easyJet will enter the Bosnia and Herzegovina market next year, as well as introduce several new routes to Tivat in Montenegro.
The low cost airline will commence operations from both Geneva and Basel to Sarajevo during the 2027 summer season, marking its debut in the country. Neither route is currently served from the Bosnian capital. Services will commence in April and May respectively. “easyJet’s arrival marks the historic entry of one of Europe’s largest low-cost airlines into the Bosnian market. It also validates our vision for the airport’s development: attracting more airlines, offering more nonstop destinations, strengthening competition, and improving Sarajevo and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s connectivity with Europe and the rest of the world”, the Acting CEO of Sarajevo Airport, Dino Selimović, said.
The airline will also significantly expand its operations to Tivat next summer by introducing flights from Amsterdam, Basel, Birmingham and Edinburgh. The four new routes will complement easyJet’s existing seasonal services to the Montenegrin coastal city from Berlin, Bristol, Geneva, London Gatwick, London Luton and Manchester, bringing its Tivat network to nine destinations. The expansion will further strengthen the carrier’s presence on Montenegro’s coast and broaden access from several important Western European markets. Tickets for the new Tivat operations are now available to book through the airline’s website.
Commenting on its Tivat expansion, the CEO of operator Airports of Montenegro, Roko Tolić, said, “The new route to Scotland, which follows two years of negotiations, is particularly important to us. easyJet will operate between Edinburgh and Tivat twice per week from late March until the end of October, covering the entire shoulder season as well as the peak summer period”. He added, “In addition, the airline will introduce services to Tivat from Amsterdam, Birmingham and Basel. These are not new routes for us, but they are new to easyJet and will be integrated into the carrier’s existing network. Across these ten routes, the number of available seats will increase from 236.000 this year to more than 350.000, representing growth of almost 50%. This positions easyJet as one of Airports of Montenegro’s strategic partners”, Ex Yu Aviation news writes.
