Skip to main content
  • Home

Search This Site

EX-YU Aviation News

EX-YU Aviation News

  • About
  • Vintage
  • Trip Reports
  • Newsletter
  • Support

EX-YU VINTAGE


Inex-Adria DC-9-33RC
Rapid Change aircraft, 1970s

Labels

ACI Air Adria Airways Adria Airways Switzerland Adria Tehnika Air Croatia Air Montenegro Air Serbia Amelia International Archive files Banja Luka
Belgrade BH Airlines Bihać bosnia and herzegovina Bosnian Wand Airlines Brač Covid-19 croatia croatia airlines Dalmatian Dubrovnik ETF Airways European Coastal Airlines Feature Fleet Fly Air41 Airways FlyBosnia Focus Jat Airways Jat Tehnika jobs Kon Tiki Sky Kosovo Kraljevo Limitless Airways Livery Ljubljana Lošinj low cost airline macedonia Maribor Mat Airways MAT Macedonian Airlines montenegro montenegro airlines mostar MRO New route Newsflash Niš Ohrid Osijek Photo podgorica portorož Pragusa.One Priština Privatisation PROMO Pula Results 2008 Results 2009 Results 2010 Results 2011 Results 2012 Results 2013 Results 2014 Results 2015 Results 2016 Results 2017 Results 2018 Results 2019 Results 2020 Results 2021 Results 2022 Results 2023 Results 2024 Results 2025 Rijeka Ryanair safety sarajevo Sea Air serbia service Skopje Sky Srpska slovenia Smile Air Split Summer 2009 Summer 2010 Summer 2011 Summer 2012 Summer 2013 Summer 2014 Summer 2015 Summer 2016 Summer 2017 Summer 2018 Summer 2019 Summer 2020 Summer 2021 Summer 2022 Summer 2023 Summer 2024 Summer 2025 Summer 2026 tivat ToMontenegro Trade Air Trebinje Trip report Tuzla Užice VLM Airlines Winter 2008/09 Winter 2009/10 Winter 2010/11 Winter 2011/12 Winter 2012/13 Winter 2013/14 Winter 2014/15 Winter 2015/16 Winter 2016/17 Winter 2017/18 Winter 2018/19 Winter 2019/2020 Winter 2020/2021 Winter 2021/2022 Winter 2022/2023 Winter 2023/2024 Winter 2024/2025 Winter 2025/2026 Winter 2025/26 Wizz Air Zadar zagreb
Show more Show less

Archive

  • May24
  • April80
  • March80
  • February73
  • January84
  • December81
  • November83
  • October83
  • September79
  • August80
  • July83
  • June76
  • May84
  • April81
  • March77
  • February78
  • January81
  • December83
  • November83
  • October84
  • September84
  • August87
  • July84
  • June80
  • May84
  • April79
  • March84
  • February75
  • January81
  • December79
  • November79
  • October80
  • September81
  • August81
  • July79
  • June79
  • May80
  • April75
  • March84
  • February76
  • January79
  • December83
  • November78
  • October78
  • September79
  • August86
  • July98
  • June99
  • May93
  • April93
  • March92
  • February83
  • January93
  • December94
  • November77
  • October80
  • September79
  • August79
  • July86
  • June84
  • May86
  • April82
  • March95
  • February74
  • January79
  • December82
  • November77
  • October84
  • September80
  • August82
  • July84
  • June75
  • May79
  • April76
  • March75
  • February73
  • January80
  • December80
  • November79
  • October77
  • September73
  • August70
  • July80
  • June75
  • May76
  • April72
  • March75
  • February71
  • January78
  • December74
  • November72
  • October75
  • September69
  • August65
  • July73
  • June73
  • May74
  • April67
  • March72
  • February64
  • January72
  • December73
  • November70
  • October70
  • September70
  • August56
  • July68
  • June72
  • May73
  • April56
  • March31
  • February29
  • January34
  • December31
  • November30
  • October31
  • September31
  • August31
  • July31
  • June30
  • May31
  • April30
  • March31
  • February28
  • January31
  • December31
  • November30
  • October31
  • September30
  • August31
  • July31
  • June30
  • May31
  • April30
  • March31
  • February28
  • January31
  • December31
  • November30
  • October30
  • September30
  • August31
  • July31
  • June30
  • May31
  • April30
  • March31
  • February28
  • January31
  • December32
  • November30
  • October31
  • September30
  • August31
  • July31
  • June30
  • May31
  • April30
  • March31
  • February29
  • January31
  • December31
  • November30
  • October31
  • September30
  • August31
  • July31
  • June30
  • May31
  • April30
  • March31
  • February28
  • January31
  • December32
  • November31
  • October31
  • September30
  • August31
  • July31
  • June30
  • May32
  • April31
  • March31
  • February28
  • January31
  • December31
  • November30
  • October31
  • September31
  • August31
  • July31
  • June30
  • May31
  • April30
  • March32
  • February29
  • January31
  • December30
  • November30
  • October31
  • September30
  • August30
  • July31
  • June31
Show more Show less


