On September 1, the Hungarian low-budget airline WizzAir withdrew one base plane from the Tuzla International Airport, and they announced that on September 12 they will withdraw another, which in practice will mean that the Tuzla airport will be a station for that company, not a base.
The Director of Tuzla Airport, Dževad Halilčević, in an interview with Fena news agency, points out that negotiations are underway with two airlines that could fill the gap created by the reduction of Wizz Air flights.
“We have been asked by the airline we are negotiating with not to reveal who it is. In about 15 days, we expect an epilogue, that is, a positive outcome of the negotiations to form the winter flight schedule that begins on November 1. Our goal is to have one base plane,” says Halilčević.
Talks are still ongoing with WizzAir, which has achieved good results in the past ten years.
“I think that their problems are of a different nature, i.e. that they lack crew members and aircraft, so they decide to reduce flights. They left, so to speak, powerful lines from MAT, but if they withdraw another base plane, then for them we are a station, not a base,” says Halilčević.
As a reminder, a one-year moratorium on the collection of a fee of 3 BAM per passenger was adopted, and in that period the effects of such a decision will be seen and whether the airports in BiH will be able to agree on cooperation with low-cost airlines.
