Ryanair has unveiled its ambitious Summer 2025 schedule for Sarajevo, offering over 50 weekly flights across 11 routes, including 5 new routes: Baden-Baden, Düsseldorf Weeze, Girona, Paris Beauvais, and Stockholm Arlanda. The airline will serve 11 routes to 8 countries, carrying 400,000 passengers annually supporting 300 local jobs.
Ryanair attributed this growth to the progressive policies of Sarajevo Airport and the Sarajevo Canton in reducing access costs. The airline emphasized that lower access costs are key to air traffic recovery and growth, stating, “Ryanair’s decision to double traffic at Sarajevo is a direct result of these policies, which are boosting the city’s connectivity, tourism, and economic growth.”
The carrier added it may further invest in Bosnia and Herzegovina stating “If Sarajevo Airport wants to continue to attract investment from Ryanair, including the potential for based aircraft, it must remain competitive versus the likes of Albania, Hungary, Italy, and Sweden, etc. all of whom are abolishing aviation taxes and lowering access costs to secure valuable traffic growth. Ryanair calls on the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina to reverse its decision to reintroduce aviation taxes to support the continued growth of the country’s aviation and tourism sector.”
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