Banja Luka Airport secures new flights

  • Get link
  • Facebook
  • X
  • Pinterest
  • Email
  • Whatsapp
  • Telegram
  • Reddit
  • Linkedin
  • Other Apps

Banja Luka Airport has announced it will be linked with Podgorica and Gothenburg by the end of the year, as it makes a major strategic shift by announcing plans to attract low cost airlines. Services to the Montenegrin capital and the Swedish city will be operated once per week from December 22 by the virtual Swedish-based airline Montefly. The operating carrier will be disclosed at a later date once contracted. According to the Ministry for Transport and Communications in the government of the entity of Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina, ticket sales are expected to begin soon. Banja Luka Airport has also confirmed it is in talks with a further three airlines concerning future operations from the city, one of which is Air Serbia.

The Entity Minister for Transport, Nedjo Trninić, noted that Banja Luka Airport will target low cost carriers in the future in order to boost connectivity. It is in stark contrast to Mr Trninić’s previous remarks when he noted, “Low cost carriers are not our future. We are more focused on serious airlines to which we can offer fair conditions". At the time, Mr Trninić criticised Tuzla Airport, which acts as a base for Wizz Air, noting, "At Tuzla Airport they survive on donations made by the Cantnon and Federal governments. We are not interested in such things. Tuzla Airport would not be in operation if it were not for subsidies. Low cost airlines are very demanding in terms of subsidies and airports do not benefit from them". However, local media believe Banja Luka Airport has resumed talks with Wizz itself. “We have reached an agreement with airlines we are currently negotiating with that, until we sign a contract, we will not disclose their names or further details. All I can say at this point is that we are in discussions with two carriers, or three if we include Air Serbia, which currently maintains services to the city”, Banja Luka Airport’s General Manager, Miroslav Janjić, said.

Banja Luka Airport began talks with Wizz Air over potential flights in 2013, however, negotiations later collapsed. The Entity Minister for Transport at the time, Nedeljko Čubrilović, said, “Unfortunately we were unable to agree to the terms set by the airline. It’s not as it looks. They aren’t coming here to give us anything, they want to come here to take something. During negotiations they were very difficult over handling prices so we would not benefit from them in any single way”. Banja Luka Airport is in the midst of a 3.1 million euro expansion of its passenger terminal and the construction of a new cargo facility. During the January - August period it handled a total of 14.745 passengers, representing a decrease of 3.9% on last year. Currently, Air Serbia is Banja Luka Airport's only customer, maintaining five weekly flights from Belgrade.
September 16, 2017
Banja Luka bosnia and herzegovina Feature low cost airline Winter 2017/18
  • Get link
  • Facebook
  • X
  • Pinterest
  • Email
  • Whatsapp
  • Telegram
  • Reddit
  • Linkedin
  • Other Apps

Comments

  1. Anonymous09:13

    Serious airline they got there...

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Anonymous10:27

      there should be no more comments allowed today. you said it all!

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Anonymous12:55

      Wizz Air was named by Banja Luka management as unserious company, and Montefy (is that the name) is serious one?

