Turkish Airlines’ low cost subsidiary AJet will commence operations to its sixth destination in the former Yugoslavia and its third in Bosnia and Herzegovina this coming summer by introducing operations between Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen Airport and Mostar. The new seasonal service will commence on June 4 and will operate once per week, on Wednesdays, until October 22. Flights will primarily be maintained with the Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Tickets are now available for purchase through the airline’s website. Mostar Airport has been negotiating with Turkish carriers over a potential service for a decade. Talks with Turkish Airlines began as far back as 2015, while last year negotiations also took place with Pegasus Airlines.
AJet will now maintain 26 weekly flights to markets in the former Yugoslavia during the height of the upcoming 2025 summer season. This includes ten weekly services to Belgrade, daily to Sarajevo, four weekly to Skopje, three weekly to Pristina and a weekly rotation to Tuzla, complementing the new Mostar service. As a result, the airline will have a total of nine weekly flights to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Coupled with its parent company Turkish Airlines, the Turkish Airlines Group will boast 171 flights per week to the region this coming summer season. AJet, which was rebranded from AnadoluJet in March 2024, aims to become the largest low cost carrier in the world. Initially founded in 2008 to boost connectivity within Turkey’s Anatolian region, the airline now serves over 120 destinations. Over the next decade, AJet plans to expand its fleet to 200 aircraft. Its current line-up includes a mix of A320s, A320neos, A321s, A321neos, 737-800s and 737 MAX 8s
The Istanbul service becomes Mostar’s sixth new route announced so far for this coming summer. Apart from AJet, Italian regional carrier Sky Alps will open a base in the city, commencing new services to Bergamo, Naples, and Palermo, which will complement flights to Rome and Munich that were operated last summer. The airline is also expected to schedule services to Catania and Bari. Furthermore, Eurowings will launch seasonal operations from Dusseldorf and Stuttgart, although the introduction of flights from the latter has recently been pushed back from the initially planned May 10 to June 14. Mostar Airport handled 47.379 passengers in 2024. It anticipates up to 80.000 travellers this year.
