The construction of Sarajevo Airport's new passenger terminal is advancing with work scheduled for completion by the end of next year. The new facility, which will spread over 10.000 square metres, will feature twelve check-in desks, five gates and one air bridge. It will be linked to the existing terminal to form a single functioning unit with the capacity to handle two million passengers per year. "Anyone who is flying from Sarajevo Airport these days can see that we have become a big construction site. By autumn 2020, when construction work is completed, the largest and busiest airport in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be even more significant, beautiful and modern, with much more content, especially in the food and beverages sector, to the satisfaction of our visitors", Sarajevo Airport's General Manager, Armin Kajmaković, said.
Sarajevo Airport will also undertake airside work as part of its three-year modernisation project. This includes the expansion of the main apron and the overhaul of the runway and taxiways. The project has been described as "extremely challenging". Its value has been put at 10.2 million euros and no firm time-frame has been given for its completion. In addition, the construction of a stand-alone 300 square metre VIP terminal building is currently underway, with its completion expected in early 2020. Furthermore, a new business and administrative building. which will house staff office space, will also be erected. These two projects are valued at 3.8 million euros.
Sarajevo Airport is expected to see strong passenger growth in the coming months with a number of carriers recently launching new flights from Bosnia and Herzegovina's capital. These include FlyBosnia, Flynas, Aegean Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle and Eurowings. During the January - May period, Sarajevo Airport welcomed 338.529 passengers through its doors, representing an increase of 0.4%. This summer, Dubai will be the most served route from Sarajevo, followed by Istanbul, Sharjah, Vienna and Zagreb.
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Cute little regional airport.
ReplyDeleteIt has more intercontinental routes than any other ex yu airport :D
DeleteIt's actually second after BEG.
DeleteBEG has more than 9 routes?
DeleteOf course it does.
Delete1. JFK
2. SAW
3. BEY
4. TLV
5. DOH
6. AUH
7. DXB
8. HRG
9. CAI
10. TUN
Are HRG and TUN charters or scheduled routes?
DeleteScheduled year-round routes.
DeleteSJJ is still impressive.
DeleteOut of curiosity, how many frequencies are there from SJJ in winter and in summer?
DeleteEK should launch DXB BEG SJJ BEG DXB.
DeleteI think only IST has at least daily flights. Others are few flights per week.
DeleteFlydubai currently has 3 daily flights to Sarajevo from Dubai.
DeleteAlso Air Arabia double daily.
DeleteAnd what about on winter? Is it also three and two daily?
DeleteNo
DeleteShane since the potential is there.
DeleteIn winter there are barely any flights to the Middle East, I think even FZ flies twice a week. Demand is extremely seasonal.
DeleteQatar leti zimi cetiri puta sedmicno, Flydubai tri puta. Naredne zime ce i Flybosnia imati letove zimi.
DeleteFZ je dva
DeleteSo with that one additional air bridge they will have a total of 3?
ReplyDeleteYes
DeleteApron capacity is becoming a problem now. The other day they had to use one of the taxiways as a parking position!
ReplyDeleteYep. On this photos you can see OU Dash parked on the taxiway
Deletehttps://i.imgur.com/bYWeRwC.jpg
That's busy. At times you don't see so many aircraft parked at other much larger airports in ex-Yu.
DeleteYes because other airports are better at handing their resources. This shows that SJJ is catastrophic and running their facilities and I wonder if what they did with OU is even legal.
DeleteAnon 09.18
DeleteYou see more than that in the morning in ZAG. It's only 8 planes in the picture.
Other airports have more available spaces and a longer runway, both of which SJJ will improve on once this project is finished.
DeleteCongratulations Sarajevo. Looking forward to seeing the new terminal.
ReplyDeleteHmm there is so much more potential in terms of connectivity. If you look at the map, coverage in western Europe is not great but it's not much better in eastern Europe either. I'm sure there could be potential for Aeroflot to launch flights from Moscow and for Transavia to fly from Amsterdam or Paris.
ReplyDelete+1
DeleteHad they let Wizz Air expand as requested, we would now have great European coverage, plus excellent Middle East network and 2 million passengers.
DeleteMy question is where to from here. The new terminal is not going to satisfy Sarajevo Airport's needs in the long term but where will SJJ expand? There is no room.
ReplyDeleteThere is plenty of room geographically, it's just that some important projects such as enabling autopilot landings can't be done because the main road doesn't allow for enough guidance for the autopilot to pick up.
DeleteInteresting. Thank you.
DeleteAny idea how June performed?
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping for strong growth. With new Fly Bosnia routes, Aegean, Norwegian and Eurowings I expect good numbers. So far the year has been disappointing.
Delete9 new routes for Sarajevo in June.
DeleteI hope Aegeean will go year round.
DeleteThey would have already extended it by now. Flights are scheduled to last for another two months.
DeleteWhat kind of passenger growth could we see as a result of these new routes?
DeleteAlso does the development of traffic at TZL and BNX affect SJJ much or did these passengers never used to go to Sarajevo?
DeleteDon't think so.
DeleteGood to see progress at so many ex-Yu airports.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations BiH.
ReplyDeleteDobra vijest. Još da uvedu LCC-ove.
ReplyDeleteNije da ih nema.
DeleteNice work Sarajevo. Great to see the airport developing.
ReplyDeleteAny new renders of the terminal building? Any from inside?
ReplyDeleteNo. Airport said they only have exterior renders of the front of the building... the ones which have already been punlished many times.
Deletewtf
DeleteYes I find it bizarre that the company that did them the terminal project only did 4 renderings, all of them of the front of the building.
DeleteHow many gates does SJJ have in total (not just air bridges)?
ReplyDeleteWith this expansion, 9 in total
DeleteGreat, thanks
DeleteSarajevo airport will achieve 2 mil probably in 2022. They will need another expansion. How is that possible? Tourism in Sarajevo grows 15-20 % per year. Sarajevo is a city where East meets West. It is not possible to work with capacity for 2 mil passengers. Does anyone have an idea about what is gonna happen after 2022/2023?
ReplyDeleteMAS has to make major move and start building airport in Sokolac region. And just to make sure for those who may start replying with rubbish, it does not matter where it will be located. They have to start thinking about it now. The alternative can be only Visoko location.
DeleteSJJ has more than enough room for expansion for the volume of traffic it can realistically reach in the next 15-25 years. The apron can (and needs to) be enlarged 100-150% in SE direction and any further terminal building expansion will follow on that side. [S.K.]
DeleteThey first said how they would finish the terminal expansion by the end of 2018.
ReplyDeleteBetter late then never.
DeleteLooking forward to the new terminal in Sarajevo.
ReplyDeleteRunway work is really important and I hope they actually keep their promise and do this project.
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