Eurowings to axe two Zagreb routes
Low cost carrier Eurowings will discontinue flights from two destinations in Germany to the Croatian capital at the start of the 2020 summer season. The airline will terminate services from Berlin and Dusseldorf to Zagreb at the end of March. It will retain operations from Cologne and Stuttgart, as well as its seasonal summer route from Hamburg. The last flight from both Berlin and Dusseldorf to Zagreb are scheduled to take place on March 28, 2020. In a statement to EX-YU Aviation News, the airline said, “We will not offer the connections from Dusseldorf or Berlin to Zagreb in the summer schedule”.
Eurowings is currently the only low cost carrier operating year-round flights to Zagreb. The airline is a major player in Croatia and the third biggest based on available seat capacity, behind only Croatia Airlines and easyJet. It offers some 551.000 seats for sale to and from the country each year. However, in the past, Eurowings has also complained about Zagreb Airport's fees, noting they are "significantly higher than most major European airports, making it less appealing for low cost carriers". The budget airline faces no competition on the two routes earmarked for termination. As a result, from the 2020 summer season, Zagreb will no longer be linked to the German capital and will offer nonstop flights to German cities.
Over the 2020 summer season, Eurowings will maintain up to six weekly flights from Cologne and five weekly services from Stuttgart to Zagreb. The airline will operate a total of eight return services from Hamburg next summer, with flights to run once per week between July 8 and August 26. Elsewhere in the region, Eurowings recently announced it would return to the Serbian market with three weekly operations from Stuttgart to Belgrade following a year-long hiatus. Initially scheduled to commence in early June, the flights have been moved forward to mid-May. Last week, another Lufthansa group member, Swiss International Air Lines, announced it would discontinue services to Zagreb.
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