Azur Air plans new widebody Zagreb service
Russian leisure carrier Azur Air plans to introduce a new one weekly service between Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport and Zagreb this summer, to be operated with a 336-seat Boeing 767-300 aircraft. Based on the filed schedule, flights would depart the Russian capital each Friday at 09.00 in the morning, arriving in Zagreb at 11.00. The return service would depart at 13.00 and touch down in Moscow at 16.50 local time. An exact date for the launch is yet to be set and the airline still reserves the right to cancel the planned service. However, flights are expected to commence by the end of June.
Azur Air would become the third carrier to maintain flights between Moscow and Zagreb, following Aeroflot and Nordwind Airlines, the latter introducing operations just last month. It is not the first time Azur Air has planned to serve Zagreb. In 2019 the airline filed for and was approved a permit to maintain flights to the Croatian capital but ultimately decided against launching the service. Azur Air boasts a fleet of over thirty Boeing aircraft. Its B767-300 jets are in an all-economy class layout. Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, just over 60.000 passengers per year flew between Zagreb and Moscow. In 2020, flights between the two capital cities were only operated until early March.
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Commenting on the nature of the Russian market, Dario Guljelmović, from the Uniline travel company, said, "The Russian market is huge, and we really recognise its great potential. It is specific in that it doesn't actually include the middle class, unlike western markets. When it comes to Russia, they're either extremely high paying guests, or the total opposite. The biggest obstacle for strengthening cooperation with Russian partners is the current visa regime. With Croatia’s entry into the European Union, guests from Russia require a visa to enter the country”. He added, “We can see great potential on the Russian market and we're working intensively on this. Russians, just like the Croats, prefer to book late”.
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