Croatia Airlines is working with Mostar Airport on further developing traffic from the city with the introduction of new scheduled routes in 2024 and 2025 following the launch of its service from Zagreb. Speaking for a “Blejsak.info” podcast, the General Manager of Mostar Airport, Marko Djuzel, said, “Croatia Airlines’ new service from Zagreb is a year-round route. The aim is for these flights to continue on a three weekly basis next year as well. Furthermore, in 2024, it is planned for Croatia Airlines to introduce services to Rome. Afterwards, we will draft a four-year plan with the carrier which would see them add a third destination in 2025 and then we would gradually increase the number of routes by one each year”.
Croatia Airlines has been increasingly focusing on the introduction of subsidised services from secondary airports since Ryanair opened a base at its main hub in Zagreb in 2021. Over the past two years, Croatia Airlines has launched W route pattern services from Osijek to Munich, which are subsidised by local authorities. and recently added flights between Brač and the Bavarian capital, which are also supported by local stakeholders. The Croatian carrier is seeking a three-year agreement with Mostar Airport, similar to the one in Osijek. It comes as Croatia Airlines prepares to start taking delivery of new Airbus A220 aircraft next year with plans to expand its overall route network.
Commenting on Croatia Airlines’ existing Zagreb service, which is subsidised by local authorities in Mostar, Mr Djuzel said, “Considering that ticket sales for the new route started some fifteen days before its launch, the average cabin load factor between the two cities is around 35%. Our aim is for that number to grow to 40% during the first year of operations. Therefore, we are very pleased with its performance”. The Croatian airline maintains the service with its Dash 8 turboprop aircraft, which have the capacity to seat 76 passengers. Mr Djuzel added the airport is working on attracting a low cost carrier to commence operations in 2024, while it is also in contact with Eurowings over the potential resumption of flights from Stuttgart and Dusseldorf which were maintained until the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
Bravo Jasmin!
ReplyDeleteWhat you are in other words saying it's that CA had been driven out of it s own hub, where in a short time every third passenger is FR - now will apply the same "business" model on sub prime secondary airports??? That is the strategy now?
DeleteAnother Bravo for Jasmin (his bosses actually) goes for A220 which will crash 35 % LF to 17-20 %. Double Bravo!
DeleteBravo JASMIN !
DeleteIronic if Croatia Airlines starts nonstop flights between Mostar and Rome before it starts nonstop flights between Zagreb and Rome.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they`ll fly Zagreb - Mostar - Rome...
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DeleteActually this Mostar-Rome service could mean just that. It probably means they would fly Zagreb--Rome-Mostar-Rome-Zagreb.
DeleteAnd what was preventing them for 30 years flying Zagreb-Rome-Split-Rome-Zagreb?
DeleteIf they will get paid for these flight, why not?
ReplyDeleteExactly
DeleteIn other words - there is no demand
DeleteNimalo loša ideja. Neće štetiti previše ni Dubrovniku, a ni Splitu. No letovi iz Mostara trebaju biti prema Stuttgartu, Frankfurtu, Berlinu, Beču i Minhenu.
DeleteRim ima smisla, ali samo zbog Međugorja.
DeleteTo me it just seems there is no network strategy from OU.
ReplyDeleteThey just do what ever.
DeleteRome could definitely work from Mostar.
ReplyDeleteJust because of Medjugorje.
DeleteNot only because of Medjugorje... A lot of groups go from Herzegovina to visit Vatican city. People there are very religious.
DeleteGood luck with that
ReplyDeleteI hope they will actually launch some new destinations from Zagreb when the A220 arrives and not W Mostar flights!
ReplyDeleteDoubt the A220 will be deployed to Mostar until the last Q400 leaves the fleet.
DeleteYes, they have just reached their peak at Zagreb, Split, Dubrovnik, Zadar, Pula, even Ljubljana, and now it's time to look for the passengers at lowest yield market in the region. Good strategy, the best.
ReplyDeleteThat's the problem, they have no strategy.
DeleteThey have, haven't they accepted that BCG post-covid strategy? I don't know if Mostar fits in it but it's approved even by government.
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DeleteOnly difference is Adria flew in Poland and Croatia in BiH.
Only difference is 40 million reacher market versus 4 million poorer market. But, hey, it's Jasmin we talk about, what he represents care about market as much as about last year's snow
DeleteIn my opinion, their main focus should be Zagreb and trying to deal with Ryanair's onslaught.
ReplyDeleteWhich other routes could they introduce from Mostar besides Rome?
ReplyDeleteMunich of course
DeleteAnd Frankfurt. That's where the World begins and ends. Amen!
