Croatia Airlines has finalised its network for the 2023/2024 winter season which begins on October 29 and runs until March 30 of next year. The carrier plans to operate 9.275 scheduled flights, representing an increase of 10.5% on the previous, slightly shorter, winter season. It will maintain thirteen international destinations, as well as four domestic services, out of its Zagreb hub. The airline is discontinuing its limited winter operation from the Croatian capital to Dublin, but has restored services to Mostar, which were suspended up until this summer since the Covid-19 outbreak. Frequencies will be decreased on services to London Heathrow from four to three weekly until January 6, 2024 to enable the service to operate once per week from Split instead. The carrier will operate the same number of destinations as the previous winter season. Compared to the pre-pandemic 2018/2019 and the start of the 2019/2020 winter, it will no longer serve Barcelona, Lisbon and Dublin from its main hub.
Departing Zagreb
Croatia Airlines will upgrade two seasonal routes out of Split, which will be maintained for most of the winter. It includes flights to Copenhagen, which will run once per week, each Saturday, until January 6, 2024. Furthermore, services from Croatia’s second largest city to London Heathrow will also run weekly on Saturdays until January 6. During the upcoming winter, the carrier will extend operations to Zurich throughout the entire season, unlike last year when it was operated until January 14.
Departing Split
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From Dubrovnik, Croatia Airlines will maintain two routes. In addition to 22 weekly Zagreb flights, it will restore two weekly services to Frankfurt, last maintained prior to the pandemic. From Osijek, the carrier will run two weekly flights to Munich, as was the case the previous winter, while Pula will also boast a two weekly services to Zurich, same as over the 2022/23 winter, in addition to the domestic flights to Zagreb and Zadar. The airline will run two weekly rotations between Rijeka and Munich, similar to last year, while it will introduce a new two weekly service between Zadar and the German city, alongside the domestic flights to Pula and Zagreb. As a result, Croatia Airlines will maintain nonstop international flights from almost all of Croatia’s commercial airports, including Zagreb, Split, Dubrovnik, Zadar, Pula, Rijeka and Osijek.
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For the duration of the 2023/24 winter season, Croatia Airlines has 941.714 seats on sale. The Dasb 8 Q400 aircraft will be utilised on 59.8% of all flights, the Airbus A319 aircraft will be deployed on 34% of scheduled flights, while the A320 will be utilised on the remaining 6% of operations.
Information in the tables above are of an informative nature and subject to change.
14 international’s routes from ZAG… 🙄🙄🙄
ReplyDelete13. Dublin is discontinued
DeleteThankfully there is also Ryanair.
DeleteRyanair, No Thank you! The day I'm forced to fly Ryanair, I would stop visiting Croatia.
Delete13 is also questionable considering Rome is operated with stop in Split.
Delete@ 9:08
DeleteYes, because so many Irish do that!
Awesome! Bravo to Croatia Airlines 🇭🇷! Waiting for Airbus A220-300. I'm glad you chose the best plane possible!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry, I have to ask you what is awesome about their network? They barely fly anywhere.
DeleteThey connect to all the main Star Alliance hubs, what more do you need?
DeleteMaybe nonstop flights to some of Europe's biggest, most visited cities and biggest airports. But if feeding four European airports is "awesome" for you...
DeleteAlthough some here find it funny OU has a pretty good base in ZAG with plenty of frequencies to the biggest hubs and even offers transfer flights. Tell me brother, which is the other such airline in the Balkans (Yugoslavia) (not counting JU)? But come on man, it's in the blood of every Croatian - Speaking against your country.
DeleteAegean Airlines, Turkish Airlines, TAROM, Sky Express, Air Serbia for starters.
DeleteBut ok. Because you think it is "awesome" to barely fly anywhere, that's why they do it.
I forgot to add - two more bases with over 10 destinations - Split, Dubrovnik.
DeleteCroatia Airlines does not have a base in Dubrovnik. It has a grand total of 2 routes there during the winter, one of which is a PSO route, the other funded by the airport.
DeleteThat's right ✅️ Greece is part of Yugoslavia.
DeleteYou asked which other airline in the Balkans. There is just one other serious carrier in the former Yugoslavia and Croatia Airlines has fallen so far behind it in the last 10 years (I will remind you that Croatia Airlines was bigger than Jat Aitways in 2013) that it is embarrassing now to even compare.
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DeleteWhat you wrote is simply stupid. And you are here obviously with one task only : to advocate crime and corruption in OU, and what we see is direct result of crime and corruption on the highest level, political one. And our country is the last in EU in absolutely everything, because of people like you, who approve any wrong move of the politicians and their puppets and executors on lower levels, and who are here to tell the World that we who speak about negative things in our country, are against it. Well, brother the sad truth is that you are precisely the one who is against your country, praising thieves and criminals who are ruining it. And you are either too stupid to realize that, or willing to sell yourself for peanuts. Cheers!
