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United will increase frequencies on its seasonal service between Newark and Dubrovnik over the 2025 summer season. The carrier, the world’s fourth largest by seat capacity, will restore operations between the two cities almost a month ahead of this year, on May 1, and increase frequencies from four weekly to daily. Services will run until September 25. The carrier will deploy its 231-seat Boeing 767-400 aircraft on the route, featuring 34 seats in business class, 24 in premium economy, and the remaining 173 in economy.
In the past, Dubrovnik was also served by Delta, which maintained flights from New York’s JFK Airport for a single season in 2021, and by American Airlines with a route from Philadelphia in 2019. The airport’s CEO, Viktor Ε ober, recently said, “We are the only airport in Croatia with a nonstop service to the US. While we are currently connected to New York, one route is proving insufficient. We need another one, similar to what we had a few years ago. We have already entered negotiations, which I can say are rather mature, but there are other factors at play which are beyond our control. The primary challenge is the shortage of aircraft and delays in the arrival of new jets due to manufacturing and supply chain issues. It's a complex situation, making it difficult to secure these flights. However, I am confident that within the next year or two, we will have something concrete”.
Nearly 5 months of long haul from Dubrovnik, bravo Croatia! If I remember PanAm used to fly from JFK to Dubrovnik.
ReplyDeletePan Am flew in the 70s and 80s nonstop from JFK to DBV.
DeletePan Am had a base in Frankfurt and I believe flew to Dubrovnik from there. Not sure if they flew non stop to the US.
Delete^ they operated both nonstop and via FRA. Depending on the year.
DeleteJAT flew nonstop seasonally DBV-JFK with DC10.
DeletePan Am flew non stop with the A310 and 727/737 via FRA.
DeleteSensational!
ReplyDeleteBravo Hrvatska!
ReplyDeleteThey're doubling the capacity in a year. Insane!
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ReplyDeleteAmazing news for Dubrovnik and Dalmatia. Would be amazing to see direct flights from the US to Split too
ReplyDeleteNot gonna happen, not because of demand, but because of infrastructure @SPU
DeleteThey should fly until end of SUTT and start early April. April and October are terrific months to enjoy Southern Dalmatia.
ReplyDeleteYes, they button their shirts on the back.
DeleteDubrovnik does not have good weather outside of June-September. And Americans don't travel as much. The new schedule is perfect.
DeleteIf it had not been for COVID, American Airlines would be flying daily from Philadelphia. Tickets were already on sale for 2020. But United is a better airline and New York is a better destination so overall things are better I think.
ReplyDeleteNot sure if UA is a better airline considering the equipment on this route is ancient.
DeleteUnited has new cabins on the 767-400 same as Delta.
DeleteUnited is a very good airline. They have decided to launch Nuuk, Dakar and Ulaanbaatar but not Zagreb for 2025.
Deletepitty for Zagreb, don`t understand why they are avoiding it
DeleteI haven't flown united or aa on long haul for a while, but on domestic I prefer American over the two.
DeleteVery strange. They also announced Bilbao, Faro, and Madeira among others. I guess they can operate these with their 737 MAX, but for ZAG they would need a larger bird, which they do not have at disposal right now.
DeleteThey're not using the 737 for Faro and Bilbao.
DeleteBut the 757-200 with wich they would not reach ZAG.
DeleteUA and AA sucks. Nothing compares to Delta. I asked AA to ban me for a life of flying with them.
DeleteUnited could have used B767 to launch Zagreb. Instead they used it to increase Dubrovnik to daily. Shows where priorities and demand is.
DeleteEveryone wants to visit beautiful Dalmatia!
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