| Destination | Launch date | Weekly frequency |
|---|---|---|
| London Stansted | 02.04.2024 | 7 |
| Memmingen | 02.04.2024 | 2 |
| Weeze | 02.04.2024 | 2 |
| Bergamo | 02.04.2024 | 2 |
| Krakow | 02.04.2024 | 2 |
| Rome | 03.04.2024 | 4 |
| Berlin | 03.04.2024 | 2 |
| Sandefjord | 03.04.2024 | 2 |
| Stockholm | 03.04.2024 | 2 |
| Wroclaw | 03.04.2024 | 2 |
| Beauvais | 05.04.2024 | 2 |
| Helsinki | 05.04.2024 | 2 |
| Baden Baden | 05.04.2024 | 2 |
| Manchester | 08.04.2024 | 2 |
| Poznan | 08.04.2024 | 1 |
| Charleroi | 08.04.2024 | 1 |
Ryanair and Dubrovnik have had a fraught relationship in the past. The carrier initially planned to commence flights to the coastal city in 2016, however, at the time, the airport said conditions put forward by the airline were unacceptable and too demanding. Following some back and forth, flights to Dubrovnik were finally launched in 2019, although the airport maintained the budget carrier could only fly under the same conditions as others. However, with Dubrovnik yet to recover its traffic from the pre-pandemic 2019, it has now offered discounts to the airline resulting in the new seasonal base. During the January – October period, Dubrovnik Airport handled 2.358.683 passengers, down 15.9% on the same period in 2019.
Ryanair has three aircraft stationed in Zadar over the summer and three jets in Zagreb throughout the year, with a fourth expected to be based in the Croatian capital next year. In 2023, the airline has a total of 2.798.138 seats for sale on the Croatian market and 15.397 scheduled flight operations. This makes it Croatia’s largest carrier by seat capacity and second largest by the number of operated flights, behind only Croatia Airlines. In Zadar alone, Ryanair accounts for a whopping 77.2% of the airport’s total annual seat capacity. As reported by EX-YU Aviation News back in July, Ryanair plans to make Central and Eastern Europe a major part of its upcoming expansion. Yesterday, the airline announced the launch of five routes from Sarajevo.
I hope they grow balls and start to operate Zagreb-Dubrovnik and Zagreb-Split
ReplyDeleteZagreb-Split is not good destination for ryanair
DeleteAnything working for OU will be working for a startup airline with kids managing it or for LLC with 30+ years on the market
DeleteZagreb-Split would be a great route for FR. OU has awful pricing…
DeleteThere is zero chance Ryanair would open Zagreb-Split. Zagreb-Dubrovnik maybe, but definitely not Zagreb-Split. They do not have any route like that anywhere in their network. It is not just about the distance, it is about the fact that there is a superb highway running between the two.
DeleteZagreb-Bratislava travel time is less than Zagreb-Split, so just on that you are wrong
DeleteIt is not. And it's also an international route rather than a domestic one. And Zagreb-Bratislava has been discontinued.
DeleteZagreb - Vienna is less time than Zagreb - Split. Check on Google Maps.
DeleteSo there are shorter flights than Zagreb - Split, for example Zagreb - Vienna.
DeleteCan they open a route where PSO was introduced?
DeleteI do not think so.
Yes they can. But they would not get discounts in Zagreb for opening it, and probably also not in Dubrovnik.
DeleteThat's gonna be so good for Dubrovnik, also nice destinations so we will probably see good LF. Good job!
ReplyDeleteThey just announced that Dubrovnik-London will be year-round!!!! Excellent news.
Delete^ it says that in the article. Last sentence first paragraph. Dublin and Vienna too.
DeleteBravo Hrvatska!
ReplyDeleteNice surprise. How much it will cost them? For sure some "promotion" money is promised to FR.
ReplyDelete"However, with Dubrovnik yet to recover its traffic from the pre-pandemic 2019, it has now offered discounts to the airline "
DeleteIt doesn't matter how much it costs them because they got a good return. Ryanair will be flying year-round which is amazing for Dubrovnik. The airport did a good job here - originally they were going to give the money to Croatia Airlines like Split does but Croatia Airlines would have launched maybe three seasonal Dash routes three times weekly and one year-round route to Munich maybe, while Ryanair is going to bring loads of passengers.
DeleteSo much for Croatia Airlines' coastal focus.