Ofcourse OU can do so much more and has more potential. but at least there is some growth. they increased operations by 10% without spending more money to increase their fleet. so thats good news. it seems theyre trying to focus more on opertions from the coast airports. shame they didnt get more DASH-8's instead of the a220. with them they could use them for prague, warsaw, sofia, athens etc.
Delete@09:05 This man is happy that he can find connecting flights at FRA and MUC cause his national carrier is operating to the biggest star alliance hubs. But have you heard of a direct flight to other big cities and secondary cities in Europe? Or have u never flown with a plane before?
DeleteIt's in the blood of every Croatian - speaking against your country.
DeleteWay to essentialize an entire nation, and erect a strawman argument as your types often do @9:09
First of all, maybe you're confused but we're talking about Croatia Airlines, not Croatia as a country.
Secondly, even if we were talking beyond aviation, it would typically be criticizing the government, not the country.
There's a difference between those two concepts, you know?
Finally, the criticism would be the result of a desire to address and fix the problems i.e. make the country better for its citizens.
Normally, in a civilized world that's considered a healthy thing. Certainly healthier than an unironic: Bravo Croatia, no matter what.
Bravo OU, Bravo Hrvatska!
ReplyDeleteSome people obviously don't need much to be happy.
DeleteSome people obviously need to take a look across the eastern border
DeleteAthens again out so pitty…
ReplyDeleteThankfully Aegean upgraded ZAG-ATH
DeleteLet’s hope they reintroduce ZAD next year
DeleteThey? Meaning Aegean?
DeleteThey have been copying and pasting their Zagreb timetable for the last 15 years. I would understand if it was turning a profit not to change anything, but it has been loss making.
ReplyDeleteMost Airlines make losses during the winter months.
DeleteMost attempt to reduce the losses in winter in order to be able to compensate it during the summer and end up with a profit at the end of the year. OU with a network like this has been growing its winter loss year on year.
Delete@09:19 can u name which carriers make losses during the winter?!
DeleteThey really couldn't make Dublin work from ZAG?!
ReplyDeleteThey routinely get beaten both on frequency and average prices. Their only strong selling point I guess would have been interline with EI for connecting flights to the US westbound, and to ??? (Mostar lol) eastbound.
DeleteThey had a codeshare with United on the route to feed flights to the USA. You could also connect onto Air Canada.
Delete"The Dasb 8 Q400 aircraft will be utilised on 59.8% of all flights"
ReplyDeleteIt will be interesting to see how they will make this work in the future with A220s.
LH hubs dominating the schedule.
ReplyDeleteInteresting that they can sustain Rome daily from Split.
ReplyDeleteMore than half the passengers come directly from ZAG.
DeleteNot anymore. Ryanair now flies directly from Zagreb to Split.
DeleteIt seems they are definitely not focusing on ZAG or competing with FR.
ReplyDeleteReducing Dublin but increasing Mostar...
ReplyDeleteThey get paid to fly to Mostar
DeleteSame as with Pula, Rijeka, Osijek to Munich. Are all paid by local county and airport.
DeleteThey should all give money for increasing flights from Zagreb,so that we can make proper hub
DeleteHave you not seen the list of destinations being offered incentives from ZAG?
DeleteHalf of the routes are not viable with the A220
ReplyDeleteThis is OU. You can't expect any miracles.
ReplyDeleteIstanbul missing big time.
ReplyDeleteCopy/paste every year from Croatia Airlines.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately absolutely true
DeleteSame old same old from Croatia Airlines.
DeleteAnd with that they still produce losses. So I don’t get why they don’t change things up.
DeleteThe Mediterranean as it once was never dies.
DeleteHahah. Sadly the Mediterranean once had DC10 flights to the US
DeleteSkopje is their southernmost destination
ReplyDeleteAnd most eastern destination too
DeleteThey should really take some more risk and extend more of their seasonal flights from Zagreb to year round.
ReplyDeleteShame on OU
ReplyDeleteIt's all very well these armchair CEOs saying fly to Lisbon Berlin, Stockholm. If they were potential moneymakers the likes of SK, TAP and Eurowings would be flying them. Its not all about OU
DeleteAre u serious? Instead of calling us armchair CEOs maybe u should learn some avoation facts yourself so that u dont comment stupid things such as this one. The current network of OU is TERRIBLE ( thats not my opinion ) that is a fact when compared to other european airlines in 21st centery!!! Oh i forgot, they didnt do anything when FR come, ridicilus!
DeleteEven FR do not fly these routes, says a lot about the potential of ZAG.
