MOSTAR, MARCH 22 (ONASA – Hina) – The regular air route between Mostar and Zagreb will be established again in May after three years, and the ambition of the city authorities, with the co-financing of the carrier, is to connect with Europe and the world through this airport, announced is the mayor of Mostar today.
“The idea is for Zagreb, as one of the more serious hubs, to be a road or a door to the world. In the city budget, we allocated an amount of one million marks (about half a million euros) for that purpose,” said Mayor Mario Kordić.
Recently in Mostar, representatives of the BiH government and Croatian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure Oleg Butković discussed the re-establishment of air traffic between the center of Herzegovina and Zagreb. The mayor of Mostar also participated in the talks.
Kordić, announcing the renewal of the line, said that a tender had been announced for the selection of an airline that would connect Zagreb and Mostar.
He explained that this line should be established at the beginning of May this year, and it would run twice a week.
Since the beginning of the coronavirus epidemic in 2020, the airport in Mostar has not recovered and does not have any regular lines.
During the summer, charter flights transport mainly pilgrims to the world-famous Catholic pilgrimage site of Medjugorje.
In the first two months of this year, only 35 passengers passed through this airport, and local media point out that this number has not yet exceeded the number of 60 employees.