New Sarajevo service

Soon in Sarajevo

An unlikely airline has made Sarajevo Airport its first destination within the former Yugoslav territory. The airline in question is Albanian Airlines, the national carrier of Albania which will commence services from Tirana to Sarajevo and continue on to Frankfurt. The new service will begin on June 18 and the Albanian carrier has received full rights to sell tickets on the sector between Sarajevo and Frankfurt and vice versa, as well as from Tirana to Sarajevo and vice versa. The airline already operates 2 weekly direct flights from Tirana to Frankfurt. Albanian Airlines will be in direct competition with B&H Airlines’ service to Frankfurt. All flight details can be found on the right hand side in the new route launches section. Because the flights Sarajevo – Frankfurt – Sarajevo and Tirana – Sarajevo – Tirana carry different flight numbers, the combined service has been classified as separate.

With 3 regional aircraft Albanian Airlines is a struggling carrier mostly due to the dominance of low cost Albanian airline Belle Air, which also operates from Tirana Mother Theresa Airport. While Belle Air has a 40% share of all flights from Tirana, the national carrier only has a 14.4% share while Alitalia comes in third.

Meanwhile, another airline which has recently commenced new services is Croatia Airlines from Zagreb to Barcelona. The flights between the two cities have resumed on Tuesday after 10 years and will operate 3 times per week using a combination of Croatia Airlines’ A319/A320 fleet.