Low cost carriers drive Croatia's record summer
Croatia's nine commercial airports are set to handle a record number of passengers during the coming peak summer months with 81 new scheduled and charter routes introduced from 24 different markets. The majority of the new services, a total of fourteen, have been launched between Croatia and Germany, followed by twelve new routes from the United Kingdom, eight from France, five from Italy and four from the Netherlands. The greatest number of frequencies this summer season are being maintained between Croatia and Germany, followed by the United Kingdom, France, Austria and Switzerland. It is estimated that the nine airports will handle a total of eleven million travellers by the end of the year.
Capacity increases at Croatia's five busiest airports this summer are being driven from three of Europe's biggest low cost carriers - easyJet, Norwegian Air Shuttle and Ryanair. easyJet will operate over 3.100 flights to the country this July and August and has more than doubled its capacity to Zadar compared to the summer of 2018. Furthermore, it now maintains over fifty services to Croatia. Ryanair has introduced eleven new routes to the country this summer season for a total of 32. Its growth has been focused on Zadar with over forty weekly flights maintained to the city. Its overall operations are up by 50%. Transavia has increased frequencies across Croatia, with operations in Rijeka up 350%.
January - June 2019
| Airport | PAX | Change (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Zagreb | 1.534.105 | ▲ 4.2 |
| Split | 1.102.118 | ▲ 8.0 |
| Dubrovnik | 1.059.684 | ▲ 17.4 |
| Zadar | 295.316 | ▲ 38.0 |
| Pula | 242.826 | ▲ 17.3 |
| Rijeka | 62.204 | ▲ 19.4 |
Several markets have experienced significant capacity growth from Croatia this year. Among them is Ireland with the seat count up by 60% compared to 2018. This summer saw Aer Lingus introduce new services from Cork to Dubrovnik, while Ryanair commenced flights from Dublin to both Dubrovnik and Split. Croatia Airlines is also upgrading its seasonal operations between Zagreb and the Irish capital to year-round flights starting this winter. Services to Spain are up by almost 50%, with Iberia increasing capacity on flights to Dubrovnik, Split and Zagreb in 2019 by 44.6%, offering up to 204.586 seats between the two countries. Its low cost subsidiary Iberia Express introduced services to Zadar last week. Air Serbia has increased seat capacity to Croatia by 18% and now has over 95% of all available seats being sold between the two countries.
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