ReplyDeleteOU focus is feeding LH. Everything else are fairytales presented by aparatchiks
DeleteI'm surprised how slowly DBV is recovering. This will certainly get them back to record passenger numbers.
ReplyDeleteRussians are gone and that's a huge hit
DeleteIt has to do with Dubrovnik being unreasonably expensive
DeleteIt is expensive because it is full. If there weren't that many tourists, prices of everything would be cheaper.
DeleteCroatia has become more expansive than Greece or even Egypt. For me (2adoults+2kids) it's cheaper to fly to Egypt and book a 4-5 star hotel there than to go to the family owned hotel I was visiting for 20+years. The prices are unreasonably high and that's a fact
Delete9:44, if you think Egypt is cheap try Tunis LOL. Again, you cannot compare the Croatian product with the Egyptian one. Croatia has a more exclusive European and American market. Egypt has a much lower class type of tourism such as Kusadasi or Chalkidiki for example.
DeleteI'm just comparing what I get for my 5k vacation in Croatia and Egypt, and Egypt comes on top since 2020ish. That's all
DeleteThen go to Egypt and your problem is solved. No need to moan about it.
DeleteI'm not moaning about it, all I'm saying is that another 5-10% increase will meant loss of turists in Croatia
DeleteNo it won't. The whole reason why prices are increasing is because tourists keep coming. There might be a loss of tourists like you but you will be replaced by other tourists who are willing to pay extra. It's basic economics.
DeleteThere will become a point where tourists are no longer willing to be ripped off and will start to look elsewhere for better value destinations. Croatia is a beautiful country, but the price will put many people off.westerners don't have plenty of money like Eastern Europeans think they have.
DeleteAnd when that point comes, prices will start to drop or they will stop growing. We are definitely not there yet. Dubrovnik in particular is overwhelmed by tourists every July and August.
DeleteA bit sad DBV has gone down its path but it will bring the pax.
ReplyDeleteWhy would it be sad? Ryanair is guaranteed to bring massive passenger growth in April, May, June and October. It's a great addition.
DeleteGreat, that's all we need in DBV, more low cost guests!
DeleteTourists outside of the peak summer months is exactly what's needed.
DeleteEven more so with STN, VIE and DUB being year round, it will help with bringing tourists in the winter months.
DeleteBut this is a summer base, has nothing to do with winter. For example, TK flies to DBV during winter, but many of their flights are cancelled.
DeleteIt says in the article that 3 routes are year-round.
DeleteForgot to mention, DBV has nothing to offer during winter, since most places are closed.
DeleteNothing to offer?? Talk about motivated reasoning...
DeletePeople whining how they want tourists to come to Dubrovnik in winter, yet the city is doing nothing to offer something to tourists in winter. Everything is literally closed, so why would anyone come in February?
DeleteSince I live in Dubrovnik, let's just say that it's more about quantity than about quality. And people work really hard during spring/summer/early autumn season, and are not willing to do it during winter.
DeleteWell there's no point keeping beach restaurants and hotels open when the weather is freezing and it's windy and cold every day? Croatia is not southern Spain.
Delete"However, with Dubrovnik.... it has now offered discounts to the airline"
ReplyDeleteFlying for free until they don't - modus operandi of Ryanair
Amazing news!! And well done to Dubrovnik for striking a deal with Ryanair after Croatia Airlines abandoned them. Ryanair will bring loads more passengers for a fraction of the cost.
ReplyDeleteI really hope Croatia Airlines' management starts to reflect on their clueless strategic planning. They could have and should have been flying out of Dubrovnik to so many more European destinations.
ReplyDeleteOU management is getting paid well and that's all they care about
DeleteI think not anymore. They have some serious competition now.
DeleteDon't worry, everything will be magically solved with the A220s...
DeleteHahahahahahahaha, for starter, OU does not have management and planning. They have aparatchiks with 1950's mindset, appointed to execute political Mafia orders
DeleteIt won't be long when OU will be reduced to multiple daily services ZAG VRA and ZAG MIN
Delete11:39,when exactly?
DeleteOn the day, when fleet will be unified (A220). Ryanair is chewing them slowly, but definetly. Sorry to say. The bill for neglecting route expansion and inertness is slowly coming to the tell. They underestimated the damage Centaurion army in shape of blue-yellow locuses can inflict on inert and self contained airliner in economical environment, where lower price is everything.
