Sarajevo Airport is experiencing a significant growth in flight operations from the Middle East this summer season as demand from the region continues to surge. The airport now boasts nonstop services to the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, while Muscat in Oman and Manama in Bahrain are among the most popular unserved routes from the Bosnian capital. Leading the way among Middle Eastern carriers is Flydubai, which currently maintains three daily services between its hub and the Bosnian capital. The triple daily operation commenced in mid-June, following the Eid holiday, and will run until mid-September. Flydubai’s Senior Vice President for Commercial Operations, Jeyhun Efendi, previously told EX-YU Aviation News, "Sarajevo is one of our more popular routes but it is quite seasonal. Last summer we saw almost 50% passenger growth on this route. Travellers on this service predominantly come from Dubai, as well as our connecting flights from the Gulf. This is obviously inbound tourism".

Kuwait is currently the most in-demand market from Sarajevo with Wataniya Airways being the sole operator on the route. The airline has increased its services between Kuwait City and the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with up to five weekly flights being maintained during the height of summer. Kuwait Airways has said it is considering introducing services to Sarajevo as part of a "moderate network expansion". It previously ran two weekly seasonal flights between its hub and Sarajevo in 2013 with a 232-seat Airbus A300-600 aircraft via Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen Airport. Furthermore, the US-registered Gryphon Airlines also maintained operations from Kuwait City and  during the peak summer months, with a Boeing 767-200 jet. The service recorded strong loads and catered for the diaspora, tourists and American servicemen stationed in the Middle East.

Qatar Airways, which launched flights to Sarajevo last winter season, has upgauged its equipment on the route from the 144-seat Airbus A320 aircraft to the 182-seat A321 on a select number of its four weekly flights. In addition, Air Arabia resumed its seasonal operations from Sharjah to Sarajevo on June 26 with ten weekly services. Two flights per day are running on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. The airline plans to maintain operations to Sarajevo until September 8. Meanwhile, Egypt's Nesma Airlines has resumed seasonal flights between Riyadh and Sarajevo, with services currently scheduled to run until July 30 after which the Saudi-backed start-up FlyBosnia is expected to take over the route, if it is granted necessary regulatory approval.