DeleteSome schandinavian airport. Mostar have a huge diaspora in Scandinavian counties.
DeleteYes I agree. There is a large diaspora from Mostar that lives around Stuttgart, Munich and Dusseldorf and also in Oslo, Gothenburg and Malmo.
DeleteI think seasonal flights to these destinations could work in adition to year round flights to Rome and Frankfurt.
I think this will be max that Mostar can support in terms of pax numbers.
Well done. When you have no strategy, run away somewhere else irrelevant, instead of fighting to keep your house intact.
ReplyDeleteWhat about trying to restart discontinued flights from Zagreb like Helsinki, Oslo, Stockholm, Barcelona, Lisbon, Milan....
ReplyDeleteMost have already been covered by Ryanair.
DeleteThey restarted Barcelona. Milan is never coming back with Ryanair flying there five times weekly.
DeleteWhy? Milan is huge center, why do you think there's no place for OU? Everyone flies to Milano, they even have couple of airports. I guess there are many business and leisure travelers who would prefer OU over Ryan for this particular high-end destination.
DeleteBravo Hrvatska!
ReplyDeleteI wonder what will they eye next? Coach line Zadar-Split?
ReplyDeleteDon't give them ideas!
DeleteCode share with Flixbus 😅
DeleteTo Munich 😃
DeleteMinken!
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DeleteWouldn't it make more sense to start more European routes from Dubrovnik and Split then from Mostar?
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry but why wouldn't they start an extra route from Mostar which will be fully subsidized? They would be mad not to.
DeleteThey are getting loads of money to fly from Mostar. They complain about Ryanair but ironically they are worse.
DeleteWhy would they have to fly subsidized route? It's not like anyone looks into their finances and it's not like they are gonna do something smart with that money. They'll use Mostar money to boost flights to Munich and Frankfurt in winter and cover those losses since LF is not pretty on these routes so far this year.
DeleteJust watch Ryanair come to Mostar very soon :D
ReplyDeleteThis would be fine if they did this out of every city. They could have small bases in Ljubljana, Pristina, Sarajevo, Split, Dubrovnik and Mostar.
ReplyDeleteHow can they do that with 12 planes?
DeleteThis is the end for OU.
DeleteHow dare you saying they have 12 planes? They have whole 13!!!! OK, one is not flying, just collecting dust on the tarmac, but hey, 13 is 13. It's huuuuuge! And just right for Jasmin 's capacities as CEO, actually maybe even bit too much 😃
DeleteBRAVO JASMIN !
DeleteWhich Aircraft is gathering dust Pozdrav?
DeletePozdrav, CTO is carrying out regular flights, it's not sitting in the dust.
Delete12 or 13, it really makes no difference knowing potentials of the market(s) where 30 or 40 could be deployed. But some people simple miss the point of the post or deliberately turn the conversation other direction, and point and right direction is OU nou gud, OU sud du mor
DeleteThis is great news for Mostar. I hope they eventually base a Dash there.
ReplyDeleteDashes will be leaving the fleet.
DeleteBravo OU, Bravo Mostar!
ReplyDeletePrebravo! Puno previse bravo!!!
DeleteBravo Kradeze, ruining and destroying both for 30 years already, and going on....
DeleteHu let d dogs aut?! Hu, hu?
DeleteHe is talking about you, pozz, don't you get it!?
DeleteNo, I don't get it because I am stupid. Thanks got I have you to enlighten me, with the facts you saw in your cristal ball
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DeleteCroatia Airlines' growth opportunities are becoming smaller and smaller, that's for sure.
ReplyDeleteIt turns out that Kucko's plan from a few years ago, for OU to open up bases in several nearby countries like Bosnia and Albania would have put them in a much better position than they are in now.
ReplyDeleteI can only imagine what their costs would be like in such a case.
DeleteHe could have done it if he wanted to.
DeleteShould have introduced Ljubljana W formation flights
ReplyDeletein November 2019!
DeleteAnd Skopje in 2010.
DeleteThey should have introduced long-haul the latest decade ago, they should have grown their regional network, they should have increased the fleet, they should have increased their market share, they should have decently connected remote secondary cities within Croatia, they should have had synergy with ZAG making it hub for the Balkans, they should have get competent management, they should have got rid of uhljebs, aparatchiks and excessive administrative work force, they should have increased work productivity, they should have had better marketing and sales, they should have had many many more codeshares and interlines, the list of their should haves, or missed opportunities and wasted potentials is end less....
Deleteendless, never ending
DeleteGood luck OU and OMO.
ReplyDeleteProfitability booster🤘🏾
ReplyDeleteTruly groundbreaking. And an unmissable bravo to everyone and everything, as well as other similar felicitations.