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    3. Anonymous08:48

      Hello Anon at 12:55 PM, the guys you mentioned are as thick as two short planks.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    4. Reply
  2. Anonymous09:14

    Haha love how they changed their position 360C

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Anonymous09:36

      yap same as before.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Anonymous10:02

      They realized that what they were doing - waiting for legacy airlines to line up - was not going to work.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    3. Anonymous10:07

      Took them long enough.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    4. Anonymous10:22

      You mean 180c.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    5. Anonymous10:33

      Hah yes I was meant to write 180.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    6. Reply
  3. Anonymous09:18

    If they really are in talks with Wizz Air that would be fantastic and I hope for a positive outcome.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Anonymous09:21

      Which routes could they start?

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Anonymous09:27

      I think Malmo, Basel and Bratislava could work.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    3. Anonymous10:26

      oh yeah Bratislava worked too well for TZL so they cancelled it...

      and Banja is even closer to VIE. Spot On!

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    4. Anonymous10:27

      There is a larger number of people from the Banja Luka area living near Vienna then there is from around Tuzla.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    5. Anonymous10:28

      ma kako da ne

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    6. Anonymous11:55

      In the late 90ties, BNX had flights to Vienna, Zurich, St. Galen and Germany (forgot which city)

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    7. Reply
  4. Anonymous09:41

    Montefly - another Air Croatia in the making.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Anonymous09:52

      I think it is the same people that were behind Air Croatia. They were also from Sweden.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Anonymous09:56

      So another scam.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    3. Reply
  5. Anonymous09:58

    If they are talking to Wizz Air and Air Serbia, who is the third company?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Anonymous10:01

      Montefly :D

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Anonymous10:03

      Pobeda? Just imagine BNX and INI on their route map. How about Air France?

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    3. Anonymous10:08

      Air France suspended Belgrade during their cost cutting measures in 2009/2010. I highly doubt they would now go for BNX.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    4. Anonymous10:22

      Pobeda sounds plausible.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    5. Reply
  6. Anonymous10:12

    When I read the title I had a bit of hope but then I saw it was some phantom airline. These guys just NEVER learn. Come out and say you have secured flights when you do it with an ACTUAL airline.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Anonymous11:02

      +1

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Reply
  7. Anonymous10:34

    What are the main unserved markets from BNX?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Anonymous10:54

      INI

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Anonymous11:02

      Haha yeah sure.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    3. Anonymous12:01

      Three years ago Wizz offered Banja Luka flights from Luton, Malmo, Eindhoven and Dortmund to choose from.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    4. Reply
  8. Anonymous11:02

    How much money does Tuzla Airport give to Wizz Air?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Anonymous11:06

      I think it is 600,000 euros per year.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Reply
  9. Anonymous11:03

    BNX should be closed as soon as possible or converted in sport airfield. This isn't an international airport.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Anonymous09:14

      The airport is in desperate need of a new supervisory and a new managing board. But the boards will not be replaced until the more than ten years old, corrupt and totalitarian regime is discarded, that's all.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Reply
  10. Anonymous11:05

    It's unfortunate that initial talks with Wizz Air were taking place in 2013. The the management shooed them away because Air Serbia showed up. Had Wizz started talks a year earlier BNX would be like TZL today.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Anonymous12:01

      Not true, talks started in 2012.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Reply
  11. Anonymous11:36

    Hopefully something comes of this. Good luck BNX.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
      Reply
  12. Anonymous11:54

    Banja Luka seem to be no better than Mostar, bragging as soon as someone gives them a call.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
      Reply
  13. Anonymous12:12

    how tall is banja luka airport atc tower?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Anonymous12:49

      46 metres

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Reply
  14. Anonymous12:13

    If W6 comes to BNX it could attract pax from big parts of Croatia.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Anonymous13:01

      Yeah right ahahahaha ... can you imagine Croats flying from Republika Srpska?!

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Anonymous13:03

      That is not very likely ... it is rather difficult to get to Banja Luka and also to connect flights

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    3. Anonymous13:29

      @1.01 same was said that Croats wouldn't fly to some other cities via Belgrade when Air Serbia started flights to Zagreb, but they do.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    4. Anonymous15:44

      Many Croats from eastern Croatia (Osijek included) fly out of Belgrade so why wouldn't people from continental Croatia fly out of BNX? Don't forget that Banja Luka is connected with the highway now so it's quite competitive.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    5. Reply
  15. Anonymous13:13

    BNX needs to be connected to IST, VIE, CDG, BCN.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Anonymous14:13

