TUZLA AIRPORT IS COMING BACK WITH LUMIWINGS ON THE MAP OF EUROPEAN DESTINATIONS

With today’s signing of the agreement, Tuzla airport and the Greek airline Lumiwings  officially begin their cooperation. The ceremony of signing the agreement and establishing  cooperation was also attended by the delegation of the Government of Tuzla Canton led by  Prime Minister Irfan Halilagić. 

We remind you that after the Government of Tuzla Canton provided 2.5 million KM as a  support for this project, the Tuzla airport issued a public call for all airlines that are interested  and want to establish or renew the flights from Tuzla to other destinations. In accordance with  the criteria of the public call, the offer of the Lumiwings airline was declared the most  favourable. With this, the Tuzla airport, but above all the citizens of the Tuzla Canton, the BH  Diaspora, as well as all those who used the services of the Tuzla airport in the previous  period, will have flights available again – flights that were cancelled after the Wizz Air  withdrew two its base aircraft. 

On the occasion of today’s event, the Director of Tuzla International Airport Dževad  Halilčević said: “By signing this agreement, we are establishing cooperation with the  Lumiwings airline, which will base one aircraft at Tuzla International Airport and establish a  significant number of flights that our clients are already used to. Therefore, as of December  18th, 2023, we are re-establishing flights to Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and  Germany, but also for the first time we are commencing flights to Turkey, which has long  been the wish of the citizens of the Tuzla Canton and the wider region”, said the Director Halilčević. 

Accountable Manager of the Lumiwings Dimitrios Kremiotis pointed out: “It is my pleasure to attend today’s ceremonial event at Tuzla airport and I am so happy that  we have the opportunity to expand the scope of our business through the establishment of a  base at Tuzla airport. In cooperation with our new partner, Tuzla Airport, we announce on  this occasion that the Lumiwings airline will start operations from December 18th, 2023. To  begin with, the establishment of flights to 5 destinations in Europe is planned, as well as the  imminent start of flights to Turkey. Our expectations are that the established flights will be  well received by passengers and that the offered flights will especially arouse the renewed  interest of the Diaspora, as the success of this joint project ultimately largely depends on this.  In order to allow passengers to buy flight tickets for the upcoming winter holidays at the most  favourable prices, starting today we offer flight tickets at prices starting from 75 EUR for  flights from December 18th, 2023. We inform passengers that airline tickets at these  favourable prices will sell quickly, so we invite interested passengers to visit our website  www.lumiwings.com as soon as possible to use this opportunity.” 

Prime Minister of Tuzla Canton Irfan Halilagić emphasized: “Subsidizing costs in order  to maintain affordable ticket prices for citizens is a practice that is present everywhere in the  world, and we are now introducing this practice at Tuzla airport as well.” This year, we  provided 2.5 million KM and with the Tuzla airport we defined a procedure for withdrawing 

these funds successively in accordance with the number of tickets sold, i.e. the response of  passengers. In this way, we share business risks with the airline in a certain way,” said Prime  Minister Halilagić. Then, he added that the Government of Tuzla Canton, considering in the  coming period the process of preparing the budget for the next year, will certainly keep this  measure, but also think about possibly increasing the planned funds so that interest of other airlines for opening some new destinations is awaken. Tuzla Airport and its development are  a strategic element and project of the Tuzla Canton and are an indispensable segment of all  strategic documents and development plans in the Tuzla Canton, so as such we must pay  adequate attention to it,” Prime Minister Halilagić concluded. 

NYO – Stockholm, Skavsta – Sweden 

HAD – Halmstad, Sweden 

MST – Maastricht, The Netherlands 

SCN – Saarbrucken, Germany 

EBJ – Esbjerg, Denmark 

IST – Istanbul, Turkey (in preparation phase) 

* One-way price which includes taxes, 8 kg hand luggage, free check-in via  the website or at the airport and free service on board – free refreshments  (water or coffee) + sweets.