TAP Air Portugal to launch Zagreb service
Portuguese national carrier TAP will introduce flights between Lisbon and Zagreb next summer season, marking its return to the Croatian capital following a five-year hiatus. Services will run three times per week, each Wednesday, Friday and Sunday starting March 28. Flights are currently scheduled to run on a seasonal summer basis but may be extended into the winter should there be sufficient demand. Operations will be maintained with the Airbus A319 aircraft, which has the capacity to seat 144 passengers. “TAP takes advantage of seasonal expansion opportunities to plan and strengthen its network, taking into account its strategy between Europe and the Americas, as well as Africa”, the airline said. Besides Zagreb, it is adding Fuerteventura, Ibiza, Djerba and Oujda to its route network next summer.
TAP last operated flights to Zagreb in March 2016. Following, the route's termination, the Portuguese carrier initially codeshared on Croatia Airlines’ service between Zurich and Zagreb but later added its codes onto its Star Alliance partner’s new nonstop service between the Croatian and Portuguese cities, which was launched in the summer of 2016. Croatia Airlines itself has still not scheduled its seasonal flights between the two capitals for next year. TAP first introduced services to Zagreb in 2004 and in its final years maintained year-round operations, with winter flights running via Bologna. Tickets for TAP’s new Zagreb services for next year are on sale now.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic Zagreb Airport was not linked to Lisbon this year. The airport handled 719.358 passengers during the January - August period, representing a decrease of 68.9%. The number of aircraft movements for the same period stood at 14.795, down 50.9%. Despite a number of carriers temporarily suspending their operations to the Croatian capital this year, Ukraine’s Windrose Airlines plans to commence services between Kiev and Zagreb this October, with TAP becoming the second carrier to announce new flights to the city so far this year. Further details for the upcoming Lisbon - Zagreb service can be found here.
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