Ryanair plans to grow Zagreb operations, station Boeing jet
Low cost carrier Ryanair has begun revising its 2022 summer schedule which will see it add frequencies on popular routes out of the Croatian capital. The airline has also tentatively scheduled the use of its Boeing 737-800 aircraft on a number of flights from Zagreb next year. At this point, Ryanair plans to increase its frequencies on nine routes. These include Charleroi and Bergamo, which will grow from four to five times per week, Gothenburg and Hahn from three to four rotations, as well as Basel, Malta, Memmingen, Paphos and Weeze, which will be increased from two to three weekly over the summer. The growth in frequencies will come into effect from March 31, with exception to the Gothenburg service, which will be increased from May.
Furthermore, the airline plans to base a Boeing 737-800 aircraft in the Croatian capital. It currently has two Airbus A320 jets stationed in the city, operated by its Lauda Europe subsidiary, with a third to arrive in December. Although the carrier’s website still does not reflect the equipment change, Ryanair’s inventory listing shows it will utilise a Boeing 737-800 from May 2, 2022 until the end of the summer season on a number of routes out of Zagreb. These include Memmingen, Stansted, Hahn, Gothenburg, Dortmund, Rome Ciampino, Weeze, Malmo, Baden Baden, Podgorica, Sandefjord and Beauvais. Changes remain possible at this early stage. Ryanair’s B737s have nine additional seats compared to Lauda’s 180-seat A320s. The airline previously indicated that, over time, it would begin using Boeing jets from the Croatian capital.
Talks between Ryanair and Zagreb Airport are currently underway over the stationing of a further two aircraft next summer, in addition to the three that will be based in the Croatian capital by the end of the year. “As many as ten Boeing 737-800s could eventually be based at Zagreb. We started with two aircraft. Zagreb is the capital city … and remember, when we arrive in certain cities, they become [passenger] destinations”, CEO, David O’Brien, said recently. Ryanair has noted it eventually plans to maintain between thirty and forty destinations out of Zagreb and handle two to three million passengers per year.
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