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B&H Airlines is an airline based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, operating scheduled services, charter passenger services and small cargo services. With its home base at the Sarajevo International Airport, the airline is the flag carrier of Bosnia and Herzegovina. [1]
The airline is jointly owned by the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (50.93%), Turkish Airlines (49%) and Energoinvest 0.07%.[1]
[edit] History
The airline was founded on August 12, 1994 as Air Bosna.[2] In the autumn of 2003, the airline ceased operations due to an increased debt that it could no longer repay. It remained defunct until May 2004, when the Government of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina promised to revive it. In June 2005, they restarted operations as B&H Airlines, operating a pair of ATR-72 aircraft.
The logo of Air Bosna, B&H Airlines' predecessor
In late 2007, the Bosnian government announced it was to sell shares in B&H Airlines.[2] On 23 February 2008 it was reported that Turkish Airlines were in negotiations to buy the airline [3], and on 30 March 2008 that Croatia Airlines was also interested in a stake.[4] The government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina also invited Comintel and MyAir (in addition to Turkish Airlines and Croatia Airlines) to recapitalise the airline.[5]
Bids were received from Turkish Airlines, Malaysia's Comintel Corporation and a Jordanian consortium, which included Royal Jordanian Airlines.[6] On 29 October 2008, the Bosnian government announced that Turkish Airlines had been picked as the best bidder in an auction for B&H Airlines shares.[7] Turkish Airlines has proposed covering the cost of leasing two Boeing aircraft and taking over a government loan as conditions of obtaining an increased stake in the company.[7]
[edit] Destinations
[edit] Domestic
[edit] International
[edit] Codeshare
[edit] Future destinations
- With the possible arrival of a second jet engine in 2010, flights will begin to other European destinations. In particular Amsterdam, but also Oslo, London, Paris and Milan are mentioned. From these new destinations passengers flying to and from Bosnia and Herzegovina can connect for flights to countries like USA, Canada, Australia, etc.
- Furthermore B&H Airlines sees it as a priority to expand the number of flights to their current destinations.
[edit] Previous destinations
Amsterdam, Belgrade, Berlin, Budapest, Cologne, Djerba, Izmir, Ljubljana, London, Madrid, Munich, Oslo, Podgorica, Prague, Pristina, Rome, Skopje, Stuttgart, Zagreb
B&H Airlines Boeing 737-400
As of June 2009 the B&H Airlines fleet includes [1] :
- In January 2010 the first Boeing 737-700 will arrive, and the 737-400 will be returned to Turkish Airlines. Another 737-700 will arrive in March 2010.[8][9]
- As of September 2009, the average age of the B&H Airlines fleet is 15.2 years.[10]
[edit] Passenger statistics and income
| 2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 Q3 |
| 24,906 |
59,792 |
68,222 |
61,9041 |
65,5172 |
| 2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
| 11,743,457 KM |
19,623,342 KM |
24,183,951 KM |
38,987,126 KM |
1Only passengers from Sarajevo Airport, (passengers from Mostar, Tuzla and Banja Luka are not included.)
2Only passengers from Sarajevo Airport and Tuzla Airport, (passengers from Banja Luka er not lncluded.)
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