Austrian Airlines to suspend Zagreb service
Austrian Airlines will discontinue flights between Vienna and Zagreb from mid-October, as a result of reduced demand. The airline will operate its last service between the two cities on October 16. Croatia Airlines, which has temporarily suspended its flights to the Austrian capital, will then take over the route when it resumes operations on October 22. Austrian will make a brief return to Zagreb during the winter for the Christmas and New Year holidays, during which it will run services from December 18, 2020 until January 6, 2021, after which it will again suspend flights until March 1 of next year. Changes at this early stage remain possible.
Austrian Airlines will continue to serve its remaining destinations in the former Yugoslavia, including Belgrade, Podgorica, Pristina and Skopje this winter. Both Austrian and Croatia Airlines are part of the Star Alliance. Among the Lufthansa Group carriers, Lufthansa itself will be the only to maintain services to Zagreb throughout the entire winter with flights from Munich. Traffic between the Croatian capital and Vienna has been growing in recent years, with Austrian relying on a notable number of transfer passengers continuing their journey via Vienna onto North America, as well as elsewhere in Europe. Last year, 173.431 travellers flew between Zagreb and the Austrian capital among the two carriers.
Zagreb - Vienna v.v. passenger traffic
| Year | PAX |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 163.960 |
| 2016 | 160.757 |
| 2017 | 164.108 |
| 2018 | 168.384 |
| 2019 | 173.431 |
Austrian Airlines has cut its upcoming winter schedule which will only reach about 30% of last year’s. The carrier will serve some sixty destinations, down from around eighty during the 2019/2020 winter season. Frequencies on routes that are scheduled to go ahead have been greatly reduced. “It has already become apparent in recent weeks that we will have to dress warmer than expected this winter. The new entry restrictions from Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and many other countries make adjustments to the schedule necessary. We are prepared for that”, Austrian Airlines’ CEO, Alexis von Hoensbroech, said, comparing the current situation to that of a ship. "Our goal is to manoeuvre our company through this storm with our combined forces. We don't know how long this storm will last”, he added.
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