Sarajevo International Airport (SIA) welcomed a total of 180,929 passengers in July, a 14.0 percent increase year-on-year, and a total of 218,561 of kilograms of cargo were shipped in July, recording a 6.0 percent increase year-on-year.
The airport saw increase of air operations when in July this year, a total of 1,752 operations were carried out, an 11.0 percent increase year-on-year.
In the first seven months of this year, 638,663 passengers passed through SIA, which is 9.0 percent more than in the same period last year when a total of 589,522 passengers were welcomed.
At the same time, 7,959 aircraft operations were performed, which is 3.0 percent more than in the same period in 2018 when 7,735 were carried out.
In July last year, SIA welcomed 159,380 passengers, while the number of flights carried out was 1,573.
Seven new destinations have been introduced this season, to Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh, Gassim and Jeddah, cities in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait City, capital of Kuwait, Athens, capital of Greece, Berlin, capital of Germany, and Gothenburg, city in Sweden.
