Eurowings continues Zagreb expansion with new routes

Lufthansa’s low cost subsidiary Eurowings is continuing to expand its presence in Zagreb, with the carrier to introduce flights from Prague to the Croatian capital this winter season. It comes after announcing new operations from Dusseldorf starting this August and Berlin from March next year. Eurowings is opening a base in the Czech capital, with services to Zagreb to be maintained once per week, each Saturday, starting November 6, increasing to two weekly during the holiday peak from December 16, 2021 until January 16, 2022. “Eurowings will offer non-stop connections to Czech business travellers and vacationers alike - just in time for the relaunch of air traffic after the long Corona crisis. We will focus on offering a local touch combined with top-notch customer-friendly services at our Prague base that will clearly distinguish Eurowings from low cost airlines”, the carrier said. It will deploy a 150-seat Airbus A319 aircraft on the route.

Route	Launch date
Dusseldorf - Zagreb	31.08.2021
Prague - Zagreb	06.10.2021
Berlin - Zagreb	28.03.2022

Flights between Zagreb and Prague were last operated by Croatia Airlines, which maintained services between the two cities on a seasonal basis with its Dash 8 turboprop. However, the carrier suspended flights at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and does not plan to restore operations this year either. Prior to that, Czech Airlines made another attempt at serving the city from 2016, initially launching year-round flights before downgrading the service to seasonal in 2017 and discontinuing operations at the end of summer 2019, noting it would not services in 2020.

Eurowings currently maintains flights from Stuttgart and Cologne to the Croatian capital, with Dusseldorf to commence at the end of August. This summer, it is operating a total of 460 flights from Zagreb (return service included), with 74.220 seats on sale. Based on the number of frequencies, it is Zagreb’s second largest low cost carrier this summer and the fifth largest airline overall, behind Croatia Airlines, Ryanair, KLM and its parent company Lufthansa. Capacity-wise it is the fourth largest airline in the Croatian capital, ahead of the German national carrier.

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