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.
| ROUTE | First flight | Weekly
frequency |
Days | Fares from* (EUR) |
| TZL – NYO | 18. 12. 2023 year | 2 x | Monday/Friday | 78,00 |
| TZL – HAD | 18. 12. 2023 year | 2 x | Monday/Friday | 78,00 |
| TZL – MST | 19. 12. 2023 year | 2 x | Tuesday/Thursday | 75,00 |
| TZL – SCN | 20. 12. 2023 year | 2 x | Wednesday/Saturday | 75,00 |
| TZL – EBJ | 20. 12. 2023.year | 2 x | Wednesday/Sunday | 75,00 |
| TZL – IST | preparations in progress | |||
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.
