B&H Airlines

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B&H Airlines
IATA JA	ICAO BON	Callsign Air Bosna
Founded		1994 (as Air Bosna)
Hubs		Sarajevo International Airport
Focus cities		Banja Luka Airport Mostar International Airport
Member lounge		Business Class passengers can use the lounge at Sarajevo International Airport
Fleet size		2 (5 by 2007 expected)
Destinations		10
Parent company		BH Airlines
Headquarters		Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Key people		Beba Kasumagić (Sales) Anis Ivanović (Operations)
Website: http://www.airbosna.ba/

B&H Airlines is an airline based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina operating scheduled and charter passenger services. Its main base is Sarajevo International Airport^[1].

Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 3 Codeshare 4 Fleet 5 External links 6 References

[edit] History

The airline was founded in 1994 as Air Bosna. 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 Council of Ministers promised to revive it. In June 2005, they restarted operations as B&H Airlines, operating a pair of ATR-72 aircraft.^{[citation needed]} It is owned by the Government (51%) and Energoinvest (49%)^[1].

There have been plans that B&H Airlines might take on a bigger aircraft shortly so they can commence some flights to destinations currently not possible, like those in Scandinavia. There are plans to open flights to Copenhagen, Oslo, Amsterdam and other destinations. B&H Airlines have 2 Airbus A319 aircraft on order which were originally made by Air Bosna. B&H Airlines intend to increase flights from their secondary hub, Banja Luka, but this will only happen if the airlines fleet increases and the flights receive enough passengers. 2 flights have recently been introduced to Istanbul with flights to Frankfurt and Cologne to follow shortly.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Destinations

• Bosnia & Herzegovina
  • Banja Luka (Banja Luka International Airport)
  • Mostar (Mostar International Airport)
  • Sarajevo (Sarajevo International Airport) Hub
• Croatia
  • Zagreb (Zagreb Airport)
• Germany
  • Cologne (Cologne Bonn Airport)
  • Frankfurt (Frankfurt International Airport)
  • Stuttgart (Stuttgart Airport)
• FYR Macedonia
  • Skopje (Skopje Airport)
• Switzerland
  • Zürich (Zürich International Airport)
• Turkey
  • Istanbul (Atatürk International Airport)

[edit] Codeshare

Thanks to codeshare agreements, B&H Airlines also fly to:

• Croatia Airlines
  • All flights from Zagreb to Sarajevo via Mostar
• Jat Airways
  • Belgrade (Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport)

Codeshare agreement with Jat Airways

Jat Airways will codeshare flights with B&H Airlines. JU108 is codeshared with JA1377 departing Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport at 20:55 landing into Sarajevo International Airport at 21:40. JU109 is codeshared with JA1376 departing Sarajevo International Airport at 06:30 landing back into Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport at 07:15. Flights are daily and are flown with Jat Airways ATR-72 aircraft.

[edit] Fleet

As of March 2007 the B&H Airlines fleet includes ^[1] :

• 2 ATR 72-210

On order:

• 2 Airbus A319-100

[edit] External links

• B&H Airlines
• B&H Airlines Fleet
• BiH airline successfully resurrected

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Flight International 27 March 2007

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