Lumiwings tipped to open Tuzla base
The Tuzla Canton government has concluded a tender to subsidise carriers for the launch of new routes from the local airport, with Greece’s Lumiwings having submitted the best bid, according to local media reports. The other carrier to have applied was Air Montenegro. According to the “Klix” portal, the Greek carrier is likely to station an aircraft in Tuzla by the end of the year and introduce flights to cities in Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, and Turkey. An agreement between Tuzla Airport and the airline is to be signed in the coming days, after which its plans will be officially unveiled.
Lumiwings has become better known in the region recently, after it operated seasonal two-weekly flights from Foggia in Italy to Mostar this year. In 2022, its aircraft were wet-leased by Air Serbia. The airline currently boasts a fleet of two aircraft - a Boeing 737-700 and a recently delivered Embraer E195 jet. The company has said the latter would be used to expand its operations. Last week, it retired its sole Boeing 737-300 jet. Despite being registered in Greece, Lumiwings’ operations are primarily focused on Italy.
Air Montenegro, which had previously hoped to set up a base in Tuzla and launch ten routes, has been unable to secure permits to operate from the city to most EU markets, as it Is a carrier from outside both Bosnia and Herzegovina and the block. The Tuzla Canton government has allocated roughly 1.27 million euros in subsidies for the launch of new routes. The terms and conditions of the tender, which concluded last Monday, were not made public. Tuzla Airport handled just 18.825 passengers in October, down 65.2% on the pre-pandemic 2019 as it deals with the impact of Wizz Air’s base closure from mid-September which resulted in the termination of most of its routes out of the city. During the January – October period, Tuzla Airport welcomed 550.587 travellers.
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