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Low cost carrier Wizz Air, which is to launch flights between Sarajevo and London Luton on June 14 will operate the service for just four weeks, until July 12, before suspending the route until November 1. Flights between the two cities were initially to launch in May but were delayed by a month. Wizz opened its base In Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital yesterday and announced the introduction of an additional destination - Stockholm Skavsta - from mid-July.
A route that does not have enough people interested. And FlyBosnia failed with that route.
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DeleteAnonymous 10:34 FlyBosnia je od početka poslovanja imala problema sa rasprodajom karata, kašnjenjem plaća, otpuštanja i manjka radnika, dugovima te poprilično lošeg managmenta. Stavljali su karte u prodaju 7 dana prije prvog leta, a nisu imali ni dobar marketing. Jednostavno nisu mogli rasprodati letove. U BiH je u 2019. došlo preko 15.000 turista iz UK, tako da ima dovoljno ljudi koji bi koristili liniju Luton- Sarajevo. Uzmimo u obzir da je WIZZ odlično uhodan na London- Lutonu ( ali i u Europi općenito) već jako puno godina i da je njihov način poslovanja jako dobar. Svakako je London dobro transferno središte i jedan od centara svijeta. Ova linija može pojačati odnose BiH-UK i dovesti još mnogo više turista. Također, Sarajevo bi bio jedini grad u BiH povezan sa UK nakon mnogo godina. Manji "problem" na ovoj liniji što su vize za BiH državljane jako skupe za UK, tako da će putnici uglavnom biti turisti i biznismeni iz te zemlje. Svakako treba sačekati da se ovo sa koronom smiri pa će se tek tada vidjeti kako zaista funkcionira. Ovo je moje mišljenje, naravno, možda i nisam u pravu.
ReplyDeleteMoгли би да пишемо на енглеском, ипак је такав сајт.
DeleteAnonymous 10:34 FlyBosnia has had problems selling off tickets, delays in wages, layoffs and shortages of workers, debts and rather poor management since the start of business. They put tickets on sale seven days before the first flight, and they didn't have good marketing. They just couldn't sell off the flights. More than 15,000 UK tourists came to BiH in 2019, so there are enough people to use the Luton-Sarajevo line. Consider that WIZZ has been well established on London-Luton (but also in Europe in general) for many years and that their way of doing business is very good. Certainly London is a good transfer centre and one of the centres of the world. This line can boost BiH-UK relations and bring in many more tourists. Also, Sarajevo would be the only city in BiH linked to the UK in many years. A minor "problem" on this line is that visas for BiH citizens are very expensive for the UK, so the travellers will mostly be tourists and businessmen from the country. We should definitely wait for this corona thing to calm down, so only then will it be seen how it really works. This is my opinion, of course, maybe I'm wrong.
DeleteUK now is further away even from EU, some citizens were refused to enter, what to speak about BiH etc. i barely believe there will be strong demand. Good thing to focus on Warsaw, Bucharest, Belgrade maybe...
DeleteThis is exactly why countries need flag carriers who can provide a reliable service. Just wait and see Ryanair drop routes from Zagreb in years to come. As far as Luton to Sarajevo flights are concerned, there would be a lot of demand, but having to have 4 Covid tests on a return trip plus quarantine for 10 days is the real problem here. Also a lot of the Bosnian community live in the Midlands and further North of the UK and it's easier to fly from Birmingham or Manchester and connect in Vienna or Frankfurt to Sarajevo and just as cheap as a Wizz Air flight. For those in London Gatwick would be a better choice then Luton.
ReplyDeleteBusiness as usual at Wizz. Big announcements followed by quiet cancellations.
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