Ryanair plans further growth in Croatia in “near future”
The Ryanair Group is continuing to expand its operations out of Croatia this summer and has said further growth can be expected in the “near future”. Speaking to EX-YU Aviation News, the Director of Operations of Ryanair’s subsidiary Lauda Europe, Tadej Notersberg, said the Group sees that Croatia has “huge potential”. “We can see that demand in Croatia is generally very high. We can also see that the Croatian market has huge potential. There were many routes missing and the whole potential of Croatia wasn’t utilised in the past. The Ryanair Group recognised this potential and we as Lauda Europe are very happy that we can operate these flights for the Ryanair Group. There is also further growth planned for the future. This year we will operate three aircraft, not only from Zagreb, but out of Zadar as well. We won’t stop with these six aircraft in Croatia”, Mr Notersberg said. He added, “Currently we are planning operations with three aircraft from Zagreb this year. However, future growth is planned, and we are quite sure and optimistic that we will be able to increase operations out of Zagreb and out of Croatia in general soon”.
The growth in operations has also led Ryanair to launch a recruitment drive in Croatia. Following last week’s successful recruitment days, the company has confirmed that its recruitment partner Crewlink will host two more open days in Zadar on March 5 and 7. Furthermore, there will also be a recruitment desk at Zagreb Airport in the arrival’s hall from March 3 until March 14, where walk-in applications and questions are welcome, with potential interviews taking place on the same day. The recruitment desk will be open daily from 09.00 until 12.00 and from 14.00 until 18.00. Crewlink is expecting to recruit over 35 new cabin crew. “We were so overwhelmed by the response of our recruitment open day last week, that we are very excited to offer another chance to join Lauda Europe’s expanding Croatian bases, where Lauda Europe will operate six A320s this summer. Over the coming years, the Ryanair Group and Lauda Europe will expand opportunities in Croatia that will deliver more traffic, new jobs and career benefits”, Mr Notersberg said, adding that there are also a number of Slovenian staff working for the company in Croatia, especially among pilots. Those interested in applying for the recruitment events can do so here.
Commenting on Ryanair’s existing operations out of Zagreb, Lauda Europe’s Director of Operations said, “Currently, we are really satisfied with the majority of the markets served out of Zagreb. For example, the UK market performs really well, as well as Ireland with the Dublin route, despite Croatia Airlines not operating the service in the winter. Then we see German markets, Swedish markets … so we are very happy with current demand. Of course, we are adding some new routes out of Zagreb in the summer like Bratislava and Corfu. There are some tourist destinations in the future that are of interest to us too. We really believe that Zagreb can be attractive all-year round, not just for families and the diaspora, but for tourists as well, so we want to use all these opportunities in the future”. Due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, Ryanair has suspended its launch plans for the Zagreb - Lviv route for the time being. Mr Notersberg noted, “We see a lot of passengers from Slovenia on our Zagreb flights. Even if you go to Zagreb Airport, either in departures or arrivals, you will see that there are lot of Slovenians. At the airport’s parking one will notice many cars with Slovenian car plates. We know and we are sure that we are covering the Slovenian market well from Zagreb Airport”.
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