FlyBosnia to take delivery of A320
FlyBosnia plans to re-establish operations with an Airbus A320 aircraft, which is being prepared for delivery in Istanbul. The jet in question, registered TC-OBU, is 25 years old and was previously operated by Onur Air. The 180-seat aircraft is undergoing final checks and has received the carrier’s revised livery with larger FlyBosnia titles on the fuselage and more colour on the tail. The airline last operated scheduled flights in March 2020, before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, and has since run cargo flights and summer charters. It retired its sole aircraft, an A319, in late August of last year. The carrier played an important role during the height of the global lockdowns, when it operated a number of charters from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Slovenia to China, transporting medical supplies and equipment.
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Speaking to EX-YU Aviation News last month, FlyBosnia’s CEO, Haris Čoloman, said, “FlyBosnia plans to acquire four Airbus A320 aircraft by the end of 2021. The first two are planned for delivery by April, and the remaining two during the fourth quarter of 2021. The majority of flights will be scheduled. As we saw last year, Bosnia and Herzegovina also requires a large volume of charters, so we will also focus on that segment of business. FlyBosnia plans to have an aircraft stationed at Sarajevo Airport, Mostar and Tuzla”. The airline has already concluded contracts to operate summer charters from Sarajevo to Turkey and Egypt this summer.
Commenting on the country’s aviation sector, FlyBosnia’s CEO said, “The aviation industry in Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost non-existent, both as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, as well as a lack of understanding about the environment we are trying to operate in. We have seen a significant decline in passenger numbers globally, while Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is still considered a developing country, could have catastrophic consequences due to the decrease in foreign tourist arrivals, as well as investors, which again depends in large part to the development of the airline industry. FlyBosnia has managed to survive and I am certain that the airline will generate growth in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s aviation sector”.
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