DeleteOn the day... 😂
DeleteAnd Croatia Airlines was saying how their next focus will be DBV. Too late for that.
ReplyDeleteBefore it was "too early" for them. Now it is too late.
DeleteCroatia Airlines had it coming. They have been neglecting DBV for way too long.
DeleteCroatia Airlines deserves everything it gets now, it's disgusting how they were treating our city for so long, and we were their cash cow.
DeleteI agree. They missed the boat and it is now simply too late for them to catch up with the competition. Decades of stagnation and lack of planning.
DeleteHow many passengers could DBV handle next year with all the FR flights?
ReplyDeleteAround 3 million. Ryanair said they expect around 600000 passengrs in the first year.
DeleteInterestingly, Ryanair's CEO flew to Dubrovnik from Sarajevo yesterday and spent the night in Croatia before today's press conference.
ReplyDeleteYou mean CCO, not CEO.
DeleteDidn't see this coming. Congratulations Dubrovnik
ReplyDeleteIt worked for Zadar, why not Dubrovnik
ReplyDeleteExciting 2024 for DBV!
ReplyDeleteI would too if I were them.
ReplyDelete"Notably, operations to London Stansted, as well as the existing Vienna and Dublun routes will be year-round."
ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic. It will really help with winter numbers
Well there go all of OU's plans down the drain.
DeleteYes, that's the best news.
DeleteBut not this winter unfortunately, only from the 2024/2025 winter.
DeleteWell of course, this winter started over a month ago...
DeleteOf course, but it is a question if Ryanair will honor this deal or will they cancel the winter flights after they fill their pockets with 2024 summer season.
DeleteThe whole point of the deal is that Ryanair gets summer discounts on the back of winter flights. It is a smart thing that Dubrovnik did. They would not have given discounts to Ryanair just for launching flights in the summer.
Delete(I am anon 14:01) - as I said, this is a great deal if Ryanair sticks to it. I've been living in Dubrovnik for whole my life and I can tell you there is no way Ryanair will be able to keep their usual target LF during winter flights to DBV. Will they stick to the deal and deal with low LF during winter that's a big question, I hope they will.
DeleteI think they will make it from Stansted without any problem. From Vienna they will make it with low prices. Dublin will be a struggle.
Deletewow
ReplyDelete"In 2023, the airline has a total of 2.798.138 seats for sale on the Croatian market and 15.397 scheduled flight operations. This makes it Croatia’s largest carrier by seat capacity"
Wow indeed. This number is HUGE. Also don't forget that ZAD traffic is 77% thanks to FR!
DeleteRyanair flies international routes to every Croatian airport (unlike Croatia Airlines) and it has three bases in Croatia in the summer (unlike Croatia Airlines). Next summer, Ryanair will have seven A320s based in Croatia across Zadar and Zagreb - that is more A320s than Croatia Airlines has ever had in its fleet. And now there will be a 737 in DBV as well.
DeleteRyanair have repeatedly said that their aim is to replace Wizzair in Central and Eastern Europe. For instance in SOF, they have 3 based planes but already have more flights per day compared to Wizz (who have 7 stationed planes) operating from other bases + existing ones. They are now heavily targeting Poland and aim to double their capacity in the whole region:
Deletehttps://skift.com/2023/10/18/poland-now-at-the-center-of-europes-low-cost-carrier-competition/
Most likely ZAD and ZAG will see more planes FR stationed soon and now DBV is also a base.
Bravo, DBV. LJU are you still asleep? Ryanair is the future, not small "national" carriers.
ReplyDeleteThey don’t want Ryanair, they don’t want Wizz ait, they don’t want Slovenian national carrier…
DeleteThey paid for Madrid and Copenhagen now.
Delete"National"? What is the point of stupid comments such as this one?
DeleteDoes that mean that DBV may reach SPU levels and become 3rd largest in ex-Yu?
ReplyDeleteI do not think so. Split is very far ahead. Traffic in Split in July and August is astonishingly high.
DeleteIt seems that Poland is becoming a more and more important market. Was expecting at least 1 Romanian airport, but Romanians usually go to Bulgaria, Greece or Turkey for vacation. OTP could've been a nice addition. Thing is, Romanian aviation seems to be a bit in stagnation. TSR is shrinking and the new Brasov airport not 100% fully operational.
