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SARAJEVO, June 22 (FENA) - The BiH Air Navigation Services Agency (BHANSA), together with all European air navigation service providers and EUROCONTROL, is trying to find the best solutions to overcome the unprecedented crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Also, we are initiating joint action, within Bosnia and Herzegovina, of all segments of the aviation industry and the competent authorities, so that BiH response to the situation is as successful as possible, said the Director of BHANSA, Davorin Primorac.
He also announced tomorrow's meeting at the state ministry of transport and communications, when concrete proposals for joint action should be exchanged.
“The global traffic situation is still extremely unfavorable. Given the nature of the measures taken to combat the pandemic, the air transport industry has been disproportionately negatively affected and is currently going through the worst crisis since its inception. The financial losses faced by airlines, air navigation service providers and airports are unprecedented in history,” said Primorac.
When it comes to BiH, only 10 percent of air traffic was recorded last month compared to the same period last year, and the estimates for this month are not significantly better. Despite operational readiness to receive full capacity, traffic is still insufficient.
The situation, Primorac emphasized, is difficult, but the BHANSA management is already taking concrete measures to maintain financial balance and prepare for the coming period. Changes to the Financial Plan of the Agency for this year have been made, cuts are inevitable, and, Primorac points out, through reductions in expenditures, postponements of investments and other liabilities for later periods, BHANSA will save around 23 million KM in this critical year.
Primorac also commented on the provocations due to the campaign "Our sky, our success", and related to taking over air traffic of BiH’s entire airspace. He said he is proud of everything the Agency has accomplished in the past four years, and especially of the historic takeover of our airspace.
The goal, he adds, was to inform our public about the huge achievement after 28 years since the independence of BiH. This included the promotion of BiH and BHANSA on the international scene through promotional films that show our tourist attractions and attract foreign tourists and investments.
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