Ryanair accelerates Zagreb base launch amid strong demand
Low cost carrier Ryanair will bring forward the opening of its base at Zagreb Airport by almost two months to July 23. The carrier will introduce several routes earlier than planned, launching London Luton, Rome Ciampino and Gothenburg in late July rather than early September. The carrier will also move forward the launch of its Bergamo service from July to June. It comes after the airline announced the addition of two more routes - Malmo and Weeze from September. Ryanair plans to have two Airbus A320 aircraft based in the city this summer, operated by its subsidiary Lauda Europe. The carrier has said it is scheduling the earlier start to operations due to strong demand, 90% of which is being generated by consumers outside of Croatia.
Ryanair’s Director for Commercial, Jason McGuinness, said, ““We are delighted to accelerate the launch of our new base at Zagreb, which will offer our Croatian consumers popular destinations almost two months earlier than scheduled. This advanced opening will open up routes to European hotspots such as London Stansted, Gothenburg and Rome from July. We’re also pleased to announce a further two new routes to Malmo and Dusseldorf Weeze, both operating two departing flights per week from September”. He added, “Mindful that Covid restrictions change regularly, customers can now book flights for a well-deserved break knowing that if they need to postpone or change their travel dates, they can do so up to two times with a zero-change fee until the end of October 2021. To celebrate the early launch of the new Zagreb base and these popular routes, we are launching a seat sale with seats from 39 kuna for travel until October 31, which must be booked by midnight May 13”.
Ryanair has previously said it plans to operate up to forty destinations from Zagreb, with a number of new routes already planned for the summer of 2022. “We will grow exponentially in the years to come. We plan to operate thirty to forty routes and handle two to three million passengers. This will transform Zagreb, transform tourism, accommodation, hotels, taxi operators… Basically everything. We will become the largest airline in Zagreb and Croatia within a very short period of time”, the carrier said. Despite only starting flights in June, Ryanair is already set to become Zagreb Airport’s second largest airline in 2021 in terms of both offered frequencies and capacity, behind only Croatia Airlines.
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