Editing Sarajevo (section)

===Airport===
[[File:Sarajevo Airport 1 2024.jpg|thumb|[[Sarajevo International Airport]]]]
[[Sarajevo International Airport]] {{airport codes|SJJ}} is just a few kilometers southwest of the city and was voted Best European Airport With Under 1,000,000 Passengers at the 15th Annual ACI-Europe in [[Munich]] in 2005.

The first regular flights to Sarajevo using an airfield in the suburb of [[Butmir]] began in 1930 when the domestic airliner [[Aeroput]] opened a regular route linking [[Belgrade]] to [[Podgorica]] through Sarajevo.<ref name="aeroput">[http://www.europeanairlines.no/drustvo-za-vazdusni-saobracaj-a-d-aeroput-1927-1948/ Drustvo za Vazdusni Saobracaj A D – Aeroput (1927–1948)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523020505/https://www.europeanairlines.no/drustvo-za-vazdusni-saobracaj-a-d-aeroput-1927-1948/ |date=23 May 2021 }} at europeanairlines.n</ref> Later, Aeroput opened a route that linked Sarajevo with [[Split, Croatia|Split]], [[Rijeka]], and [[Dubrovnik]], and in 1938, the first international flights were introduced when Aeroput extended the route Dubrovnik – Sarajevo – Zagreb to [[Vienna]], [[Brno]] and [[Prague]].<ref name="aeroput"/><ref>[http://www.sarajevotimes.com/aeroput-first-airline-landed-sarajevo/ Aeroput, the First Airline that Landed in Sarajevo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829125207/http://www.sarajevotimes.com/aeroput-first-airline-landed-sarajevo/ |date=29 August 2018 }} at sarajevotimes.com, 21-4-2014, retrieved 19-7-2014</ref> The airfield in Butmir remained in use until 1969.

The need for a new airport in Sarajevo, with an asphalt-concrete runway, was acknowledged in the mid-1960s when [[Jat Airways|JAT]], the Yugoslav national carrier at that time, began acquiring jet planes. The construction of the airport began in 1966 at its present location, not far from the old one.<ref name="jodogoairportassist.com">{{Cite web |title=Sarajevo International Airport Assist Services - JODOGO |url=https://www.jodogoairportassist.com/airports/sarajevo-international-airport |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=www.jodogoairportassist.com}}</ref>

Sarajevo Airport opened on 2 June 1969 for domestic traffic. In 1970, [[Frankfurt]] became the first international destination served. Most of the time the airport was a 'feeder' airport where passengers embarked for flights to Zagreb and Belgrade on their way to international destinations. Over time, the traffic volume steadily grew from 70,000 to 600,000 passengers a year.<ref name="jodogoairportassist.com"/> Later, during the [[Bosnian War]], the airport was used for [[United Nations|UN]] flights and humanitarian relief. Since the [[Dayton Agreement]] in 1995, the airport retook its role as the main air portal to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In 2017, 957,971 passengers travelled through the airport, which was 61,4% of the total airport traffic in Bosnia and Herzegovina.<ref name="sarajevo-airport.ba">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sarajevo-airport.ba/statistika/statistics_archive_en.pdf |title=Sarajevo airport statistics: Flow – operations and pax – by month, 2001-2016 |access-date=20 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920044446/http://www.sarajevo-airport.ba/statistika/statistics_archive_en.pdf |archive-date=20 September 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://bhdca.gov.ba/index.php/en/ |title=Home page |access-date=20 August 2018 |archive-date=27 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627033034/http://bhdca.gov.ba/index.php/en/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Plans for the extension of the passenger terminal, together with upgrading and expanding the taxiway and apron, started in the fall of 2012. The existing terminal was expanded by approximately {{cvt|7000|m2|0|abbr=off}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://exyuaviation.blogspot.com/2011/09/sarajevo-expansion-to-begin-in-2012.html |title=EX-YU aviation news: Sarajevo expansion to begin in 2012 |publisher=Exyuaviation.blogspot.com |date=17 September 2011 |access-date=5 April 2012 |archive-date=22 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222160459/http://exyuaviation.blogspot.com/2011/09/sarajevo-expansion-to-begin-in-2012.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The upgraded airport was directly linked to the commercial retail center Sarajevo Airport Center, making it easier for tourists and travelers to spend their time before flight boarding shopping and enjoying the many amenities that are offered.<ref name="airportcentersarajevo.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.airportcentersarajevo.com/info.php |title=A new shopping experience in Sarajevo! |publisher=Airportcentersarajevo.com |access-date=5 April 2012 |archive-date=5 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105003825/http://www.airportcentersarajevo.com/info.php |url-status=dead}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2018, the airport was upgraded for more than 25 million euros.