, nakon promene vlasti, utvrđeno je da dodatnih sredstava nema. Zakon o finansijskoj pomoći MA, koji je donet pre korone, u decembru 2019.godine, predvideo je finansijsku pomoć prevozniku i iznosu od 155 miliona evra u periodu od šest godina“, zaključuje Popović.

Vlada Crne Gore je donijela odluku da dosadašnju kompaniju ugasi i osnuje novu – ToMontenegro i u nju uloži 30 miliona eura. Bosna i Hercegovina i Sjeverna Makedonija trenutno nemaju tih problema. Iz svojih budžeta ne izdvajaju sredstva za državne kompanije i to nakon što su propali projekti Air Bosna, BH Airlines, Bosnian Wand, Air Srpska, Sky Bosnia, MAT Airways, Avioimpex… No, nije da se ne izdvajaju sredstva za subvencije stranim kompanijama koje saobraćaju u ovim zemljama.

„Svi aerodrome u BiH se moraju više otvarati novim destinacijama, jer da bi jedna avio linija bila održiva, potrebno je uložiti veliku promociju dok sama linija zaživi (otprilike 12-15 mjeseci). Niskobudžetne avio-kompanije su odgovor za sve aerodrome u BiH uključujući Sarajevo, s obzirom da je Sarajevo jedini aerodrom koji treba i mora imati miks niskobudžetnih i regularnih avio-prijevoznika zbog transfer putnika sa dalekih destinacija i biznis putnika (uključujući diplomate, OHR, NATO, SFOR, EU i sve vladine i nevladine organizacije). Domaća avio-kompanija je u današnje vrijeme nemoguća misija. Možda je bila moguća prije 10-15 godina, ali danas apsolutno ne. Avio-biznis je jako ozbiljan i skup, a raditi isti sa nekoliko aviona je nemoguće. Pitanje je samo vremena kad će Croatia Airlines i Air Serbia odustati, jer iste su više politički projekti nego funkcionalan biznis“, smatra Zahid Krkić sa Flying Bosnia specijalizovane stranice za civilnu avijaciju.

Aerodromi pod dugoročnim koncesijama

Tako dođosmo i do pitanja aerodroma koji su u finansiranju od strane država pomalo ostali u sjeni. Jasno i zbog čega, u Sloveniji, Hrvatskoj, Srbiji i Sjevernoj Makedoniji su najveći aerodromi dati strancima na upravljanje pod dugoročnu koncesiju.

„Ovo je trend gotovo svuda u svetu, a organizacije koje predstavljaju interese aerodroma ukazale su na ovaj problem. Međutim, treba uzeti u obzir da aerodromi imaju fiksne i ugovorene cenovnike i da ukoliko ima nekog prometa, aerodromi ostvaruju novac od toga. Procena je da ako se pomogne avio-kompaniji, ona će nastaviti da plaća aerodromima za pružene usluge, pa će tako i sami aerodromi dobiti svoj deo kolača. Ako nema saobraćaja, nema ni priliva za aerodrome. Primera radi, aerodromi Crne Gore smatraju da će imati značajne gubitke zbog bankrota svog najvećeg korisnika Montenegro Airlines. Naravno, i aerodromi su jako pogođeni ovom krizom. Mnogi su smanjili kapacitete, zatvorili terminale i ukinuli investicije. Ali ima primera gde su države pomogle, a to su uglavnom u onim zemljama gde nema nacionalnog prevoznika pa je samim tim i promet na aerodromima izuzetno nizak. To je slučaj u Bosni, ali i u Sloveniji gde je Vlada aerodromu u Ljubljani, koju vodi privatna nemačka firma, nedavno uplatila pet miliona evra bespovratne pomoći“, naglašava Luka Popović.

O pitanju aerodroma i njihovog prevazilaženja ogromne krize iz Sarajeva dolaze nešto optimističnije prognoze.

