B&H Airlines winter 2008/09More flights to Turkey

On October 25, 2008 B&H Airlines, the national airline of Bosnia and Herzegovina will begin with its winter schedule. With as small amount of destinations and a fleet of only two aircraft (ATR72’s) there won’t be many changes however some lines have been rerouted and some reduced while others increased.

B&H Airline has recently been purchased by Turkish Airlines. The exact amount of shares purchased is still uncertain (49% or 51% - to be announced in the following days) however B&H Airlines is increasing its frequencies to Turkish Airlines’ base – Istanbul. Flights will be increased from 4 per week to 6 flights per week. The Sarajevo to Frankfurt service will increase from 2 weekly to 3 weekly flights.

Furthermore B&H will replace the nonstop Sarajevo – Stuttgart service with a stop via Mostar from October 26. Flight JA214 will be operated twice a week. Frequencies to Zurich will remain as they have been operated during the summer – 4 times per week and the same goes for Cologne which will continue to be operated twice times a week. B&H’s only destination within the EX-YU region, to Skopje, Macedonia, will be decreased from 2 flights to 1 flight per week. The airline will maintain its code share agreements with Jat Airways from Sarajevo to Belgrade and Croatia Airlines from Sarajevo to Zagreb. B&H Airlines will continue operating from Banja Luka to Zurich via Sarajevo.

This is BH Airlines’ last timetable before the privatisation process is officially completed. The 2009 summer season should offer a greater variety of services with new aircraft expected.

Any related updates will be posted. Any question our readers might have regarding the new schedule can be posted by using the “comments” option or contacting us using our e-mail address. Soon the Adria Airways, Montenegro Airlines and MAT Macedonian Airlines 2008/09 winter schedule will be published on the blog. Read more

New destinations for BH, Croatian and Montenegro Airlines

BH Airlines
Unfortunately with a lack of aircraft the airline was unable to start recently announced services to London or Skopje however there is some good news from the Bosnian carrier. The airline will, on June 10, commence flights to Stuttgart from Mostar. Relying on the diaspora and some tourism the flights could be successful. Meanwhile the airline has continued cooperation with Jat Airways by continuing 3 weekly code share flights to Belgrade (operated by Jat Airways). Jat Airways flies daily to Sarajevo.

Croatia Airlines
Croatia is as usual spreading its wings this summer especially in the region. Competition for regional routes will now be high between Croatian and Jay. Croatia Airlines is starting flights to the Montenegrin capital Podgorica on June 17, 2008. The airline starts services to Priština on June 16 (in the disputed breakaway Serbian region of Kosovo) where Jat is currently not allowed to operate.

Montenegro Airlines
The Montenegrin national carrier is this year, with a brand new Embraer E195 (which arrives this Sunday – stay tuned to this blog), starting flights to a couple of European cities. In the next few days the airline will start daily services to Frankfurt while new destinations in the airline’s network include London from June 15 and Milano from July (although a date has not yet been specified). The airline is also hoping to start flights to Brussels, Moscow and Berlin however this might be just a bit too optimistic for this summer.

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