✈ Tuzla Airport 1Q results

In the first quarter of 2017, Tuzla International Airport has recorded 24,77% increase in passengers. Total of 78.336 passengers used the airport in the first quarter of the year, an increase of 15.565 passengers comparing to the first quarter of 2016. The increase in fueled by the new routes Wizz Air introduced from Tuzla: London Luton and Billund in October 2016 and Berlin in December of 2016. With the second Airbus 320 based at the airport, from the month of April on, will see an increase over 100,00 % in passengers.  

       

✈ Sarajevo Airport apron reconstruction

Works on reconstruction of a part of the aircraft parking platform are in progress at Sarajevo International Airport.  As the construction is executed around-the-clock, Sarajevo airport staff have been taking several organizational and technical measures to prevent the construction from affecting security and regularity of air traffic. The reconstruction is expected to be finished by the end of next month.  The value of the investment is worth approximately 800.000 Bosnian Marks, and it includes the reconstruction of some 3500 m2 of the existing parking platform that will be covered with new layers and a finishing 30 cm thick concrete slab, all in accordance with the international ICAO standards.

The purpose of reconstruction is due to problems caused by tracks left from aircraft wheels on parking positions, which required replacement of asphalt on these parts repeatedly. The general intent of the reconstruction is to adjust the platform by stages throughout several years, which will enable a period of exploitation of a minimum of 20 years. The first stage of reconstruction, which included approximately 1600 m2, was successfully finished in 2014.

Source: Flying Bosnian and Sarajevo Airport

✈ Flydubai is increasing Dubai-Sarajevo flights to 12 weekly!

Flydubai Boeing 737-800 landing at Sarajevo Int. Airport

From June 23. to September 17. 2017. Flydubai will introduce 5 additional weekly flights between Dubai and Sarajevo. With this addition Flydubai will operate a total of 12 weekly flights between Dubai and Sarajevo. Dubai based airline will offer total of 4.176 seats weekly between two cities. From June 23rd together with Air Arabia's daily flights from Sharjah, United Arab Emirates will be served with 19 weekly flights from Sarajevo.

Flight schedule Dubai-Sarajevo

Flight schedule Sarajevo-Dubai

Source: Flying Bosnian

✈ Wizz Air, Tuzla winter schedule 2017/2018

Wizz air has open its winter schedule from Tuzla. All current destinations will be served in winter schedule, including all destinations introduced last week.

Wizz Air schedule from Tuzla, winter 2017/2018

	Destination	Flights per week	Days
1	Malmo	4	1-3-5-7
2	Gothenburg	3	-2-4-6-
3	Dortmund	3	1-3-5--
4	Eindhoven	3	1-3-5--
5	Bratislava	2	1---5--
6	Friedrichshafen	2	-2---6-
7	Hahn	3	1-3-5--
8	Basel	4	1-3-5-7
9	Nuremberg	2	-2---6-
10	Vaxjo	2	-2---6-
11	London LTN	2	-2---6-
12	Memmingen	3	1-3-5--
13	Berlin	2	---4--7
14	Cologne	2	-2---6-
15	Stockholm NYO	2	---4--7
16	Billund	2	---4--7
	Total weekly flights	41

Day of the week	Number of weekly   flights
Monday	7
Tuesday	6
Wednesday	6
Thursday	4
Friday	7
Saturday	6
Sunday	5

Country	Number of weekly flights
Germany	17
Sweden	11
Switzerland	4
Nederland	3
United Kingdom	2
Denmark	2
Slovakia	2

Source: Flying Bosnian and Wizz Air

✈ Wizz Air, Budapest-Sarajevo flights established!

Wizz Air has established its first route to Sarajevo Int. Airport. Budapest is the first destination for Wizz Air from Sarajevo, which will be served with two weekly flights on Mondays and Fridays. After a short flight of 48 minutes , an Airbus 320  aircraft has landed at Sarajevo airport at 08:40 with, flight W62237 with 144 passengers onboard. 64 passengers boarded flight back to Budapest. Wizz Air is rapidly expanding in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This year alone the airline has introduced five new routes from its baze at Tuzla International Airport. Wizz Air has plans to introduce more flights from Sarajevo in the near future, and has expressed interest in opening its second base in Bosnia and Herzegovina at Sarajevo International Airport. This year, Wizz Air is offering around 700.000 seats on its flights from and to Bosnia and Herzegovina, positioning itself as a number one airline in the country in terms of the capacity and destinations served. Total of 17 destinations across Europe are offered from Tuzla and Sarajevo (16 destinations from Tuzla  and one destination from Sarajevo). Wizz Air has great potential to establish flights from Sarajevo to: Frankfurt, Milan, Rome, Copenhagen, Warsaw (none of these destinations are served from Tuzla) and others.

Table below is showing current bookings for BUD-SJJ-BUD flights:

	Budapest-Sarajevo	Sarajevo-Budapest	Total Passengers	*CLF %
05/04/2017	145	64	209	58,05%
09/04/2017	124	88	212	58,88%
10/04/2017	89	108	197	54,72%
14/04/2017	155	118	273	75,83%
17/04/2017	112	143	255	70,83%
21/04/2017	112	121	233	64,72%
24/04/2017	100	122	222	61,66%
28/04/2017	108	109	217	60.27%
Total booked passengers	944	873	1.818	63,12%
Total available  seats	1.440	1.440	2.880

*CLF (Cabin Load Factor)

Photos from inaugural flight (April 5, 2017)

                              Photos by Klix.ba and Sarajevo Airport

Source: Flying Bosnian