Sarajevo Gets More Cheap Flights

More ahead-of-the-curve activity from Germanwings. At the end of June, the German low-cost carrier announced that they'd start flying between Cologne/Bonn and Sarajevo in August. Flycheapo spent some time with the airline's 2008-2009 schedule and reports today that the airline will also be connecting Stuttgart and Sarajevo from late October on.

Sarajevo is an absolute star of a city. Its rich layers of culture and history and unique atmosphere make it an extraordinarily special place. When Marisa and I visited in May, I kept thinking about the relative dearth of tourists. Back in London, I blabbed to whoever would listen about the city and wondered out loud why Sarajevo hadn't made it onto a shortlist of weekend break destinations for Londoners. One British friend said, in his typically understated way: "It may have something to do with the fact that it was a war zone not long ago." But Bosnian War hostilities ended almost thirteen years ago.

Sarajevo is ripe for greater numbers of tourists. If another low-cost carrier or two were to jump on the Germanwings bandwagon, the city might begin to receive its tourism due.