Of the four airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina, three have been assigned international status, and the capital is usually popular with tourists. It is not yet possible to get to Bosnia and Herzegovina from Moscow or St. Petersburg by regular flights directly, but there are many options for connecting in European capitals. The main choice usually falls on flights with Lufthansa, Turkish Airlines or Austrians with connections in Munich, Istanbul and Vienna, respectively. The journey takes about 5 hours.
Bosnia and Herzegovina International Airports
Flights from other countries of Europe and the world are served by three air ports of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
- Sarajevo airport. Information for passengers is available on the website - www.sarajevo-airport.ba.
- Mostar in the south of the country. The official website of the air harbor is www.mostar-airport.ba.
- Tuzla in the east. Details of the airport's operation and flight schedules are available at www.tuzla-airport.ba.
Metropolitan direction
The international airport of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo was opened back in 1930, when planes connecting different cities of the country began to land on the local airfield. After all the events related to the political redistribution and wars, in 1996 the air harbor began again to serve passengers wishing to visit Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2015, large-scale work began on the reconstruction of the passenger terminal.
Sarajevo Airport receives and sends flights from Adria Airways to Ljubljana, Ausnrian Airlines to Vienna, Croatia Airlines to Zagreb, Lufthansa, Norwegian Air to Oslo and Stockholm, Swiss Internetional to Geneva and Zurich and Turkish Airlines to Istanbul. Charters fly here during the summer and during the Hajj from Medina.
The city and the passenger terminal are only 6 km away, which can be covered by public transport. Transfer is also possible by taxi, the services of which are not too expensive in the country.
Alternate aerodromes
Mostar Airport serves mainly pilgrims heading to neighboring Medjugorje. It accepts seasonal charters from Bari, Naples, Rome, Bergamo and Milan in Italy and Beirut in Lebanon. The plans include the reconstruction and expansion of the airport and the modernization of its ground services. The 5 km separating the only terminal of this airport in Bosnia and Herzegovina from the city can be reached by taxi.
The city where Tuzla airport is located is known in Europe as one of the oldest settlements. Today it is a major industrial and cultural center of the country, and one of the airlines that has settled on the airfield is the Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air, which flies to Basel, Dortmund, Malmo, Stockholm and Eindhoven.
