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Banja Luka Airport
Airport Directory » Bosnia Herzegovina » Banja Luka » Banja Luka AirportAirport information for Banja Luka AirportCountry: Bosnia HerzegovinaLocation: Banja Luka Coordinates: 44.46.00N / 017.11.00E IATA Code: BNX Timezone: GMT +1 Direct flights form Banja Luka Airport Direct flights to Banja Luka Airport Find connecting flights to Banja Luka Airport Find connecting flights from Banja Luka Airport |
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Banja Luka International Airport (IATA: BNX, ICAO: LQBK) (Bosnian and Serbian Cyrillic: Међународни аеродром Бања Лука, Bosnian / Croatian / Serbian: Međunarodni aerodrom Banja Luka), also known as Mahovljani Airport, after the nearby small town of the like name, is an airport turn up 23km (14.3 land mile) from the town of Banja Luka, the 2nd biggest town in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The airport had only 17,622 individuals in the yr 2006 which is a 16% diminish compared to 2005.
History
The building of the Banja Luka International Airport set about in 1976. In accord with the development programmes, capacities were made delineating BNX as an airport of secondary importance, cut back to domestic air traffic on the district of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
After the political and territorial turbulence within the former Yugoslavia, the Republic of Srpska entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina was constituted with Banja Luka as the de facto capital. That gave Banja Luka Airport new importance and a totally different part. Banja Luka International Airport was opened for civilian air traffic on November 18th, 1997.
From 1999 to 2003, the airport assisted as the independent hub of Air Srpska, which was the functionary flag bearer of the Republic of Srpska. The corporation was constituted by Jat Airways and authority of the Republic of Srpska. Unfortunately, the corporation stopped all functioning in 2003 after increasing debt, and the withdrawal of Jat Airlines from the airline partnership. There are architectural plans for a new air hose, Sky Srpska, to set about and be ground at Banja Luka Airport.
The airport was built in the area of Laktaši and Gradiška municipalities, in a broad vale of the Vrbas River spreading out into the well-known Lijevče polje. It is plugged in to the briny Banja Luka – Gradiška route and will also be plugged in to the new Banja Luka – Gradiška main road, which is due to be finished in a few yr.
Flights
Over the yr, the airport has had voyages tie Banja Luka to Belgrade, Zürich, Vienna and Tivat, largely gives thanks to Air Srpska who were an air hose found at the airport.
Today, the airport is a focal point town for B&H Airlines, who offer direct voyages to Sarajevo and Zürich, alongside with charter voyages to Antalya during the summertime.
The airport is also seeing an increase in involvement from foreign airline corporations such as Ryanair, EasyJet, Wizz Air and Austrian Airlines. From November 9, 2007 Serbian airline Jat Airways restarted their voyages between Belgrade and Banja Luka after a interrupt of two yr.
Austrojet had a new voyage path (Salzburg - Stuttgart - Salzburg - Banja Luka - Tivat - Banja Luka - Salzburg - Stuttgart - Salzburg) three clips each week during summertime 2008.
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