Banja Luka Airport resumes cargo terminal project

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Doha becomes Middle East’s busiest

In the battle to be the pre-eminent travel hub in the Middle East, the latest research from ForwardKeys has revealed that Doha seized and consolidated a lead over Dubai in the first half of 2021. In the period January 1 -June 30, the volume of air tickets issued for travel via Doha was 18% higher than it was through Dubai; and that relationship looks set to continue. Current bookings for the second half of the year through Doha are 17% higher than through Dubai. At the start of the year, air traffic through Doha was at 77% of Dubai; but it quickly reached 100% for the first time during the week commencing January 27. The major factor driving the trend was the lifting, of the blockade of flights to and from Qatar this January, which was imposed in June 2017 by Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, who accused Qatar of sponsoring terrorism - an accusation it strongly denies. Since January, five routes were restored by Qatar Airways in the region and new routes launched further afield. Olivier Ponti, Vice President of insights at ForwardKeys, said, “Without the blockade, which encouraged the establishment of new routes as a strategy to replace lost traffic, perhaps we would not have seen Doha charging past Dubai. So, it seems that the seeds of Doha’s relative success were, ironically, sown by the adverse actions of its neighbours. However, one needs to bear in mind that flights through the Middle East during first half of 2021 were still 81 per cent below pre-pandemic levels. So, as the recovery gathers pace, the picture could change significantly”. The last major factor, which has given Qatar an edge over Dubai, has been its reaction to the pandemic. During the height of the Covid-19 crisis, many routes in and out of Doha remained operational, with the result that Doha became a major hub for repatriation flights - most notably to Johannesburg and Montreal.
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Banja Luka Airport resumes cargo terminal project

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Banja Luka Airport has resumed the construction of its cargo terminal after almost a year. Work on the facility was previously halted after inspectors determined that the construction site did not comply with requirements set out in the contract documents. The cargo terminal will be 900 square metres in size and is valued at 670.000 euros. "I expect for us to get a respectable facility. It is pointless to discuss the development of cargo traffic without a cargo terminal. This project is very important to us", the General Manager of Airports of Republika Srpska, Duško Kovačević, said. If all goes to plan, the facility will be completed by the end of 2018.

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Anonymous13:43
Are there some images missing, or is this the first rendering of an airport project in ex-yu without an A380?
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Anonymous15:14
BiH hitting the headlines on a daily basis. A big bravo and applause to the efforts.
BNX will be the leading airport in the region soon.
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Anonymous15:16
https://www.radiosarajevo.ba/vijesti/bosna-i-hercegovina/vlada-federacije-donijela-odluku-o-dodjeli-sredstava-aerodromima-u-tuzli-bihacu-i-mostaru/307437
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