Mostar International Airport (Croatian: Međunarodna zračna luka Mostar, Bosnian: Međunarodni aerodrom Mostar; 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]
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. Currently, the airport primarily serves charter flights for Catholics making the pilgrimage to nearby Medjugorje. 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.[3] On 3 May 2018, the first landing of a Croatia Airlines aircraft marked the introduction of the twice weekly nonstop Mostar-Zagreb service.[4] 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.
Airlines and destinationsedit
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Mostar Airport:
While the likes of Sarajevo, Banja Luka and Tuzla have steadily reached passenger numbers of above 100,000; Mostar Airport has never succeeded to reach these levels. Instead, Mostar Airport continues existing by strong support of the Federal government. The Airport management has failed securing flights to diaspora rich destinations such as Sweden, Denmark and Germany, but is in talks with low cost carrier Wizz Air for flights in 2024, after not being able to secure any flights for the 2023 season.[15][16]
Despite a very low number of passengers, 8 million BAM were awarded to the airport.[17]
The current Airport director Ivan Ljubić was appointed against the law since there was no City Council when he assumed office.[18]
Statisticsedit
The record number of 86,000 passengers was recorded in the year 1990,[19]
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Mostar International Airport Croatian Međunarodna zracna luka Mostar Bosnian Međunarodni aerodrom Mostar IATA OMO ICAO LQMO is an airport near Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina in the village of Ortijes 4 NM 7 4 km 4 6 mi southeast of Mostar s railway station 2 Mostar International AirportMeđunarodna zracna luka MostarMeđunarodni aerodrom MostarIATA OMOICAO LQMOSummaryAirport typePublicOwnerCity of Mostar 88 Zagreb Airport 12 OperatorMostar Airport Ltd ServesMostar Bosnia and HerzegovinaLocationOrtijesElevation AMSL48 m 156 ftCoordinates43 16 58 N 17 50 45 E 43 28278 N 17 84583 E 43 28278 17 84583Websitemostar airport baMapOMOLocation within Bosnia and HerzegovinaRunwaysDirection Length Surfacem ft15 33 2 400 7 874 AsphaltStatistics 2020 Passengers1 374 95 8 Aircraft Movements144 80 4 Freight in tons 0 0 Source Bosnian and Herzegovinian Directorate of Civil Aviation BHDCA 1 Contents 1 History 2 Airlines and destinations 3 Controversies 4 Statistics 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editMostar 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 Currently the airport primarily serves charter flights for Catholics making the pilgrimage to nearby Medjugorje 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 Dusseldorf and Stuttgart serving both with two weekly flights from May 2018 respectively 3 On 3 May 2018 the first landing of a Croatia Airlines aircraft marked the introduction of the twice weekly nonstop Mostar Zagreb service 4 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 Forli and Greek charter airline Lumiwings connecting Mostar with Foggia Airlines and destinations editThe following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Mostar Airport AirlinesDestinationsCroatia AirlinesZagreb 8 Seasonal charter Beirut 9 Bergamo 10 Cork Dublin 11 Naples Palermo 12 Electra AirwaysSeasonal charter Catania 13 LumiwingsSeasonal Foggia 14 Controversies editWhile the likes of Sarajevo Banja Luka and Tuzla have steadily reached passenger numbers of above 100 000 Mostar Airport has never succeeded to reach these levels Instead Mostar Airport continues existing by strong support of the Federal government The Airport management has failed securing flights to diaspora rich destinations such as Sweden Denmark and Germany but is in talks with low cost carrier Wizz Air for flights in 2024 after not being able to secure any flights for the 2023 season 15 16 Despite a very low number of passengers 8 million BAM were awarded to the airport 17 The current Airport director Ivan Ljubic was appointed against the law since there was no City Council when he assumed office 18 Statistics editThe record number of 86 000 passengers was recorded in the year 1990 19 Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues Annual passenger traffic at OMO airport See Wikidata query Passenger statistics 20 Year Month January February March April May June July August September October November December Year total Change2023 5 30 4 874 1 320 1 533 2 573 5 838 3 737 2 621 18 535 nbsp 59 22 2022 6 39 21 110 189 942 2 151 4 623 1 914 711 5 n a 10 711 nbsp 693 2 2021 2 16 2 12 17 76 218 253 664 324 153 205 1 942 nbsp 41 34 2020 384 267 133 0 0 0 0 76 190 11 25 288 1 374 nbsp 95 81 2019 163 294 289 1 291 2 423 4 029 4 677 8 369 6 218 3 512 931 670 32 866 nbsp 15 46 2018 0 171 448 1 557 3 881 4 004 3 173 7 561 4 963 1 654 570 481 28 463 nbsp 33 9 2017 290 493 1 014 3 741 5 406 5 765 5 201 8 876 7 437 4 121 379 395 43 118 nbsp 19 5 2016 226 24 1 122 3 797 6 139 7 178 8 411 10 788 10 225 4 692 n a n a 53 618 nbsp 28 5 2015 775 186 2 425 6 680 11 867 9 696 9 715 13 305 11 502 6 718 852 1 303 75 024 nbsp 10 3 2014 395 117 1 575 5 817 9 689 9 288 8 831 10 691 10 499 7 731 1 426 1 921 67 980 nbsp 1 3 2013 155 7 2 453 7 737 9 082 9 146 6 665 11 103 9 599 7 602 3 339 2 058 68 939 nbsp 13 2 2012 177 318 2 139 9 169 8 677 11 922 9 921 13 737 10 839 6 360 2 923 1 873 78 055 nbsp 212 0 2011 554 0 696 2 193 4 029 5 087 4 343 4 644 8 432 4 265 1 086 1 478 36 807 nbsp 206 0 See also editList of airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina Banja Luka International Airport Sarajevo International Airport Tuzla International AirportReferences edit Bosnian Flying 18 January 2019 Bosnia and Herzegovina aviation news Bosnia and Herzegovina air traffic report for 2018 EAD Basic Error Page Retrieved 7 June 2015 Bosnian Flying 7 November 2017 Bosnia and Herzegovina aviation news Eurowings Mostar flight schedule Bosnian Flying 4 May 2018 Bosnia and Herzegovina aviation news Zagreb Mostar flights inaugurated Nalaz revizije Aerodrom Mostar netransparentno trosio novac brojne nepravilnosti www klix ba Vlada Federacije BiH izdvaja devet miliona KM za aerodrome www klix ba Mostar Airport plans 2022 revival exyuaviation com 12 September 2021 Croatia Airlines to restore Mostar flights 27 March 2023 Red letenja za razdoblje od 29 7 do 25 8 2022 mostar airport ba 27 July 2022 U Mostar sletio avion sa 140 putnika iz italijanskog Bergama i najavljen talas letova klix ba 28 April 2023 Mostar dublinairport com 18 May 2022 Direktor Zracne luke Mostar najavio carter letove iz Poljske Italije Jordana mostar ba 25 April 2022 S Dusseldorfom nova linija cilj 100 000 putnika u pet godina vecernji ba 28 March 2022 Lumiwings to launch Mostar flights 10 April 2023 Home page zamaaero com 08 05 2022 analize intervju ivan ljubicic direktor zl morstar Mostar eyes Wizz Air flights in 2024 6 April 2023 8million bam to save mostar airport klix ba Mostar airport director appointed illegal klix ba Zracna luka Mostar mostar airport ba Home page www bhdca gov ba External links edit nbsp Media related to Mostar International Airport at Wikimedia Commons Official website Current weather for LQMO at NOAA NWS Accident 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