Croatia Airlines reaches 29% of pre-pandemic traffic
Croatia Airlines handled almost 66.000 travellers in June, reaching approximately 29% of its passenger levels registered during the same month in 2019.The carrier operated 1.421 scheduled flights (return service included) and offered 134.428 seats on the market, The figures represent an improvement on May, when it handled some 44.000 passengers, while offering 94.602 seats. During July, the Croatian flag carrier is increasing its scheduled flight operations by 44%, while capacity will grow to 220.172. The Dash 8 turboprop remains the main workhorse of the fleet, being deployed on 58.6% of all flights. It is followed by the Airbus A319 on 32.1% of all services and the A320 on 9.3% of all scheduled operations.
This month, Croatia Airlines is offering the most capacity on its domestic routes, from Zagreb to Split and Dubrovnik, with 29.392 and 28.346 seats on sale respectively. They are followed by Zagreb - Frankfurt, Split - Frankfurt, Zagreb - Amsterdam and Dubrovnik - Frankfurt. Although the airline has seen a marginal increase in demand for its flights in the past month, it does not plan to restore operations from Zagreb to Barcelona, Bucharest, Helsinki, Lisbon, Milan, Mostar, Oslo, Prague, St Petersburg, Stockholm and Tel Aviv this summer, all of which were suspended at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic last year. Since then, TAP Air Portugal has commenced seasonal operations from Lisbon, while Ryanair will establish flights from Sandefjord in lieu of Oslo and Eurowings will inaugurate services from Prague in late October.
Commenting on the company’s network, the head of Croatia Airlines’ Commercial Division, Slaven Žabo, recently said the carrier was offering 80.000 seats between Croatia and Europe each month, with a total of eighteen international routes from the country. “Frequencies will be adjusted based on market demand”, Mr Žabo noted. He added the airline is in negotiations with Zagreb Airport for the latter to improve business conditions. It comes following the airline’s claims that Ryanair has been given discounts and incentives to commence operations from the Croatian capital and is being favouritised as a result. This summer, Croatia Airlines is also operating some 200 charter flights, primarily from Austria, Italy, Ireland, Israel and Scandinavian countries to the Croatian coast.
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