„Aerodrom Sarajevo ne bi trebalo dati pod koncesiju, jer je to jako važno preduzeće za cijelu državu. Samo treba dovesti profesionalnu upravu koja neće biti birana samo po stranačkoj pripadnosti. Ostale aerodrome treba dati u koncesiju, ali sve i u istom paketu. U 2019. Aerodrom Sarajevo je imao neto profit od 6 miliona eura, a većina tih sredstava je otišla na financiranje aerodroma u Tuzli i Mostaru. Za Tuzlu je donekle i opravdano, jer i sami građani imaju neke koristi od prometa na aerodromu, ali Mostar je stvarno jedna velika sramota“, rezonuje Krkić.

Svjetski sektor privrede u kojem je 57 posto pilota trenutno bez letova, članovi kabinskog osoblja na berzi rada, a plate i uslovi rada znatno nepovoljniji, čekaju period u kojem će bezbrižno udahnuti zrak – sa ili bez respiratora.

Izvor: Al Jazeera/ Alen Jazić

✈Students visit Sarajevo International Airport

Students of the Faculty of Transport and Communications of the University of Sarajevo and journalists of the aviation portal E7 Echo Seven visited Sarajevo International Airport, to get acquainted with the work processes in receiving and dispatching passengers, aircraft and goods.

The friendly staff of Sarajevo Airport was available to students and journalists for all questions related to the airport and airport traffic.

In cooperation with academic institutions, Sarajevo International Airport pays special attention, especially when it comes to the transfer of knowledge to younger generations.

At the end of the visit, the students expressed their gratitude to our staff because they will certainly use the knowledge and experience, they gained on this occasion in their further work.

Source: Sarajevo Airport

✈ Tuzla Airport to start atrium construction

Given that all administrative procedures have been completed, the construction of the atrium at Tuzla International Airport has been given green light. The conceptual design of the atrium was completed much earlier, but construction was postponed many times  due to the local government delaying  the issuance of building permit.

During this month, the airport will begin construction of the atrium that will be adjoined to the terminal building. New building will have a size of 900 square meters and will house offices for rent-a-car agencies and tour operators, as well as a gift shop. Total price tag for construction of the atrium is 1,5 million Bosnian Marks or 766.000 Euros.

In the next few days, the contractor will be introduced to the plateau of the future construction site, which is in the immediate vicinity of the passenger terminal building. This space is currently used as a parking space.

Construction will further increase terminal capacity, which was reconstructed and expanded last year. Construction of the new building should last four months. According to Tuzla Airport director Esed Mujacic,  realization of several other projects will begin this year.

"We are completing another public call for a fire protection project, the implementation of which should begin soon. We also planned reconstruction of the parking lot with fully automated car parking systems. Currently we are waiting for the consent of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Ministry of Defense, given that they own the land that is planned to be used for the parking lot." Said  Mujacic.

Source: Flying Bosnian and Tuzla Airport

✈ Flynas to resume Sarajevo flights

Flynas has scheduled Sarajevo flight resumption for May. Saudi low-cost airline will start Riyad-Sarajevo flights on May 17. 2021, with one weekly flight (increase is likely possible pending pandemic control and borders opening). The same day, airline is starting Jeddah-Sarajevo flights with four weekly flights. Flyanas operated Sarajevo flights successfully during the summer of 2019, with daily flights from Riyadh and five weekly flights from Jeddah. Before the pandemic, the airline had planned to introduce its third destination from Saudi Arabia, Gassim with three weekly flights. After the pandemic is put under control (most likely spring 2022) we can expect flynas to return to increased Sarajevo operation. With Sarajevo improving its accommodation by opening new hotels and vacation resorts, the demand for travel from Saudi Arabia will be increasing year after year. During summer 2020 we can expect daily flights from Riyadh and Jeddah and five weekly flights from Gassim and possible Dammam.

