Pegasus Airlines is set to end flights between Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport and Tuzla, with the last service scheduled for October 23. The airline had planned to operate the route once per week throughout the 2026/27 winter season, using a 239-seat Airbus A321 aircraft. Ticket sales for next summer have also been suspended. Pegasus’ exit follows AJet’s withdrawal from the same route in June. With Pegasus; departure, Wizz Air will be the only scheduled airline serving Tuzla during the winter months.
The development comes as Tuzla Airport records a strong recovery in passenger traffic, fuelled primarily by Wizz Air. The airport handled 502.744 passengers during the first three quarters of the year, more than double the 251.332 recorded during the same period in 2025. September alone saw 59.431 passengers. The airport had already matched its full-year 2025 total of 338.132 by mid-July.
The recovery has been supported by a subsidy programme run through the Tuzla Canton Tourist Board, which has a contract with Wizz Air. The programme received some 614.000 euros in funding for 2026. Following negotiations with Wizz Air, the canton ordered an audit to assess whether the subsidy contract was delivering its aims of improving air connectivity and supporting tourism. The government accepted the audit report last month and said its findings would inform adjustments to the subsidy model, with the aim of maintaining air services. It has not published the report’s specific conclusions or any revised contract terms.
Can't say I'm surprised
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DeletePegasus should launch OMO, or SkyAlps could maybe launch Istanbul from OMO. The Turkish authorities seem willing to do special agreements like when they had allowed Air Montenegro to fly between Tuzla and Istanbul.
Deleteif they cannot make it in Tuzla how so in Mostar? because of one bridge?
DeleteEven in winter Mostar is full with visitors from Turkey, currently arriving as day tourists from Sarajevo. So yes, "one bridge" can make the difference. The Pegasus service in Tuzla was anyhow directed to carter people from Tuzla and not bringing ppl from Istanbul to Tuzla
DeletePeople who comment here have 0 idea about Bosnia, but still endlessly comment.
Deleteand people of Bosnia think they need an airport in every city ...
Delete@11:26 you do realise BiH is mountainous making internal travel still quite slow. And that those airports were all built during SFRJ.
Deleteregardless
DeleteWith fuel prices being where they are, the marginal routes are first to go.
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DeleteAnd they were selling tickets for next summer just days ago. Pity
ReplyDeleteWhy travel to Europe through Istanbul when you can fly with Wizz direct?
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure this was for P2P passengers.
DeletePegasus has a very big network out of SAW.
DeleteSo Ajet leaving didn't help
ReplyDeleteTrips to Istanbul are now more expensive than trips in many destinations in Europe.
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DeleteThat's right.
Mislim da ce se vratiti od aprila u Tuzlu,jer još nisu sredili letove za sledeću sezonu.
ReplyDeleteThey had flights on sale in April just a few days ago and then removed them.
DeletePa ni Sarajevo nema letova u aprilu,pa?
DeleteJust get Austrian, Swiss or Eurowings for connections. The amount of money that is given to Wizz Air in subsidies for P2P traffic is too big. I know it's for the diaspora, but you cannot cover the whole diaspora that way. Many diaspora-rich destinations still aren't covered.
ReplyDeleteI opet se oslanjaju na Wizz koji će ih sigurno ošamariti još jednom i povući se možda opet.Jesu li nesposobni ili šta da ne mogu dovesti i druge aviokompanije,ovaj direktor je toliko dosadan stalno ponavlja jedno te isto u krug i priča gluposti.Nek stave na čelo direktora nekog čovjeka koji zna šta da radi.A ne kao ovaj Dževad da ponavlja sve jedno te isto na intervjuima a to je npr:"mi smo stvorili pretpostavke","grade se nova svjetla","otvara se 3.gejt","stalno pregovaramo sa Wizzom i novim partnerima"...
ReplyDelete"I am sure the management doesn't even know that Pegasus has withdrawn from TZL."
ReplyDeleteQuite surprising that Tuzla cannot sustain even a weekly flight to Istanbul. You would think there would be sufficient demand considering the size of the catchment area and the popularity of Turkey among Bosnian travellers.
ReplyDeleteI don't think this is a big loss for Tuzla. One weekly flight on a 239-seat aircraft was never going to be particularly useful for either business travellers or people making connections
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