ReplyDeleteGreat news for Dubrovnik. Can't wait to see the new routes they introduce from Zagreb
ReplyDeleteDBV should aim for legacy carriers and better guests.
ReplyDelete100% +
DeleteIt's a shame that Ryanair goes to Dubrovnik instead of Rijeka or Pula. They need a lot more passenger growth. Dubrovnik is already crowded enough in summer.
DeleteRijeka has low passenger numbers year-round and bad weather conditions. The market is too small for Ryanair to base an aircraft there. Pula could maybe have a base June to September but not April to October. Dubrovnik is much further south with much better weather outside of the peak summer season and it is a major historical destination. It cannot compare to Rijeka and Pula.
DeleteAgree with everything you said @13.23, except Rijeka being too small for Ryanair base. Primorsko - Goranska County has 270.000 inhabitants, plus parts of Istra and Slovenia in its catchment area. It is the third wealthiest county in Croatia, with lot of seamen travelling often for work, significant diaspora, and big tourist traffic. So, it is not about the market being small, but about other factors, mostly winter weather, proximity of major tourist emitting markets, incompetence of both airport management and county tourist organization and several big airports in vicinity. But concerning its size and needs, RJK could be base of an airline, legacy or LCC, Ryanair included
DeleteBut why would someone drive from the city of Rijeka all the way to the island of Krk to catch a flight to, for example, Rome or Munich or even Berlin when you can get there directly by car with no border crossings and highways running anywhere you want to go in Northern Europe?
DeleteMaybe because "all the way" is 25 minutes from Rijeka center to the airport, with highway all the way to Krk bridge, 3 km before the airport, and it takes 6-7 hours to Munich or 8 to Rome, not to mention Berlin or Stockholm, which are btw used by people from Ljubljana and Zagreb as well
DeletePozdrav, you can say what you want but my family who live in Primorsko-Goranska county never fly and always drive. They drive to Tuscany, to Berlin, Stuttgart, Dusseldorf, Amsterdam, France, Zurich, Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Korcula, Split, Sarajevo, Ljubljana, Budapest. All of these in the last 12 months alone. Meanwhile, 0 flights.
DeleteThey r not used to flying, obviously.
DeleteI am taking often flights from Rijeka to Munich, bcos I don’t have a car
Deleteand it doesn't matter at all whether the airport is on the mainland or an island. The airport can be reached from Rijeka within half an hour. The airport in Split is closer to the city and yet it often takes 3/4 - 1 hour to get to the port.
@18.25
DeleteStarting your post with Pozdrav, hmmm.... But even if what you write is true, you can't base opinion of potentials of RJK based on what your family is doing. Do you think your family should be the pattern how all other people should behave?
If my family considers it fully fine to drive down as far as Dubrovnik and up as high as Berlin, then Rijeka Airport has a problem, yes. And if you think this is not the case then you need to find another suitable explanation for why the airport is doing so poorly.
DeleteLOL
Deleteanother prestige airport gone ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat is the point of stupid comments like this?
DeleteGreetings from Dubrovnik! For those commenting how Dubrovnik doesn't need low budget tourists - this is actually great, with these lower fare costs now the travel packages will be cheaper without the need for hotels and other venues to lower their prices. So for the destination this is actually good news. I will remind you that this year was the first year in a long time that a lot of high end Dubrovnik hotels had a lot of unsold capacity during peak months.
DeleteP.S. I would be much more happy if there was at least 1 route to Spain, but maybe some time in the future.
@10.00 last week someone posted if you cannot afford Dubrovnik you should not come. Now they are giving money to Ryanair, fanboys and airport are off-sync :)
DeletePutting a passive aggressive ":)" at the end of your comments does not make your posts funny.
DeleteNo one is off-sync. Plenty of people in Dubrovnik are not happy that there will now be even more people in such a small place in July and August.
DeleteHuge news for Dubrovnik! Well done
ReplyDeleteIn the meantime, Rijeka and Pula continue to sleep
DeleteRijeka has no chance. It is a poorly-positioned airport and it does not have a long-enough tourist season. Pula is a different story. Pula's management is doing a poor job.
DeleteEvery single time, when a Croatian airport makes a good move, people here instantly switch topic. So f.. ked up!!