✈Sarajevo Airport statistics for January 2021

Source: Flying Bosnian and Sarajevo Airport

✈2020 Airports ranking chart by passanger numbers

Skopje International Airport, North Macedonia

Monthly passenger numbers for January-November of 2020 for airports in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro. Monthly  passenger numbers for airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina are reported earlier (link to Bosnia and Herzegovina airportsdata). 

Coronavirus pandemic has affected all airports in the region especially costal airports in Croatia and Montenegro, while Ljubljana is most affected airport of all capital cities  in the region.

Airport ranking chart by passanger numbers for airports in the former Yugoslavia in 2020

Source: Flying Bosnian and airports websites

✈Wizz Air to discontinue Budapest and Salzburg

Wizz Air discontinued sales of Budapest-Sarajevo and Tuzla-Salzburg flights. Budapest-Sarajevo flights were introduced back in April of 2017, with subsidies provided  by the Hungarian government. At the time services to five West Balkan capital cities were established under the National Ministry of Development’s new public service obligation operation to serve these important economic links in the region. The flights from Budapest to Skopje in Macedonia, Podgorica in Montenegro, Tirana in Albania, Pristina in Kosovo and Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina were introduced. Wizz Air is still selling tickets for Budapest-Sarajevo flights for the month of March. The airline plans to operate 10 round trip flights between Budapest and Sarajevo in March, while sales for Tuzla-Salzburg flights are discontinued.

Tuzla-Salzburg flights were opened for reservations on May 29. 2020, for two weekly flights beginning July 02. 2020. The flights were introduced on July 02 2020, but only one round-trip flight was operated due to a temporary flight ban imposed by Austrian government to control the spread of the corona virus. Wizz Air postponed Salzburg flights relaunch couple of times but due to the pandemic and border closures, the interest for the flights was low. Besides Tuzla, Wizz Air has launched five more destinations from Salzburg but out of six destinations launched last year, only one has survived, Salzburg – Kyiv.

Following routes were launched in July of 2020 (and all cancelled but one): Salzburg – Belgrade, Salzburg – Kyiv, Salzburg – Skopje,   Salzburg – Bucharest,  Salzburg – Tuzla, Salzburg – Larnaca        

Source: Flying Bosnian               

✈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

✈Wizz Air – Sarajevo base analysis

Wizz Air has announced a new base at Sarajevo – its second in Bosnia and Herzegovina after Tuzla. It will start on 20 May and will initially have nine routes, all twice- or three-weekly, for a total of 21-weekly. The routes focus on Bosnian VFR, especially those to Germany, Switzerland, and Scandinavia.

None of Wizz Air’s new routes will have direct competition, and only two will have indirect competition from Sarajevo.  Most will come from itself at Tuzla, raising the question of whether any consolidation will happen.

In 2019, round-trip point-to-point demand – before stimulation in most cases – was approximately as follows, based on booking data from OAG Traffic Analyzer:

• London: 19,000
• Amsterdam: 16,000
• Munich: 15,000
• Copenhagen: 14,000
• Paris: 14,000
• Brussels: 12,000
• Gothenburg: 7,000
• Düsseldorf and Cologne: 9,000 (indirect only)
• Basel: 3,000 (rising to over 30,000 with Zurich, ~92km away, is included; Zurich ended in 2019)

The above figures exclude leakage to Tuzla (~110km away) and demand that goes by coach. Coach demand was always big business from the country

Wizz Air’s new Sarajevo base will initially have one aircraft which will operate six sectors each day from 06:10 until 23:00. Wizz Air also ensures maximum aircraft utilization, with very high aircraft usage. On the average Sarajevo based aircraft is flying 13,5 hours per day (13,5 hours is only the air time, when aircraft is in the flight, does not include taxing and other airport operations. 