ReplyDeletemy last fligt to OMO less tahn 30 PAX.
ReplyDeleteWhen that happened?
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DeleteThat is bad. How much the ticket was?
DeleteI don't understand why they don't operate W rotation for Rome flights from Zagreb?? Zagreb - Rome - Split/Dubrovnik - Rome - Zagreb. Or at least do it that way with Mostar. It would make them more competitive against Ryanair which flies nonstop from Zagreb to Rome!
ReplyDeletesame with athens.
DeleteSo they are thinking about essencialy basing A220 there in a few years? How's that gonna work?
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of Adrija when they launched some crazy routes from Poland. Apparently JU is weak in OMO and OU wants to be a regional leader in the area. good luck
ReplyDeleteThe difference is that OU will get paid to open the routes, Lodz would actually make sense for adria with Saabs, but they used CRJs instead
DeleteJU doesn’t fly to OMO. Out of obvious reasons.
Delete"JU is weak in OMO"
DeleteThey don't even fly there. Some people here...
Once I flew on MUC-LCJ-MUC and MUC-SZY-MUC by Adria route. The load factor was 10-30 % ...
DeleteIf theyre genuinly trying to develop routes and travel then well done to Croatia Arilines. Air serbia could have done the same for bosnia but they didint.
ReplyDeleteI hope its successful for them, at least theyre trying something new instead of dissapearing.
But if they know it wont work and just looking to take money from different citites in subsidies then thats sad theyre being stolen from.
only time will tell
If AirSerbia was flying 30 people between Belgrade and Mostar the comment section would be closed do to the uproar.
DeleteInstead of A-220 OU should get a Saab to fly this route.
Both airlines face different conditions, so the response will not be the same for both.
Deletemistakes are more severe for Air Serbia.
OU has more flexibility and less things to stop them, so maybe OU can endure this poor passenger loas longer until one day it becomes profitable.
or people in mostar will get angry that theyre being stolen from. only time will tell.
You always say how things are more severe for Air Serbia. When both OU and JU have delays, you always say things are really bad for JU. You really sound like Burger.
DeleteBut the reality is that JU has far more delays and cancellations. That's just a fact.
DeleteIt has double the network size of Croatia Airlines and unlike Croatia Airlines it actually has strong feed from other destinations. For example, my flight to Brussels on Air Serbi was delayed this morning because we were waiting for connecting passengers (as explained by the pilot). Croatia Airlines has frequent flight cancellations and delays for an airline with a small network. One cabin crew member being sick and not showing up to work last week caused chaos to their entire network that day.
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"OU has more flexibility and less things to stop them,"
Have you bothered to read Croatia Airlines' financial reports? The airline is bleeding money everywhere, It has no room to make mistakes. In fact the airline says in its financial report for Q1 that it is facing liquidity issues, but somehow you concluded they have the flexibility and freedom to play around. Sometimes I think some people here are detached from reality.
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Deletei said "mistake are more severe" this means that when something goes wrong for JU it is more dangerous. Croatia still has great connectivity and will be fine even without the national airline doing much, just like slovenia. without a national airline slovenia lost what 250 million euro(something like that) in its economy.
but if air serbia collapses, then the effect to the country will be much worse maybe lose billions. the national airline is much more important and vital to serbia than to the others, so mistakes have worse effect.
@anon 17:45
the reason that i say they have more flexibility, this means that if air serbia was in the same position they would have had to close already. air serbia has less support, the government cant do for them as much as the other government can do for OU.
probably not huge gap but the gap is still there. i hope its easier to understand now.
for the sake of the city of mostar i hope the route works and can be kept.
@Slav.Burger "air serbia has less support, the government cant do for them as much as the other government can do for OU"
DeleteYet Air Serbia is making profit during Q1 but OU is almost on a deathbed! Why don't you spend more time caring for OU and leave Air Serbia alone, they are doing just fine without your "advice"
Have to agree with Pozdrav. OU had huge, I mean huge potential for regional dominance some time ago. They did not care, it seems they truly are HDZ & LH side kick. And this will not change. They will continue like this for a loooong time.
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DeleteAverage load factor of 35 - 40% is not so good. In winter it will be lower. I guess they don't care that much because of the subsidies. Am I missing something?
ReplyDeletePerhaps only that the route was launched very recently, with tickets going on sale only a couple weeks before launch. That said, I doubt it will change much.
Deletewhy not ZAG-OMO-LJU-OMO-ZAG? or ZAG-OMO-VIE-OMO-ZAG?
ReplyDeleteDok Jasmin ispije kahvu.... 😃
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