Delete@16.40 calm down. you obviously only read croatian topics. same story for everybody else
DeleteJet2 is coming back next summer from BHX, MAN n STN to PUY
DeleteThat's A LOT of new routes
ReplyDeleteZAD got f*cked again.
ReplyDeleteWhat are you talking about? ZAD has over 40 Ryanair routes.
DeleteZadar FR expansion is coming soon.. very excited new routes will be announced... Spain finally!
DeleteIs that for real? Or just wishful thinking? Would be really nice to add some more interesting destinations from ZAD.
Delete+1000. Alas, nothing in the winter.
Delete737 or A320?
ReplyDelete"Ryanair will station two Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft in Dubrovnik."
DeleteWow, two!!
DeleteThey're both going to be Buzz aircraft.
DeleteBeggars cant be choosers. It's not as if OU is interested in anything in DBV
DeleteOU is not interested in anything but kissing LH ass
Deleteso they limited cruise ships because of overtourism but financed Ryanair. Logic
ReplyDeleteRyanair passengers will come to stay minimum 2 or 3 days, probably even longer, with an average of 3-4 days. Which mean 3-4 hotel nights, 7-8 restaurant meals, more trips, visits and side spending compared to cruise ship guests who come for few hours, don't sleep, don't eat because they have everything on the ships, they just make mess and buy few souvenirs or ice cream. And we don't need to go far away to justify this moves. Venice did the same : limited cruise ship guests and increasing LCC, both at Marco Polo and Treviso. So, yes, it's logical.
DeleteVenice will start charging 5 eur per visitor. That will reduce crowds, people will stay shorter and spend less. LCCs will also be affected.
DeleteNot true. Venice will charge for DAY visitors. These are not people who fly in, these are people who come by bus or train from somewhere else or who do not stay in Venice but in Mestre.
DeleteCrusie ship tourism should be abolished. It’s like realeasing a wasp nest of 3000 wasps from the cruiseship into the city for a few hours and dumping all fecalia into the port while waiting for wasps take their instagram pictures. Seriously!
DeleteThere is no hope for this civilazation!
Yes Pozdrav thats in theory but i doubt Ryanair clientele is compatible with the Dubrovnik prices
Delete@Boris you should see the situation in even smaller Kotor
Seriously who stays 3-4 nights in Dubrovnik
DeleteAsk the staff of the 5 star hotels in Dubrovnik. Many stay longer
Delete@20.15
DeleteThere is no such a thing like "Ryanair clientele". You speak prejudices
DBV-DUB daily and DBV-STN 6 weekly is simply crazy stuff. Just checking the prices from and to Ireland and they are not cheap. Biggest surprise is MAN with barely 1 weekly flight. They should definitely add BHX in 2025. Another important airport in UK. If DBV handled 2,35 million passengers so far, it will very likely reach 3 million and break its 2019 record next year.
ReplyDeleteDBV-STN is not 6 weekly. It is 7 weekly. There are two daily flights on Thursdays.
DeleteCorrect, my bad. Still, 6 or 7 is extremely impressive. STN is a huge airport with a lot of traffic. Well done to DBV!
DeleteOU Launch LGW-DBV Now or you are done for!!! Next FR will go for ZAG-DBV.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately OU sold their Heathrow slots. But yes, LGW is vital. Second busiest London airport.
DeleteCroatia Airline used to fly Gatwick-Dubrovnik for years but they stopped. Now the route has Ryanair yea-round, easyJet most of the year, British Airways from Heathrow, Jet2 from Stansted, Wizz from Luton... Talk about clueless OU strategy.
Delete40 years ago, JAT flew scheduled from DBV to New York and Chicago, from DBV to the UK scheduled to London Heathrow, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow, plus charters to numerous UK destinations, both Adria and Aviogenex had bases in DBV and were operating hundreds of charters to the UK. Croatia Airlines had opportunity to take at least part of that traffic, which is today even bigger, by operating charters, or by forming LCC division, or by offering convenient and affordable connections through its ZAG hub, or by seasonal scheduled flights. But,....
DeleteWizz is not going to sit and watch Ryan take over the region without a fight. Right between Ryan in Zadar and Dubrovnik is Split. That could be next Wizz base.
ReplyDeleteNo chance. Wizz is lost.
DeleteCool news, but why is Beauvais here? It’s an embarrassment to the aviation society
ReplyDelete