Wizz Air UK wins Sarajevo Canton's subsidies tender for new flights

Bids from Jordan Aviation, Bosnia Airlines and TUI Airways were rejected due to incomplete documentation, the Sarajevo Airport said in a notice.

Details about the Wizz Air UK's proposed new routes were not disclosed.

In July, the canton launched a call to provide a total of 500,000 marka ($270,345/255,646 euro) in subsidies to airlines that will introduce flights to the Sarajevo International Airport in 2023. In October, the canton launched a separate call for subsidies to airlines that will launch new flights to Sarajevo in 2024.

Passenger numbers at the Sarajevo International Airport surged to 1.38 million in 2022, compared with 767,134 passengers served a year earlier. Bosnia and Herzegovina has three other international airports, located in Banja Luka, Tuzla and Mostar.

The Sarajevo Canton is one of ten cantons making up the Federation, one of two autonomous entities that form Bosnia and Herzegovina. The other entity is the Serb Republic.

(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)