NEWS FLASH
Ryanair has once again called upon the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina to repeal the 1.5-euro passenger departure tax at the country’s airports, which was reintroduced last week after a year. It comes after Ryanair launched five new routes from Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital last week. The carrier’s Head of Communications for CEE and Baltics, Alicja Wójcik-Golębiowska, said, “Ryanair was pleased to see the first flights of our new summer 2025 routes from Sarajevo to Baden Baden, Barcelona, Dusseldorf, Paris and Sweden take off, carrying lots of happy holidaymakers and marking the beginning of the summer 2025 season. These exciting new routes will operate several times per week, offering our Bosnia and Herzegovina customers even more choice at the lowest fares when booking their summer getaways”. She added, “If Sarajevo Airport wants to continue to attract investment from Ryanair, including the potential for based aircraft, it must remain competitive versus the likes of Albania, Hungary, Italy and Sweden, all of whom are abolishing aviation taxes and lowering access costs to secure valuable traffic growth. Ryanair calls on the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina to reverse its decision to reintroduce aviation taxes to support the continued growth of the country’s aviation and tourism sector, in addition to ensuring its citizens have access to Europe’s lowest fares”.