Croatia Airlines marks Sarajevo milestone

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Croatia Airlines celebrated 25 years of continual operations between Zagreb and Sarajevo yesterday. The carrier was the first to launch scheduled flights to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital following the war and has since handled 1.1 million passengers between the two cities on 32.220 flights. To mark the occasion, passengers flying the route yesterday received a 25-euro voucher which can be used towards booking other Croatia Airlines flights. “We are delighted to have been providing the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina with a nonstop service to Croatia for 25 years and that the quality of our product has resulted in successful cooperation with Sarajevo Airport. The daily flights we are maintaining during this global health emergency confirm that Bosnia and Herzegovina has always been and remains a very important regional market for both business travellers and tourists”, the CEO of Croatia Airlines, Jasmin Bajić, said. The carrier currently maintains eight weekly flights between the two cities with its Dash 8 aircraft. The same frequency is planned for the majority of the upcoming 2021/2022 winter season which begins October 31.

Croatia Airlines initially commenced services to Sarajevo with its ATR42 turboprop, building up to thirteen weekly rotations with the Dash 8 prior to the coronavirus pandemic. In 2016 the airline considered opening a base in Sarajevo and launching several nonstop flights to points in Western Europe, however, the plans never materialised. Croatia Airlines carries a significant number of transfer passengers on its flights to and from Sarajevo and in both 2019, as well as the pandemic-stricken 2020, its busiest feeder routes to and from Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital were Frankfurt, Zurich and Amsterdam.

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