Sarajevo
International Airport, also known as Butmir Airport, is the main international
airport in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located just a few kilometers southwest
of the capital city of Sarajevo in the suburb of Butmir. Since the Dayton
Accord in 1996, the airport has welcomed a thriving commercial flight
business which includes B&H Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa,
Jat Airways, Croatia Airlines, Turkish Airlines and others. In 2006, 466,186
passengers traveled through Sarajevo airport, compared to only 25,000
in 1996. In 2005 the European branch of the Airports Council International
awarded Sarajevo the award of best airport under 1 million passengers
