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B&H Airlines, Airbus A319

B&H Airlines’ new Airbus A319 has been spotted outside of Turkish Airlines’ technical base in Istanbul and delivery to the Bosnian carrier is expected ... soon. The CEO of B&H Airlines, Nudžeim Rečica, told the Sarajevo-x portal that the Airbus is sporting B&H’s livery and that the delivery delay is being caused by the inability of the Civil Aviation Directorate of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its Turkish counterpart on agreeing upon the aircraft’s registration. The Bosnian directorate wants the aircraft to bear a Bosnian registration instead of the Turkish one it is currently registered under. The airline will deploy the three year old aircraft on routes within Scandinavia, Istanbul and Amsterdam, which the airline anticipates to launch at the end of the year.

With the arrival of the Airbus, B&H Airlines will have a fleet of four aircraft comprising of two ATR72s and one Boeing B737-400. The B737-400 will operate for B&H until late September after which it will be decided whether it will be remain with the airline until next year or returned to Turkish Airlines.

Meanwhile, Nudžeim Rečica, is expected to leave his post as B&H’s CEO. He is likely to become Bosnia and Herzegovina’s ambassador in the Gulf state of Qatar.

Photo courtesy of Skyliner Magazine, taken by Gökhan Sarigöl.