Zagreb Airport on track for near-full recovery


Zagreb Airport welcomed 485.286 passengers during the first quarter of the year, down just 19.8% on the pre-pandemic 2019 and an improvement of 0.2% on 2020, during which the coronavirus pandemic hit in March. The figures come on the back of Ryanair, which opened a base in the Croatian capital last summer and operated over twenty routes during the first quarter of the year. In addition, foreign carriers have also increased frequencies to Zagreb. The airport’s passenger figures this March were at 84.2% of its pre-pandemic performance, giving hope of a potential full recovery this year.


This summer season, Croatia Airlines remains Zagreb Airport’s largest, with over one million seats on sale until the end of October. It is followed by Ryanair with over 850.000 seats. Over the summer, Zagreb Airport will be linked to sixty destinations in thirty countries. These include six domestic and 54 international points. A total of 22 carriers will maintain operations to the Croatian capital. This summer will also mark the resumption of Lufthansa’s service from Munich, Air Transat’s from Toronto and Norwegian Air Shuttle’s from Copenhagen, although the latter discontinued its flights to Zagreb prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. Furthermore, Finnair will introduce new seasonal services from Helsinki.

Commenting on its outlook for this year, Zagreb Airport said, “After a period of great decline and traffic stagnation, caused by the coronavirus pandemic, today, Zagreb Airport is recording a slight, gradual traffic recovery. We believe that the recently launched summer timetable will deliver a resurgence, despite traffic having not yet reached levels prior to the pandemic. We believe that fresh growth in these current, challenging circumstances is ahead of us”. Zagreb Airport registered its busiest year in 2019 when it handled 3.435.531 passengers through its doors and recorded 45.061 aircraft movements.




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  1. Anonymous09:05

    Great work. Ryanair is paying off.

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  2. Anonymous09:06

    I can't believe Ryanair in just one year is so close to Croatia Airlines in terms of capacity.

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  3. Anonymous09:07

    How many pax can we expect at the end of the year?

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    1. Anonymous09:17

      I think it could be the same as in 2019.

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    2. Anonymous09:32

      I believe close to 2019 levels but bit below. We will see.

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    3. Anonymous10:09

      I belive between 2.8 and 3mil...hard to predict at this point.

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    4. Anonymous18:08

      Do you guys think Split will remain number 1 airport in Croatia this year or not?

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  4. Anonymous09:10

    Bravo whatever!

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  5. Anonymous09:18

    What is ZAG's busiest route?

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  6. Anonymous09:30

    Good job

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  7. Anonymous09:32

    I do wonder what the result would be without FR. Seems the airport management made the right decision.

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    1. Anonymous10:51

      It's just a question was it the right decision from a financial point of view.

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  8. Anonymous09:36

    Every airport is at 80% or even more of 2019, except for LJU which isn't even at 40%

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    1. Anonymous10:11

      ZAG wouldn't be much better without new subsidies and Ryanair

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    2. Please learn the difference between subsidies and incentives. Air Serbia and Croatia Airlines are receiving subsidies from their governments. Zagreb Airport is giving incentives to operators. It is very big difference. ZAG wouldn't be much better without FR, that one I agree, because Croatia Airlines is total failure, incapable for any serious business. They could have received incentives FR is receiving as well, but they don't care about anything

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  9. Anonymous09:36

    We will see what will happen's with RYR and ZAG. When airport incentives expire!!!

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    1. @ANONYMOUS 09:36. Simple as that : They will go for a renewal!

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    2. Anonymous10:51

      As Bel Cielo says they will just get them renewed. Just like Wizz Air constantly gets subsidies in Skopje.

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  10. Anonymous11:17

    Good work ZAG.

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  11. Anonymous11:18

    Any new announcements for next year?

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    1. Anonymous11:19

      Hopefully there will finally be direct flights to the US next year.

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    2. Anonymous12:06

      Air Canada should start flights.

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    3. It all depends on pLandemic. If we get back to normal, Air Canada and Emirates should be back, T'way and Korean announced for this summer already, wouldn't be surprised for the next summer with a new US carrier and and another one from the Far East. But let's wait and see

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    4. Anonymous09:06

      Plandemic? Are you for real?

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  12. Anonymous11:18

    Great years ahead of Zagreb.

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  13. Anonymous11:18

    Seems that ZAG is on the right track but it should work on reducing seasonality and getting more airlines to fly year round.

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    1. Anonymous16:52

      Exactly if they manage to make Aegean, Finnair, Iberia, Vueling even Air Transat to fly year-round to ZAG its gonna be a success .

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    2. Iberia already had year round flights to ZAG before pLandemic. Toronto is not impossible but I think it's more likely to be Air Canada than Transat, which has very seasonal operations, not only in ZAG but generally. Finnair is likely to happen year-round as well, taking into account Far Eastern demand for ZAG, and especially if they don't return to LJU. Vueling and Aegean, I doubt very much for the both, although you never know...

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  14. Anonymous11:21

    Congrats

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  15. Anonymous12:13

    I hope Transavia considers some routes to ZAG.

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    1. Anonymous12:25

      Will probably not happen from Amsterdam, sincr KLM is already flying to Zagreb. But Zag-Ams could definitely use a lcc carrier. I think if easyjet would open the route they would be very successful

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    2. Anonymous16:27

      Couldn't agree more. Easyjet or Transavia should definitely start Amsterdam - Zagreb.

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  16. Anonymous12:28

    Any plans yet with the old terminal? It been 5 years since they stopped using it.

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    1. Old terminal could be used again if and when FR stations 5-6 planes in ZAG, and volume of legacy traffic grows on the new one. Old terminal is ideal for LCC

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  17. Anonymous12:28

    Excellent result all things considered.

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  18. Anonymous12:51

    If FR stations more aircraft, then ZAG and PRN will be the busiest airports in ex-Yu by 2024.

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    1. Anonymous13:01

      And your presumption is no other airport will develop during that time?

      At the same time every airport has a maximum. We saw it with Skopje. It peaked at one point.

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  19. Anonymous12:53

    When will they announce their financial performance for last year?

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  20. Anonymous15:51

    Great. This are some promising figures.

    Let's hope it continues this way and even more.

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  21. Anonymous18:02

    ZAG has so much potential. If only OU promoted ZAG as a transfer point and use its position to shuttle passengers from the region to western Europe.

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    1. As long as OU is only the tool in the hands of rotten politicians, ZAG will feel the consequences of wasted potential. And it is not only western Europe, it is much more

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  22. Anonymous18:06

    I'm hoping to see Wizz basing an aircraft. I know it's a long shot.

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    1. Anonymous18:28

      No chance. At least not anytime soon.

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    2. Anonymous21:10

      Let's hope they base it in LJU.

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    3. Anonymous01:11

      ^ Would be nice

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  23. Anonymous18:29

    Is it correct to say that we can thank Corona for Ryanair's arrival to Zagreb? Or you guys think Ryanair would have come either way?

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    1. Anonymous21:11

      It would come because of the new incentives, otherwise it wouldn't.

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    2. The new incentives only happened due to the Covid. For several years, the airport had been struggling to convince share holders to loosen up with the overblown service prices. Then came the time when this proposal seemed as the only way forward, as everything else practically died.

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    3. Anonymous22:13

      Thanks. Makes sense. Zagreb citizens benefit the most.

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  24. Anonymous22:13

    Not bad at all, also taking into account that Aeroflot and Windrose had to end flights.

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  25. Anonymous19:33

    Prishtina Airport in March 2022 had 195,218 pax. An increase of 94.97% comparing to March 2021.

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