Pragusa.One to start Dubrovnik to New York, LA service in June
Long haul premium economy start-up carrier Pragusa.One has announced it will inaugurate seasonal flights from Dubrovnik to New York’s Newark Liberty Airport and Los Angeles from June. Three weekly operations to the Big Apple will commence on June 21, running each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday with a wet-leased Airbus A330-200 aircraft. The LA service will be inaugurated a day later, on June 22, and will be maintained three times per week, each Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, with an Airbus A340 jet. Flights will be operated until the end of the 2021 summer season in late October. The company said it will offer a total of 15.700 seats between Dubrovnik and New York, and a further 14.700 seats between the Croatian coastal city and Los Angeles.
Ticket sales for the new routes will commence on May 21. Commenting on the new flights, Pragusa.One’s Managing Director, Krešimir Budinski, said, “We worked hard since summer 2020 to create this unique product for avid travellers that are ready and steady to fly abroad. Point-to-point flight operations bundled with a full travel package and premium in-flight service are key success factors for the ultimate travel experience in the future. The US market represents one of the focus markets for Pragusa.One”. Pragusa.One is a UK-based travel company established in August 2020. It is now offering seven and fourteen day full travel packages between Dubrovnik and the United States.
Mr Budinski previously said the company would start off as a tour operator, by selling tour packages to Dubrovnik and Prague, while offering point-to-point flights through a wet-lease arrangement with a partner. “We are going to start as a travel agency but in the next three years we will make the transition towards becoming an airline, since AOC [Air Operator’s Certificate] certification will take some time. In Croatia, we are going to apply for an AOC which will take ten to twelve months. Until then, we will operate with our partner on a full charter basis. We will convert the wet-lease into a dry-lease by 2024”, Mr Budinski said. He added, “We are in advanced talks with Airbus to get brand new A350s in a single class all premium economy configuration by 2024. We decided to launch an all premium economy airline because there is a team of aviation and travel professionals behind Pragusa.One who have studied how airlines used this configuration in the past. We saw an opportunity, especially after the Covid-19 pandemic hit, to offer point-to-point flights for premium passengers, which is why the A350s will have an all economy layout”.
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