Croatia Airlines to base two planes in Split, expand coastal operations
Croatia Airlines is putting a greater focus on its operations out of Split this summer, with the carrier to station two aircraft in the city, shift several routes previously operated out of Zagreb and increase frequencies on a number of services from the country’s second largest city. The Croatian carrier will maintain 21 destinations out of Split this summer, which is more than from its main hub in Zagreb. As previously reported, it will shift services formerly operated out of the capital, including Bucharest, Milan and Stockholm, while Dublin, which is still being maintained from Zagreb, will be temporarily suspended over a three-and-a-half-month period and moved to Split instead. Amsterdam will complete the line-up of new routes from Croatia’s second largest city this summer. The airline has previously served some of these destinations from Split. Amsterdam was last operated in October 2013, Dublin in October 1996 and Milan in September 2000.
Croatia Airlines plans to have two aircraft stationed in Split this summer - an Airbus A319 and a Dash 8 turboprop. By doing so, the carrier plans to increase frequencies on a number of routes it has traditionally served from the city, outstripping pre-pandemic levels. These include flights to Copenhagen, which will run three times per week from June 13 until September 26 instead of one weekly in the summer of 2019, Dusseldorf, which will operate twice per week from June 16 until September 22 instead of once per week, Frankfurt, which will be maintained nine times per week from June 15 until September 26 instead of seven weekly, Munich, which will increase from eight to twelve weekly between June 10 and September 26, as well as Vienna, which will run on a daily basis from June 12 to September 25, instead of four weekly during the pre-pandemic 2019.
Commenting on the carrier’s summer operations, Croatia Airlines’ CEO, Jasmin Bajić, recently said, “We have tried to tailor our flight network to our passengers’ needs. In support of Croatia’s tourism, we are expanding our flight network from Dalmatia’s biggest city - Split. I believe that many of our passengers will fly to Split and find an attractive holiday destination on the Adriatic to spend the warmer part of the year in”. Apart from Zagreb and Split, Croatia Airlines will operate six international destinations from Dubrovnik, as well as one each from Rijeka and Osijek.
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