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| Founded | 1994 (as Air Bosna) | |||
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| Hubs | Sarajevo International Airport | |||
| Focus cities | Banja Luka International Airport | |||
| Frequent-flyer program | Miles&Smiles | |||
| Airport lounge | Business Class passengers can use the lounge at Sarajevo International Airport | |||
| Fleet size | 3 | |||
| Destinations | 5 | |||
| Company slogan | Fly B&H Airlines | |||
| Parent company | Government of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 50.93%, Turkish Airlines 49% and Energoinvest 0.07% | |||
| Headquarters | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||
| Key people | Altan Büyükyilmaz - CEO
Mehmet Fatih Güçlü-executive director for financial affairs, Ali Rıza Mortaş-executive director for marketing and sales. |
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| Website | bhairlines.ba/english/ | |||
PE “B&H Airlines“ Limited Liability Company is an airline with its head office in the Energoinvest Building in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina,[1] operating scheduled services, charter passenger services and small cargo services. With its home base at the Sarajevo International Airport, the airline is the flag carrier of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2]
The airline is jointly owned by the government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (50.93%), Turkish Airlines (49%) and Energoinvest 0.07%.[2]
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The airline was founded on 12 August 1994 as Air Bosna.[3] In the autumn of 2003, the airline ceased operations due to an increased debt that it could no longer repay. It remained defunct until May 2004, when the Government of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina promised to revive it. In June 2005 restarted operations as B&H Airlines, operating a pair of ATR-72 aircraft.
In late 2007, the Bosnian government announced it was to sell shares in B&H Airlines.[3] On 23 February 2008 it was reported that Turkish Airlines were in negotiations to buy the airline,[4] and on 30 March 2008 that Croatia Airlines was also interested in a stake.[5] The government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina also invited Comintel and MyAir (in addition to Turkish Airlines and Croatia Airlines) to recapitalise the airline.[6]
Bids were received from Turkish Airlines, Malaysia's Comintel Corporation and a Jordanian consortium, which included Royal Jordanian Airlines.[7] On 29 October 2008, the Bosnian government announced that Turkish Airlines had been picked as the best bidder in an auction for B&H Airlines shares.[8] Turkish Airlines has proposed covering the cost of leasing two Boeing aircraft and taking over a government loan as conditions of obtaining an increased stake in the company.[8]
B&H Airlines operates flights to the following destinations (on November 2011):[9]
For the upcoming Summer season 2012, B&H Airlines is looking to possibly further expand its network. Destinations as Rome and Vienna have been mentioned several times. Also domestic flights to Mostar are being considered.
B&H Airlines has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:
| Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |||
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| Airbus A319-100 | 1 |
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12 | 48 | 84 | 144 | |
| ATR 72-202 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 56 | 66 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |||||
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