Croatia Airlines to store A320s until mid-December
Croatia Airlines plans to store its Airbus A320 fleet from late October until at least the middle of December as a result of reduced demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic. At this point, the carrier does not plan to utilise the 174-seat aircraft until December 17, based on its current winter season timetable. As previously reported, the airline will primarily operate its 74-seat Dash 8 turboprops on most routes, while the A319s will be deployed on flights to London and Paris. Croatia Airlines is currently utilising some six aircraft. “On average, six of our aircraft run thirty operations per day. Our Dash pilots are working at 60% of last year’s level, while our Airbus captains are on duty between 30% and 35% to that of last year”, Croatia Airlines' Chief Pilot, Davor Mišić, said. In addition to the A320s, some Dashes and A319s are being prepared for storage by the airline’s maintenance division.
Croatia Airlines plans to significantly reduce its operations over the winter season, which begins on October 25. The carrier has said it does not have a fixed winter timetable and will instead publish network changes on a monthly basis. “We have to be flexible. Our plans are optimistic but are optimised from day to day. In reality, that means Croatia Airlines no longer has a winter timetable. Destinations which we will serve will be published on a month to month basis. Whether these flights will actually be operated, only the skies and epidemiologists know”, Robert Kruljac, the head of the carrier’s crisis management team said.
The Croatian carrier plans to maintain flights to sixteen destinations from Zagreb in November (twelve international and four domestic), as well as four from Split (three international and one domestic). International flights from Dubrovnik and Rijeka to Frankfurt and Munich, respectively, will be discontinued this winter season. The majority of the company’s international flights will operate two to three times per week, with exception to Frankfurt. Services from Zagreb to London Heathrow and Vienna will run just once per week, while the carrier’s service between Zagreb and Munich will be suspended for the first half of the month.
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