B&H Airlines
| B&H Airlines | |
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| IATA code : | YES |
| ICAO code : | Receipt |
| Call sign : | BRA AIRLINES |
| Founding: | 1994 |
| Operation stopped: | 2015 |
| Seat: |
Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| Turnstile : | |
| Home airport : | Sarajevo Airport |
| IATA prefix code : | 995 |
| Management: | Amir Jažić |
| Fleet size: | 2 |
| Aims: | national and continental |
| Website: | www.bhairlines.ba |
| B&H Airlines ceased operations in 2015. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Javno Preduzece "B&H Airlines" doo Sarajevo was a Bosnian-Herzegovinian airline based in Sarajevo and based at Sarajevo Airport .
history
The airline was founded in 1994 as Air Bosna , it was the national airline of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina . In 2003 flight operations were stopped due to bankruptcy , and in 2005 it was resumed under the new name B&H Airlines . In 2008 the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to tender 49% of the shares in the airline. The partial privatization was completed on November 23, 2008 with the sale of the shares in Turkish Airlines . 50.93% remained in the possession of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 0.07% with Energoinvest dd Sarajevo. On March 1, 2011, the Boeing 737-400 was returned to the previous owner, Turkish Airlines, and in February 2012 an Airbus A319-100 operated by them for B&H Airlines .
In June 2012 Turkish Airlines announced that it would transfer its stake in B&H Airlines without any consideration from the state government.
At the beginning of March 2013, the company had to temporarily cease operations because its two aircraft had to remain on the ground for maintenance purposes. Financial difficulties were also reported at the same time. The company, which was in debt with 3.7 million euros, had accounts blocked. On March 18, the accounts were released again. An agreement was reached with the commercial bank, the Bosnian subsidiary of Hypo Alpe Adria International AG, but no details were disclosed.
In mid-February 2015, one of the two ATR 72-200s was blocked in Germany. The airline was unable to pay the maintenance costs. The Bosnian government intends to support the company, but the new government in April 2015 changed its mind and liquidated the company.
In March 2016, the Sarajevo Airport creditor filed for insolvency proceedings against BH Airlines. The main creditor is the Hypo-Abbaugesellschaft Heta with liabilities of EUR 7.5 million from finance leases for two aircraft.
Destinations
In addition to the national destinations Sarajevo and Banja Luka, B&H Airlines only regularly served Istanbul , Zurich and Copenhagen . Other destinations, including Vienna and Düsseldorf , have been discontinued. In addition, Antalya , Bodrum and Tunis were flown to in charter traffic . In addition, a Piper Seneca also offered short-haul flights that were not in the airline's regular program.
Most recently she only served Banja Luka and Zurich sporadically with the only remaining ATR 72-200 .
fleet
As of April 2015, the B&H Airlines fleet consisted of two aircraft with an average age of 19.5 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats ( Business / Economy ) |
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| ATR 72-200 | 2 | - | one inactive | 66 (10/56) |
See also
Web links
- B&H Airlines website (Bosnian, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Turkey Financial News - Turkish Airlines buys 49 percent of Bosnian company ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) accessed on December 23, 2008
- ↑ airfleets.net - Operators of TC-JDH (English) accessed on July 1, 2011
- ↑ austrianaviation.net - Croatia expresses interest in BH Airlines, accessed on June 19, 2012
- ^ Aerotelegraph.com - Bosnia's airline on the ground, accessed on March 7, 2013
- ↑ kleinezeitung.at - Kärntner Hypo lets BH Airlines take off again, March 18, 2013 accessed on April 4, 2015
- ^ Aerotelegraph.com - Aviation Crisis in Bosnia , accessed on February 16, 2015
- ↑ http://orf.at/#/stories/2331744/ Bosnian BH Airlines is insolvent, orf.at March 30, 2016, accessed March 30, 2016.
- ↑ B&H Airlines - NAŠE DESTINACIJE ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ B&H Airlines - Avio taxi ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Bosnia is closing its national airline , accessed on July 3, 2015
- ↑ Ch-aviation - B&H Airlines (English) accessed on April 4, 2015
- ↑ airfleets.net - Fleet age B&H Airlines (English) accessed on April 4, 2015
- ↑ bhairlines.ba - Fleet (English) accessed on April 4, 2015
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