Turkish Airlines-owned budget airline AJet is expanding its footprint in southeast Europe by introducing services between Istanbul’s Sabiha Gocken Airport and Tuzla.

The new route is the airline’s second in Bosnia and Herzegovina and its fifth in the former Yugoslavia. 

The news comes after Pegasus Airlines, owned by Esas Holding, also announced flights between Istanbul and Tuzla, operating from August 24.

AJet will deploy its 211-seat Airbus A321neo aircraft on the route.

According to reports, AJet plans to expand its operations to Tuzla in 2025, with the introduction of seasonal summer flights from Antalya.

“The route, which will be launched during the 2025 summer season, will be maintained four times per week,” exyuaviation.com reported.

AJet currently runs flights to four destinations in the former Yugoslavia, including Sarajevo, Belgrade, Skopje, and Pristina.

The arrival of both AJet and Pegasus Airlines in Tuzla will provide a much-needed boost for Tuzla airport, which handled 90,942 passengers during the first half of this year.

This was a decrease of 67.1 per cent on the same period last year. The decline came after budget airline Wizz Air shut its base in the city last September.

AJet was launched by Turkish Airline sin 2008.

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