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Mostar International Airport

Coordinates : 43°16′58″N 17°50′45″E / 43.28278°N 17.84583°E / 43.28278; 17.84583 Mostar International Airport ( Croatian : Međunarodna zračna luka Mostar code: hrv promoted to c...

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Coordinates: 43°16′58″N17°50′45″E / 43.28278°N 17.84583°E / 43.28278; 17.84583

Mostar International Airport (Croatian: Međunarodna zračna luka Mostarcode: hrv promoted to code: hr ; IATA: OMO, ICAO: LQMO) is an airport near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the village of Ortiješ, 4 NM (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) southeast of Mostar's railway station.[2]

History

Foundation and early years

Mostar Airport was opened for civilian air traffic in 1965, targeting domestic flights. Prior to 1965, Mostar was a local airport with a large concrete runway used by aircraft manufacturer SOKO for testing and delivering military aircraft. Military underground hangar was built here.[3] Currently, the airport primarily serves charter flights for Catholics making the pilgrimage to nearby Medjugorje.

The record number of 86,000 passengers was recorded in the year 1990.[4]

Development since the 2000s

In 2012, the airport had a twofold increase in traffic, making it the second-busiest in Bosnia and Herzegovina after Sarajevo airport. In November 2017, German low-cost carrier Eurowings was the first airline to schedule regular flights from Mostar, namely to Düsseldorf and Stuttgart, serving both with two weekly flights from May 2018 respectively. On 3 May 2018, the first landing of a Croatia Airlines aircraft marked the introduction of the twice weekly nonstop Mostar-Zagreb service.

The COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted the airports operations, causing Croatia Airlines and Eurowings not to continue their services as planned, therefore losing all scheduled traffic. Also, numerous irregularities in the spending of airport funds and illegally elected administration were noticed.[5] The airport received 1,000,000 Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible marks (€500,000) from the government in March 2021 as an aid to overcome the Covid-crisis.[6] On 8 September 2021, Croatia Airlines operated a charter flight from Shannon in Ireland to Mostar Airport, marking the resumption of any civilian traffic in Mostar since March 2020. Airport management also started negotiating flights with low cost airline Wizz Air to sustain direct flights to the diaspora in Germany and Sweden, tough without any outcome.[7] In 2023, Mostar gained two new direct links to Italy, with AeroItalia launching flights to the secondary airport of Forlì and Greek charter airline Lumiwings connecting Mostar with Foggia. Both routes were discontinued after just one season.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Mostar Airport:

Statistics

See also

References

  1. ^"Italy's SkyAlps to open Mostar base in 2025". 28 September 2024.
  2. ^"EAD Basic - Error Page". Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  3. ^"Podzemni aerodrom Buna (Mostar)". Facebook. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  4. ^"Zračna luka Mostar". mostar-airport.ba. 4 April 2019.
  5. ^"Nalaz revizije: Aerodrom Mostar netransparentno trošio novac, brojne nepravilnosti". www.klix.ba.
  6. ^"Vlada Federacije BiH izdvaja devet miliona KM za aerodrome". www.klix.ba.
  7. ^"Mostar Airport plans 2022 revival". exyuaviation.com. 12 September 2021.
  8. ^"Air Serbia plans year-round Mostar flights". 18 July 2024.
  9. ^"Bulgaria Air to run Mostar charters". 13 March 2026. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
  10. ^"Croatia Airlines to restore Mostar flights". 27 March 2023.
  11. ^"Red letenja". 26 April 2025.
  12. ^ ab"Eurowings schedules new Ljubljana and Mostar flights". 30 November 2024.
  13. ^"Italy's SkyAlps to open Mostar base in 2025". 28 September 2024.
  14. ^"SkyAlps Expands Mostar Network in NS25". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  15. ^"SkyAlps da maggio 2025 apre la base di Mostar. Voli verso l'Italia e Germania". italiavola.com (in Italian). 7 January 2025.
  16. ^"Подаци о промету аеродрома у БиХ за април 2026. године"(PDF). bhdca.gov.ba. Retrieved 16 May 2026.

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