Emirates terminates Zagreb as Flydubai suspends Skopje
Emirates has indefinitely terminated seasonal operations between Dubai and Zagreb with flights for the 2021 summer season removed, while Flydubai has suspended its planned service resumption to Skopje until March 29, 2021.
Zagreb is being discontinued along with several other Emirates destinations, including Phnom Penh, Porto, Edinburgh and St Petersburg. Furthermore, Emirates’ partner, Flydubai, which was to restore its winter operations to the Croatian capital later this month has pushed back its service resumption for December 30. Emirates’ Chief Operating Officer, Adel al-Redha, previously said the airline would reintroduce all of its 143 pre-Covid routes next year, however, circumstances have since changed across the world as the coronavirus pandemic continues to hit demand for air travel. Despite this, Emirates currently flies to over ninety destinations, as it rebuilds its network. The airline launched daily year-round operations to Zagreb in the summer of 2017 with its Boeing 777 aircraft. However, flights were downgraded to seasonal the following year and a route-sharing agreement was concluded with Flydubai, where the hybrid carrier maintained services over winter, while Emirates ran flights over the summer.
Zagreb - Dubai v.v. passenger traffic
| Year | PAX |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 98.301 |
| 2018 | 147.157 |
| 2019 | 130.937 |
Flydubai has pushed back the resumption of its Skopje service by five months, from October until March. As a result, the Macedonian capital will no longer be directly linked to the Gulf region after Qatar Airways recently suspended its flights to Skopje until next summer as well. At this point, Flydubai's services are expected to resume on March 29, 2021 and run twice per week. The airline introduced operations to Macedonia in October 2012 and has maintained the route ever since. Within the former Yugoslavia, the hybrid carrier currently runs services to Belgrade and Sarajevo, which will continue throughout the winter, with flights to be operated five and three times per week respectively.
Skopje - Dubai v.v. passenger traffic
| Year | PAX |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 26.262 |
| 2018 | 28.767 |
| 2019 | 24.270 |
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