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Apr 06, 2010 (newstodate): Tuzla International Airport, in Bosnia Herzegovina, is again open for business - only there is no business in sight.
The airport has been in dire needs for financing its maintenance works and was closed down entirely during the winter seasons.
Nor re-opened, the airport has not been put on the schedules of BH Airlines or Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines for transfer on routes to Frankfurt and Istanbul, and there are as yet no commitments by other airlines to operate at the airport.
Formerly the largest military air base in Yugoslavia with a 2,485 m runway, the airport was turned into a civilian airport in 1998, also serving as the main base for the UN Stabilization Forces in the region.
The first scheduled passenger services were opened in 2009, but the airport did not manage to attract much traffic.
Plans are to focus on the role as a dedicated cargo airport in the future.
The airport has been in dire needs for financing its maintenance works and was closed down entirely during the winter seasons.
Nor re-opened, the airport has not been put on the schedules of BH Airlines or Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines for transfer on routes to Frankfurt and Istanbul, and there are as yet no commitments by other airlines to operate at the airport.
Formerly the largest military air base in Yugoslavia with a 2,485 m runway, the airport was turned into a civilian airport in 1998, also serving as the main base for the UN Stabilization Forces in the region.
The first scheduled passenger services were opened in 2009, but the airport did not manage to attract much traffic.
Plans are to focus on the role as a dedicated cargo airport in the future.