British Airways, easyJet to suspend over twenty Croatia routes
British Airways and low cost carrier easyJet will temporarily suspended 22 routes to Croatia, primarily from the United Kingdom, after the air travel corridor between the two countries was closed last week. However, flights from other European markets will be affected as well. The cancellations come after it emerged that a passenger on last Friday's easyJet flight from Split to London Gatwick, who was exhibiting symptoms on board, was diagnosed with the coronavirus Covid-19 upon arrival.
British Airways will suspend all but one of its routes to the Croatian market. Those impacted include services from London to Zagreb, Pula and Split, while Heathrow - Dubrovnik will remain in operations. The last service to Pula is planned for September 5, to the Croatian capital on September 6 and to Split on September 27. Although its operations to Pula and Split are both seasonal, they will end notably earlier than last year. The carrier has tentatively scheduled the resumption of its Zagreb flights for October 1, although changes remain likely. A total of 141.296 passengers flew between Zagreb and Heathrow last year. The route is maintained by both British Airways and Croatia Airlines, with the latter to continue operations between the two cities.
easyJet will suspend nineteen routes to the Croatian coast during September, affecting Split, Dubrovnik, Pula and Zadar. As previously reported, the carrier is closing its bases at Stansted, Southend and Newcastle in the UK next month, which will affect services to Dubrovnik, Pula and Split. Other routes which will be shelved until 2021 include flights from Lyon, Milan, Naples, Paris Charles de Gaulle and Paris Orly to Split, from Amsterdam, Basel, Belfast, Naples and Paris Orly to Dubrovnik, from Amsterdam, Basel, Berlin and Liverpool to Pula, as well as from Amsterdam, Basel and Berlin to Zadar. In the pre-pandemic era, easyJet was Croatia’s largest during the peak summer months, eclipsing Croatia Airlines. Overall, in 2019, it was the second largest airline in the country in terms of offered seat capacity, behind only the national carrier.
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