✈Statistics data for London Luton-Tuzla flights

Statistics data for London Luton-Tuzla flights for the first half of the year. Due to low demand in winter months, Wizz Air has decided to convert the route to summer seasonal only.

YEAR 2017 Month	Number of passengers	Number of flights	Average CLF %
January	1.521	10	84,50%
February	1.032	8	71,66%
March	1.099	10	61,05%
April	2.443	20	67,86%
May	2.261	18	70,00%
June	2.032	16	70,55%
TOTAL 2017	10.937	82	74,09%

Data collected and published by the UK CAA

Source:Flying Bosnian

✈WizzAir Tuzla seasonal changes from Sep 2017

WizzAir in Fall and Winter season is adjusting service at Tuzla, as selected routes being converted to seasonal service (summer-only), while selected routes sees frequency adjustment. Planned changes as follow.

Tuzla – Bratislava eff 18SEP17 Reduce from 3 to 2 weekly. Service suspended from 29OCT17

Tuzla – Eindhoven eff 18SEP17 Reduce from 3 to 2 weekly (Frequency identical to W16/17)

Tuzla – Friedrichshafen eff 18SEP17 Reduce from 3 to 2 weekly (Frequency identical to W16/17)

Tuzla – Frankfurt Hahn eff 18SEP17 Reduce from 3 to 2 weekly (Frequency identical to W16/17)

Tuzla – Gothenburg eff 18SEP17 Reduce from 4 to 3 weekly (Frequency identical to W16/17)

Tuzla – London Luton eff 29OCT17 2 weekly service suspended

Tuzla – Malmo eff 18SEP17 Reduce from 5 to 4 weekly (Frequency identical to W16/17)

Tuzla – Nuremberg eff 29OCT17 2 weekly service suspended

Bratislava, London Luton and Nuremberg will restart in April of 2018 as seasonal service (summer-only).

Source: Routes Online

✈Hajj charter flights from Sarajevo Int. Airport

Great Mosque of Mecca (photo by Beyt-i Haram Flickr)

The fifth pillar of Islam is to make a pilgrimage (Hajj) to Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, at least once in one's lifetime. This pillar is obligatory for every Muslim, male or female, provided that he/she is physically and financially able to do so. This year a total of 10 flights will depart from Sarajevo International Airport carrying 1.800 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. The number of pilgrims this year has increased by 400 people, last year eight round-trip flights were operated with 1.400 pilgrims on board. All flights will be operated by Turkish charter airline Free Bird Airlines using Airbus 320 aircraft. 

Flight schedule Sarajevo-Medina

DATE	FLIGHT	DEPARTING SARAJEVO	AIRCRAFT
17/08/2017	FHY 8470 to Medina	07:30	Airbus 320
17/08/2017	FHY 8472 to Medina	19:45	Airbus 320
17/08/2017	FHY 8156 to Medina	21:10	Airbus 320
18/08/2017	FHY 8474 to Medina	07:25	Airbus 320
18/08/2017	FHY 8068 to Medina	09:10	Airbus 320
18/08/2017	FHY 8476 to Medina	20:00	Airbus 320
19/08/2017	FHY 8478 to Medina	07:50	Airbus 320
19/08/2017	FHY 8070 to Medina	13:10	Airbus 320
19/08/2017	FHY 8480 to Medina	19:50	Airbus 320
20/08/2017	FHY 8072 to Medina	07:50	Airbus 320

Schedule for returning flights Jeddah-Sarajevo will be published by the end of this month.

Source: Flying Bosnian

✈Qatar Airways to start Doha-Sarajevo flights on October 31. 2017.

Qatar Airways has open reservations for Doha-Sarajevo flights. Flights will commence on October 31. 2017. with four weekly rotations.

Today’s announcement of the new four times-weekly service, set to begin on 31 October, is part of the airline’s expedited expansion into Eastern Europe, with the recent launch of four times-weekly service to Skopje as well as daily flights to Prague, Czech Republic and Kyiv, Ukraine set to begin later this month.

Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, Mr. Akbar Al Baker said: “Launching flights to Sarajevo is a significant step toward increasing our presence in Eastern Europe, and will provide our passengers with a new and exciting route to and from this remarkable city. It is also tangible proof of our ongoing commitment to expand our global network. Adding Sarajevo to our global network will allow passengers in Bosnia-Herzegovina to connect to more than 150 destinations worldwide through our five-star hub, Hamad International Airport.”

Flight number	Route	Time	Days operating
QA 293	Doha -Sarajevo	06:40-10:40	-23-5-7
QA 294	Sarajevo-Doha	11:40-18:55	-23-5-7

Source: Qatar Airways

✈Record July for Sarajevo Airport!

Photo by JL

Sarajevo International Airport recorded the best month in history. 140.025 passengers traveled through the airport last month, representing an increase of 28,00 % comparing to the same month of last year. Number of aircraft operation increased by 17,00 %, cargo increased by 65,00 %. Last month airport handled on average 4.516 passengers each day.

Source: Sarajevo Int. Airport

✈Analysis of summer timetable for Sarajevo Int. Airport

This year Sarajevo Airport will break all-time record in all areas of operations. As Bosnia and Herzegovina is positioning its self on tourist map, demand for air travel to Bosnian main airport is getting stronger every year. Currently Bosnia and Herzegovina see large number of tourist visiting the country from May to October, even though Bosnia and Herzegovina has huge potential for winter tourism as well. Sarajevo Airport is following the demand with planed airport expansion, due to start in October of this year. After the necessary expansion, Sarajevo Airport will be able to handle 2 million passengers per year. High seasonality in flights is still main issue for the airport, during summer months there are twice as many flights and passengers compared to the winter months.

Tables bellow are showing available seats and airline share at Sarajevo Airport from April 1^st to October 31^st 2017.

Airline	Destinations	Seats offered	SJJ Share
Adria Airways	Ljubljana	35.948	3,8%
Air Arabia	Sharjah	38.556	4,1%
Air Serbia	Belgrade	28.248	3,0%
Austrian Airlines	Vienna	127.380	13,8%
Atlas Global	Istanbul IST	25.584	2,7%
Croatia Airlines	Zagreb	60.344	6,5%
Eurowings	Cologne, Stuttgart	42.048	4,4%
Flydubai	Dubai DBX	80.388	8,5%
Lufthansa	Munich	71.904	7,7%
Nesma Airlines	Riyadh	18.000	1,9%
Norwegian Air	Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo	40.824	4,3%
Pegasus Airlines	Istanbul SAW	103.950	11,3%
Swiss Air	Zurich	18.236	1,9%
TUIfly Belgium	Charleroi	17.760	1,8%
Tailwind Airlines	Antalya	7.728	0,8%
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul IST	188.850	20,3%
Wataniya Airways	Kuwait City	8.448	0,9%
Wizz Air	Budapest	21.600	2,3%
		935.796

Source: Flying Bosnian