Austrian Airlines temporarily suspends Zagreb operations
Austrian Airlines will temporarily suspend flights between Vienna and Zagreb from Monday, marking the third time the carrier has halted operations between the two cities in the last two years. It comes as a result of reduced demand due to surging coronavirus rates. Austrian’s service suspension is currently scheduled to last until at least February 28, although further changes remain possible. The airline had previously stopped flights to the Croatian capital during the global lockdowns in 2020, as well as over the 2020/2021 winter season. Croatia Airlines will continue to link the two capital cities with three weekly rotations planned.
Austrian Airlines will continue to serve its remaining destinations in the former Yugoslavia, including Belgrade, Podgorica, Pristina and Skopje. Both Austrian and Croatia Airlines are part of Star Alliance. Among the premium Lufthansa Group carriers, Lufthansa itself will be the only to maintain services to Zagreb throughout the entire winter with flights from Frankfurt. However, the airline has recently pushed back the resumption of its Munich operations from March 27 to May 2. Lufthansa Group’s low cost arm, Eurowings, will continue to serve Zagreb from Cologne with a reduced schedule, although its flights from Stuttgart and Dusseldorf have been temporarily suspended until February and March respectively.
Traffic between the Croatian capital and Vienna was growing in the lead up to the coronavirus pandemic, with Austrian relying on a notable number of transfer passengers continuing their journey via Vienna onto North America, as well as elsewhere in Europe. In the pre-pandemic 2019, 173.431 travellers flew between Zagreb and the Austrian capital among the two carriers. For its part, Zagreb Airport said, “Due to the rapidly evolving pandemic situation, during the second half of January and part of February, certain flights have been cancelled, but the majority are on sale from February onwards. Zagreb Airport is in contact with airlines across the world. However, due to the confidential nature of such contacts, we cannot share any more information at this time”.
Zagreb - Vienna v.v. passenger traffic
| Year | PAX |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 163.960 |
| 2016 | 160.757 |
| 2017 | 164.108 |
| 2018 | 168.384 |
| 2019 | 173.431 |
| 2020 | 33.482 |
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