      Yes of course they do.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Reply
  16. Anonymous14:56

    We want flights between Banja Luka and Frankfurt

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Anonymous09:41

      It will happen as soon as I am the new minister of the Ministry of Transport and Communication of the Republic of Srpska, and I have got rid off the chicanery and corruption in this field.
      It for sure means the airport we have been talking about is to undergo a radical shake-up.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Reply
  17. Anonymous15:08

    BNX would be a perfect addition to Wizz Air's route map. I could see Banja Luka - Base;l working very well since most Serbs living there are actually from Bosnia.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
      Reply
  18. Anonymous15:51

    http://www.nezavisne.com/ekonomija/privreda/Nezavisne-istrazile-ko-stoji-iza-firme-Montefly-Uzimali-rezervacije-za-letove-pa-ih-povukli/443265

    that's a nice article (in Bosnian) about how "Montefly" is registered to a garage in Sweden. Well done, BNX management.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
      Reply
  19. Anonymous16:18

    I just checked the company name against the Swedish company register, the company doesn't exist.
    Another classic Balkan fraud attempt.

    Who are these idiots running BNX......???

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Anonymous09:17

      Nobody knows their names.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Reply
  20. Anonymous17:28

    Not 5 times per week for BEG. Currently ASL flies 3 times per week, while in winter timetable that will be downgrade to twice per week

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Anonymous17:53

      No you are wrong. There are 5 flights per week: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. So the article is very much correct.

      For the winter it was mentioned in an article a few days ago: "services to Banja Luka will be reduced from three to two per week from November 21 until mid-December and then again from February until March."
      http://www.exyuaviation.com/2017/09/air-serbia-to-consolidate-winter.html

      So your information is wrong.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Reply
  21. JU50018:17

    Na beg.aero stoji u redu letenja VO363/364 MBX-BEG-MBX od 9.oktobra.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Unknown18:27

      Tyrolean airlines?

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Anonymous18:28

      No it's VLM Slovenia.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    3. Anonymous18:44

      Any schedule? I am sure this flight will be popular with Serbia in that part of Austria who currently have no decent air link with Serbia.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    4. Anonymous19:11

      VO 363 arrives to BEG at 12.25.
      VO 364 departs from BEG at 13.00.

      Interesting.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    5. Anonymous19:11

      Forgot to add, it's supposed to operate five times per week.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    6. Anonymous19:12

      They said plenty of times that they will start flying to Belgrade and it was published here to.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    7. Anonymous19:16

      Yeah but now it's finally happening and we even have arriving and departing times. It's quite big. I wonder what their fares will be like.


      Since we are talking about BEG, Israir will not be suspending BEG. It was loaded in the system the other day, two weekly with the A320.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    8. Anonymous19:20

      And some people here should learn that it takes time for airlines to load their schedules. Like another guy a few days ago was saying how Wizz was suspending some route to Nis next year and a day later they load it in the system.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    9. Anonymous19:30

      Is there even a market between Belgrade and Ljubljana!?

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    10. Anonymous19:40

      Ljubljana yes, Maribor I am not too certain.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    11. Reply
  22. Anonymous00:37

    Anyway, congrats BNX! Good to see the airport reviving.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
      Reply
  23. Anonymous14:17

    It must be great doing business with those desperate little airports. Whenever they got called by a secretary of Wizz, found a new phantom operator or they had a good hamburger for lunch they go 'c'mon let's make a press release to show that we are working very hard'.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
      Reply
Add comment
Load more...

Post a Comment

EX-YU Aviation News does not tolerate insults, excessive swearing, racist, homophobic or any other chauvinist remarks or provocative posts with the intention of creating further arguments. A full list of comment guidelines can be found here. Thank you for your cooperation.

VINTAGE EX-YU


Inex-Adria DC-9-33RC
Rapid Change aircraft, 1970s

POPULAR THIS WEEK

Image

Croatia Airlines posts heavy losses and negative equity

Image

Belgrade Airport city rail link work advances

Image

Two airlines apply for new subsidised flights to Slovenia

Image

Riyadh Air launches first recruitment drive in region

Image

Kraljevo Airport registers record passenger growth as it eyes new routes

Powered by Blogger
© EX-YU Aviation News 2008 - 2025