B&H Airlines

Javno Preduzece "B & H Airlines" d.o.o. Sarajevo is a Bosnia and Herzegovina airline based in Sarajevo.

History

The airline was founded in 1994 as Air Bosna and was the national airline of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2003, the flight was closed down due to bankruptcy. In 2005, flight operations, resumed under the new name B & H Airlines. In 2008, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to write out a 49% stake in the airline. The partial privatization was completed on 23 November 2008 with the sale of the shares of Turkish Airlines. 50.93 % remained in the possession of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and 0.07 % for Energoinvest dd Sarajevo. On 1 March 2011, the Boeing 737-400 was returned to the previous owner, Turkish Airlines, as well as in February 2012, operated by the B & H Airlines Airbus A319 -100.

In June 2012, Turkish Airlines announced that it would overwrite their share of B & H Airlines without consideration of the state government.

Beginning of March 2013, the company had to cease operations for the time being, as their two aircraft would have to remain on the ground for maintenance purposes. At the same time, however, was reported by financial difficulties. The indebted with 3.7 million euro company had been locked accounts. On March 18, these accounts were released. It was achieved with the commercial bank, the Bosnian subsidiary of Hypo Alpe Adria International AG, an agreement in which no details were announced.

Objectives

B & H Airlines currently operates regularly in addition to national targets Sarajevo and Banja Luka only Istanbul, Zurich and Copenhagen. Several other destinations, including Vienna and Dusseldorf have previously been appointed. In addition, will be flown on charter flights Antalya, Bodrum and Tunis. Furthermore, even short-haul flights with a Piper Seneca are offered, which are not in the regular program of the airline.

Fleet

As of July 2013, the fleet of B & H Airlines from two aircraft exists with a mean age of 17.8 years:

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