On 02/13/2020, the news show of the Radio-Television of the Federation of BiH, in report on the working meeting on economic reforms of the EU representatives, policy makers in BiH and key international partners in Bijeljina, broadcast the statement of Ambassador Johann Sattler, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Special Representative of the European Union in Bosnia and Herzegovina of the following content: “In this context, I will give you one specific example, namely Sarajevo International Airport, which is an extremely important resource that you have and is still state-owned. As someone who has had the opportunity to travel a lot through the region, I can tell you that Sarajevo International Airport was once one of the better airports, now it is one of the worst ones with reduced number of passengers and poor services.”
In this regard, it is recalled that Sarajevo International Airport has seen a steady increase in passenger numbers over the past few years and that comparative data, according to all relevant analyzes, show that this growth is one of the largest in the region. In support of this, we provide a statistical overview of passenger traffic growth over the last 5 years:
|
Year |
Number of passangers |
|
2015 |
772,904 |
|
2016 |
838,966 |
|
2017 |
957,969 |
|
2018 |
1,046,635 |
|
2019 |
1,143,680 |
The above shows an increase of approx. 48% when it comes to passenger numbers, which is a statistics with which few airports can boast.
That is why, two years ago, Sarajevo International Airport launched the largest investment project in its history, the Terminal expansion project, which is in the final stages, all in order to offer even better and richer service and enable the arrival of new companies.
Today, with a traffic of 1,143,680 passengers annually, with more than 13,000 air operations, transportation of more than two million kilograms of cargo, constant growth of traffic, new records, extensive development projects and regular establishment of new lines, Sarajevo International Airport contributes significantly to the growth other branches of economy in our country.
Financial performance also speaks to the success of Sarajevo International Airport. The profit made in the last 5 years when looking at exact data is as follows:
|
Year |
Profit |
|
2015 |
9,399,895.99 |
|
2016 |
10,044,292.05 |
|
2017 |
13,001,312.14 |
|
2018 |
13,983,346.00 |
|
Projection for 2019 |
16,346,692.09 |
Last year, we achieved record profits of over BAM 16 million, which makes us one of the most successful companies in BiH.