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Sarajevo has felt the impact of Wizz Air’s decision to close its base in the city, with the airport seeing its passenger numbers decline in April compared to the same month last year. Sarajevo Airport welcomed 89.580 travellers during the month, representing a decrease of 5.4% on last year and down 0.3% on the pre-pandemic 2019. Over the first four months of the year, the airport processed 283.820 passengers, which is still up 4.4% on last year and up 7.4% on 2019. Wizz Air shut its base in Bosnia and Herzegovina's capital last November, resulting in the termination of a dozen routes. The airport has held a tender to select a replacement for the budget carrier by offering subsidies. One airline applied and the airport has claimed to have reached an agreement with the carrier, however, so far, no further details have been made public.
What's the difference compared to March?
ReplyDeleteBecause in April last year Wizz launched new routes from SJJ.
DeletePax are 15k down compared to March
DeleteNope, wizzair is not really important there at all, what increase the number of passangers trough the airport of Sarajevo, is Pegasus and TurkishAirlines.
Delete20 days of Ramadan in this year's April. That is the most important difference. The largest number of Muslims from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the world do not travel unless they absolutely have to.
ReplyDeleteThat would make sense but in 2022 Ramadan was also during April (all of April)
DeleteDoesnt seem like that “one” airline that applied even exists lol, would have definitely been announced by now
ReplyDeleteTeutonic carriers are the owner of the SJJ Airport. No chance for low cost company to partecipate for the Europian routes
ReplyDeletedok je sime vodio statistiku bili smo u plusu
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone have any info on the new airline which was supposed to set up a base?
ReplyDeleteVratite wizz ja moram iz Sarajeva u Tuzlu da idem na let. Vratite obavezno Wizz u Sarajevo
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