Multiple markets have been served from Sarajevo in the past decade:

• Amsterdam by BH Airlines until 2012
• Charleroi by TUI Belgium in 2017
• Copenhagen by BH Airlines, Norwegian, and SAS. Two carriers were on it in most years and it ended in 2019
• Gothenburg by BH Airlines until 2011 and then Norwegian in 2019
• London-Luton by FlyBosnia in 2019 and 2020
• Zurich by BH Airlines until 2013 and then Swiss between 2015 and 2019

Belgium, France, and the UK will once again be connected with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo and Bosnia and Herzegovina will benefit on many levels by having direct air link with London, Paris and Brussels.

Wizz Air previously served London-Luton from Tuzla.  It ended in 2017 and had an estimated SLF of 74%, based on 20,159 passengers and 27,360 seats. The traffic shows how well markets can be stimulated, with London demand from Sarajevo and Tuzla exceeding 38,000 in 2017 – almost double the year before. Of course, this does not mean that SLF, fares, and sector revenue will always be sufficient, so the need for corrective measures.

Sarajevo Airport incentive for airline base

Sarajevo International Airport incentive requirement for airlines to open base at the airport (the tender was opened on October 08. 2020, and closed 30 days latter).

• In the first stage, the base is set up for two aircraft, with the option of increasing number of aircraft, as available capacities increase at Sarajevo International Airport or when other conditions are fulfilled.
• The aircraft types must have the capacity of 150 passengers or more
• The base of the airline carrier is set up for the period from 2021 until 2023.

Wizz Air has opened its base at Sarajevo with one Airbus 320 with nine new routes from Sarajevo, even though requirement for winning the tender was two aircraft. Wizz Air was the only company applying for the incentive, giving it stronger negotiation position. In the first year of the airlines base operations at Sarajevo Airport the airline will strengthen its position paving the road for summer of 2022, when the aviation sector is expecting full rebound from the pandemic. In summer timetable of 2022, we can expect second aircraft to be based at Sarajevo Airport with additional destinations introduced. Underserved market from Sarajevo with indirect traffic in 2019 with at least 8000 one-way passengers are : Rome, Barcelona, Milan, Hamburg, Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Berlin, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Geneva,  Athens, Skopje, Antalya, Izmir, Ankara, Bucharest, Warsaw, and Tel Aviv.

With second A320 being based in Sarajevo, Wizz Air has high probability to start following routes:

Wizz Air network from Sarajevo in summer of 2022 could look like this:

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✈Wizz Air to open Sarajevo base

 

Wizz Air new route map from Sarajevo

Wizz Air has announced today opening of its second base in Bosnia and Herzegovina, after Tuzla the airline will open Sarajevo base with one Airbus 320. The airline has announced nine new destinations from Sarajevo with 21 weekly departures.

Wizz Air new routes from Sarajevo

Source: Flying Bosnian and Wizz Air

✈Spain - Air traffic statistics data for 2020

Since I consider Spain my second home country, today article will be about Spanish airports in 2020.

Spain’s 46 airports and 2 heliports within the Aena network closed 2020 with 76,064,322 passengers, 72.4% less than the previous year; 1,101,185 aircraft movements, 53.4% less; and 787,848 tons of cargo, 26.3% less than in 2019. The decrease in traffic was due to restrictions on mobility both in Spain and in the rest of the world caused by the spread of COVID-19.

In 2019 Spanish airports recorded 275.2 million passengers, representing a 4.4% increase compared to the previous year. Of those passengers, 188.8 million flew internationally, a historical record, with a 3.5% increase on 2018. Passengers on domestic flights amounted to over 85.5 million, a 6.4% increase on the previous year. The volume of aircraft operations was greater than 2.3 million, a 2.6% increase on 2018 and cargo traffic amounted to over 1,068,394 tons, a 5.6% increase compared to the previous year.

Passengers	Aircraft Operations	Cargo (tons)

Spain has the third largest volume of air traffic in Europe, after the UK and Germany. It totals 11% of Europe's passenger traffic and 10% of its aircraft operations.