DeleteTruth be told, ZAG demand is often overestimated here
DeleteAbsolutely it is. All these routes would be served by now and Korean and Emirates would have returned. We would also see NYC flights too... People need a reality check.
DeleteNo no and no, ZAG has more demand than any other airport in region (biggest diaspora and tourist demand you know). It should even be connected to Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile, according to Analitičar. I would also add Sydney and Auckland to the list.
DeleteLooking at the upside at least they are not shrinking this winter.
ReplyDelete+1
DeleteGroundbreaking
ReplyDeleteMissed opportunity not to base a Dash 8 in either Ljubljana or Sarajevo.
ReplyDelete+1
DeleteThey really should keep the Dash-8s and base them at different airport flying them like "PSO" flights, Sarajevo would happily pay, and I think Ljubljana would give them decent discounts
DeleteExactly.
DeleteFlights from ZAG to Rome still going via Split!! Will this ever change?
ReplyDeleteIf they haven't changed this now that Ryanair offers nonstop flight to Rome, they never will.
DeleteMaybe they could have gone with 5 weekly via Split a 2 weekly nonstop. At least give it a try.
DeleteAt least passengers on this route from ZAG no longer have to disembark the plane in SPU.
DeleteUntil a few years ago, flights used to operate twice per week via Dubrovnik and 5 via Split. Then they cancelled the Dubrovnik-Rome sector alltogeather.
DeleteWhat about Madrid, Barcelona?
ReplyDeleteIB and VY would fly these routes if economically viable
DeleteBarcelona is seasonal. Madrid they have never served.
DeleteBy OU I mean of course
DeleteI'm very interested to see and compare this timetable and network to next winter when they will have A220s.
ReplyDeleteWill definitely be interesting to see and if it leads to any changes to their network.
DeleteIt will change, the A220 is faster so they will be able to add an extra weekly flight to both Munich and Frankfurt.
Delete^ you might be joining but I think that's exactly what will happen
Delete*joking
DeleteNever anything new or out of the box for OU.
ReplyDeleteInternational flights (east of Zagreb): Skopje, Sarajevo and that's all. Why nothing more to the eastern parts of Europe?
ReplyDeleteBecause they don't need additional passengers from the East. What should they do with them? Take them to Minken and Vrankvurt? All these destinations to the East already have Mutti to take care of transfers. And OU is there to deliver its own passengers to Mutti in Minken and Vrankvurt. And that's what I ve been criticizing for years, but instead better and better, it's getting worse and worse. Now, we shall feed Mutti with leased and expensive aircraft, opposite to cheap and own as till today. But who cares, and "stoka sitnog zuba" will pay for it
DeleteNot true. Vienna, Mostar, Sarajevo, Dubrovnik and Skopje are all East of Zagreb.
Delete"Utopljenik se i za slamku hvata" Ever heard? ☺
DeleteBTW, wow wow wow, what an array of destinations ☺☺☺
DeleteIt will be better if OU base one plane in MUC for this winter instead of operating the flights from the other cities in Croatia. With this they can also fly some other routes of Lufthansa and maybe become their even biger feeder. I mean, why not.
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts too
Deletehey admin, you spelled two cities wrong! Its Vrankvurt and Minken!
ReplyDelete:D
DeleteNot a single route in Southern Europe other than Copenhagen.
ReplyDelete* Nothern Europe, sorry
DeleteYou cant book flights to Munich to Pula
ReplyDeleteGuess I was reading this news in the wrong site … It’s more like Minken & Vrankvurt aviation news
ReplyDeleteTotal number of flights to cities outside the Balkans that are not Star Alliance hubs = 35 per week. For some other airlines, that's how much one destination might be...
ReplyDeleteActually, 28 - I overcounted
Delete''Outside the Balkans, not Star Alliance hubs''. What else should we not count?
DeleteMinken Vrankvurt, Vrankvurt Minken
ReplyDeleteI always laugh out loud when I see people writing Vrankvurt and Minken hahah
DeleteI am already excited about tomorrows revolutionary news about Air Montenegros winter schedule:
ReplyDeleteBeside a little flying to Belgrade there is Podgorica-Vrankfurt/Minken and Tuzla-Vrankfurt/Minken.
If that is not visionary thinking i dont know what it is..!
Very underwhelming
ReplyDeleteKroacija Erlajns. Ajme Rigoletto dobijem kad pročitam Bravo Rvacka. Za šta? Za one Đurđe po avionima I telefonima u Buzinu. Da Bravo, krasno, predivno. Bitno da se ide Zadar via Pula via Sofia via I via. Ko radnički autobus. Sram Vas bilo. Ali kako bi uhljebi imali posao. Bravo KROEJSA, BRAVOOOOOO
ReplyDelete@Admin, in the table for Zagreb Dublin is put with 2pw, instead of 0.
ReplyDeleteCorrected, thank you
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