Ryanair to launch nine new Zagreb routes in December
Low cost carrier Ryanair will introduce nine new routes from Zagreb this December, as it officially opens its new base in the Croatian capital today by stationing its first aircraft in the city. The carrier will launch operations from Zagreb to Malaga, Dublin, Paphos, Basel, Eindhoven, Thessaloniki, Malta and Naples, complementing the previously announced Manchester. All flights will be maintained twice per week, with exception to Dublin which will run three times per week. The new additions will be introduced between December 1 and December 17. It brings Ryanair's destination network out of Zagreb to 25. The budget carrier faces no direct competition on any of its new routes with exception to Dublin where it will go head to head against Croatia Airlines.
Ryanair will hold a press conference in the Croatian capital today at 13.15 to officially announce the new additions to its network and mark the opening of its base. The airline had previously said it plans to operate between thirty to forty routes out of Zagreb during the 2022 summer season next year. “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 airline noted.
As a result of Ryanair's latest expansion, it will become Zagreb Airport's largest carrier based on the number of routes it will have on offer. Croatia Airlines had previously said it will adapt to the competition. “Croatia Airlines will adapt its business to the new circumstances on the market as much as possible. It should be noted that some of the newly announced routes [by Ryanair] are to secondary airports at destinations served by the national airline which regularly flies to primary airports, i.e. major European hubs (Brussels, Frankfurt, Rome, London, Paris), throughout the year, thus continuously providing Croatia with connectivity with the rest of the world”, the company noted.
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