A further five Spanish airports registered traffic of over 10 million passengers in 2019: Palma de Mallorca, with over 29 million; Málaga-Costa del Sol, with 19.8 million; Alicante-Elche, with 15 million; Gran Canaria, with over 13.2 million; and Tenerife Sur with over 11 million.

Type of air traffic

69.2% of commercial traffic in all airports in the Aena network is international, and the remaining 30.8% is national. The main source countries of air travel passengers to Spain are the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, France, the Nordic countries, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, the United States, Ireland and Russia3.

Share of the major airport hubs

Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas and Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat airports make up 41.6% of passengers, 32.6% of operations and 69.4% of cargo. Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas contributes 22.4% of total passengers, 18% of the aircraft and 52.3% of the cargo, while Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El-Prat has a market share of 19.1% of passengers, 14.6% of operations and 17.1% of cargo.

Spanish airports - annual data for 2020
76.1 million passengers in 2020	The volume of passengers travelling in Aena Spanish airports decreased 72.4% compared to 2019 because of covid-19.
1.1 million aircraft operations in 2020	The Spanish airports registered 53.4% less aircraft movements in 2020 compared to 2019.
787,848 tons of cargo in 2020	The cargo traffic at Spanish airports decreased 26.3% compared to the previous year.
MAD and BCN in the top ten EU airports	Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas and Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat airports rank 4th and 5th in the EU in terms of passengers in 2020.
55.4% of international passengers traffic.	In 2020 the international passengers traffic decreased 77.8% and the national traffic decreased 60.6%.
Spain 46 airports + 2 heliports	Aena manages 46 airports and 2 heliports of public interest in Spain

AENA COMPANY PROFILE	Number 1 airport management company in the world Aena is the world's number one airport operator with 293 million passengers in 2019 (Spanish airports and Luton).
46 airports + 2 heliports Aena manages 46 airports and 2 heliports of public interest in Spain	London-Luton Airport Aena holds a 51 per cent stake in the capital of the concessionaire company of London-Luton airport.
22 airports in Brazil, Mexico, Jamaica and Colombia Aena participates in the management of 6 airports in Brazil, 12 in Mexico, 2 in Colombia and 2 in Jamaica.	335 million passengers of estimated capacity Aena airports are equipped with modern infrastructures with a high spare capacity.
>220.000 m2 of commercial areas Aena airports offer a wide commercial offer and great business opportunities	4,503.3 million € of total incomes in 2019 2,901.1 billion correspond to aircraft business, 1,252 to commercial business, 80.2 to real estate services and 270.4 to international business.
1,442 million € of net profit in 2018 The consolidated net profit has increased 8.6% compared to 2018 because of the positive business development and of the overall financial result.	2,114.3 billion euros of cash flow generation Debt ratio (net financial debt, EBITDA) of 2.3x in 2019.
<1.6 million of reduced mobility persons attended. Passengers who used assistance for PRM in 2018 gave the service a rating of 4.88 out of 5.	24,395 soundproofed houses   Since 2000, Aena has fully financed the sound insulation of residential units in line with the Noise Insulation Plans.

Source: AENA and Flying Bosnian

✈Tuzla Airport - control tower reconstruction

In the Approach and Airport Flight Control Unit Tuzla (JPAKL Tuzla), the complete reconstruction of the control tower dome was successfully carried out, which significantly improved the working conditions for the air traffic controllers of this unit. Prior to the start of works, a safety assessment was conducted, which was accepted by the Bosnia and Herzegovina Civil Aviation Directorate.

The works on the rehabilitation of the dome of the control tower in Tuzla were carried out in the period from August to November 2020. Control tower reconstruction itself has been prepared for a long time, given that during its implementation it was necessary to ensure the smooth tower operations and operations of aircraft at Tuzla International Airport. For this purpose, during the reconstruction, excellent cooperation was achieved with Tuzla International Airport, the contractor company "Kebex" Ltd. Doboj South and the supervisory body "Modus-ing" Ltd. Tuzla.

