Lufthansa suspends select Zagreb and Ljubljana routes
Lufthansa will not be resuming flights between Frankfurt and Zagreb, as well as Munich and Ljubljana, this upcoming winter season based on its preliminary winter schedule. The cancellation of the flights delays the prospect of a service resumption until late March 2021 at the earliest. The German carrier ran double daily services between Frankfurt and the Croatian capital and a daily rotation between Munich and Ljubljana. The airline will maintain operations from the Bavarian capital to Zagreb and from Frankfurt to Ljubljana over the winter, with each running twelve and fourteen weekly respectively. Flights from Munich to Zagreb will increase to double daily over the Christmas and New Year period.
Lufthansa suspended operations on the abovementioned routes when the coronavirus pandemic was declared in March. Since then, Croatia Airlines has increased its operations to Frankfurt, which are codeshared by the German carrier. On the other hand, there will be no flights from Ljubljana to Munich until at least next summer season. Germany is one of Croatia’s biggest markets, both in the summer and winter months. Last year, 328.534 passengers flew between Zagreb and Frankfurt with Lufthansa and Croatia Airlines. On the other hand, Ljubljana - Munich is the Slovenian capital’s seventh busiest route. During its last full year of operations in 2018, Adria Airways carried 78.000 travellers between the two cities, of which 80% were transfers continuing their journey with Lufthansa.
The German carrier will continue to maintain the remainder of its network to the former Yugoslavia, albeit with fewer frequencies. The carrier will resume operations between Munich and Sarajevo in late October with six weekly flights planned, increasing to seven over the holiday season. Furthermore, the airline will continue to run services from both Frankfurt and Munich to Belgrade with each to operate ten and seven times per week respectively, with both increasing to double daily over the peak winter travel period. The head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Alexandre de Juniac, has warned of a “hard winter” ahead due to the ongoing pandemic. “There is a pent-up demand for summer vacation trips. As soon as this bubble bursts, we will face a hard winter”, Mr de Juniac said.
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