icao iata company callsign country
BON JA BH Airlines BH Airlines Bosnia and Herzegovina
Air Bosna

note

The airline was founded on 12 August 1994 as Air Bosna. In the autumn of 2003, the airline ceased operations due to an increased debt that it could no longer repay. It remained defunct until May 2004, when the Government of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina promised to revive it. In June 2005 restarted operations as B&H Airlines, operating a pair of ATR-72 aircraft. In late 2007, the Bosnian government announced it was to sell shares in B&H Airlines. On 23 February 2008 it was reported that Turkish Airlines were in negotiations to buy the airline, and on 30 March 2008 that Croatia Airlines was also interested in a stake. The government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina also invited Comintel and MyAir (in addition to Turkish Airlines and Croatia Airlines) to recapitalise the airline. Bids were received from Turkish Airlines, Malaysia's Comintel Corporation and a Jordanian consortium, which included Royal Jordanian Airlines. On 29 October 2008, the Bosnian government announced that Turkish Airlines had been picked as the best bidder in an auction for B&H Airlines shares. Turkish Airlines has proposed to sub-lease B&H Airlines two Boeing aircraft if requested by the airline and in return for 49% of the shares of the company covered the lease payments of the Boeing aircraft and participated in capital increase decisions.

founded - demised (age)

August 12 1994 - July 2 2015  (21)

headquarters

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web

www.bhairlines.ba
www.airbosna.ba legacy

base airports

LQBK Mahovljani Banja Luka hub
LSZH Kloten Zurich hub
LTBA Atatürk Istanbul hub
EKCH Kastrup Copenhagen hub

related operators

Turkish Airlines stake 49%

current /stored fleet (2)

ATR 72 1
CASA 212 Aviocar 1

on order (0)

written off (0)

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