Reconstruction work was carried out during the opening hours of the airport, in the presence of representatives of the Department of Aviation and Technology of Tuzla Airport.

Source: BHANSA and Flying Bosnian

✈BHANSA and Mostar University partnership

The University of Mostar and the Bosnia and Herzegovina Air Navigation Service Agency (BHANSA) signed the Agreement on Cooperation to achieve cooperation and common interests in scientific research, knowledge, and technology transfer to jointly create a society of knowledge .

The contracting parties have defined the principles of long-term cooperation on research, development, and education projects in the field of activities of the University, which can significantly contribute to the success of the realization of BHANSA's development plans.

"The University of Mostar is continuously working to connect with organizations and institutions whose work and activities help the development of the University, either as a teaching base or in scientific research projects. BHANSA, as an Air Navigation Services Agency, has opened new opportunities in air traffic control research as a complex technological process which is a major challenge for the University and study programs. We are glad that with our partner we are opening new opportunities for our students, teachers, but also BHANSA employees for cooperation with the University " , said prof. dr. Zoran Tomić, Rector of the University of Mostar

Cooperation will take place in all areas of common interest, with emphasis on research, project development, and expertise with the aim of improving technical and technological solutions in BHANSA from the scientific competencies of the University. The application and implementation of joint research and project development according to domestic and international funding sources. Education of BHANSA employees through specialist seminars, workshops, lectures, specialist postgraduate and doctoral studies, professional and practical training of students at the University of Mostar through student internships, workshops, professional lectures, and seminars.

"We are extremely honored and pleased that the step towards establishing cooperation between the Bosnia and Herzegovina Air Navigation Service Agency and scientific institutions is related to the University of Mostar. The agreement will open numerous opportunities for cooperation between our institutions, through the exchange of experiences and the implementation of joint projects. An important part for us is certainly to point out to the scientific community the control of flight as an extremely demanding technological process that offers numerous opportunities for innovation, but also scientific research and reviews. On the one hand, our goal is to enrich the teaching process at the University with new insights from practice, but also to apply proven scientific methods in the continuous training of our employees. There is, of course, the possibility of joint application to different projects, as well as the possibility of placing innovations in foreign markets”, said Davorin Primorac, director of BHANSA.

Cooperation encourages new forms of knowledge transfer, as well as further development of own capacities, using the best national scientific, innovative, and educational potentials.

Source: BHANSA

✈Sarajevo – Zurich route analysis

Indirect passengers are just one measurement of unmet demand and potential opportunities.  Yet it can be extremely helpful for future route development. Zurich- Sarajevo is the route with undoubted possibility, but due to high cost of airport taxes and aircraft handling fees at both Zurich and Sarajevo airports, this route is still served indirectly, mostly via Star Alliance and its hub airports in Munich and Vienna.

Indirect traffic between Sarajevo and Zurich in 2017 was 8.000 one-way passengers, in 2018 was 9.000 passengers and 10.000 in 2019. In the past this route was operated by Cross Air, Air Bosna, BH Airlines and Swiss Air. There is big opportunity for this route to be established again, with mix of VFR, business, and transfer passengers this route should be operated at least five times weekly (Monday-Friday) increasing to daily.

Swiss International Air Lines operated this route for short period of time but due to low frequency (only two weekly flights), the schedule that was not timed for connections onto Swiss network to North America and Asia and not having proper marketing campaign, the flights were discontinued after only one season. Even though Swiss International Air Lines in its fleet has a perfect aircraft for this route, an Airbus 220, unfortunately the airline gave up on this route for “more lucrative “ routes in wester Europe. With the pandemic getting under control the airlines will be looking for new (old) markets with high possibility of Swiss International Air Lines returning to Sarajevo again.

Source: Flying Bosnian