Ryanair eyes Zagreb expansion in 2023
Low cost carrier Ryanair is considering further expanding operations from its base in Zagreb next summer, with the addition of new routes. The airline will restore seasonal flights to Bratislava, Brindisi, Corfu, Malmo and Thessaloniki, while services between Zagreb and Dortmund are yet to be put on sale. In addition, frequencies will be increased to Basel, Charleroi, Corfu, Dublin, Malta, Malmo, Sandefjord and Sofia when compared to the summer of 2022. The carrier has told EX-YU Aviation News that its Zagreb network for the coming season, which begins on March 26, is yet to be finalised. The airline expects for traffic to Croatia to increase in 2023, with the country to enter the Schengen Area on January 1. Schengen rules will be fully implemented at airports in late March. A boost in travel is projected from the French, German, Italian and Scandinavian markets.
Ryanair launched operations from Zagreb last year with plans to have up to ten aircraft eventually stationed in the city. So far it has based three Airbus A320s through its subsidiary Lauda Europe. Other factors may also impact on Ryanair’s decision to expand its Zagreb network. Talks with the Slovenian government over potential flights from nearby Ljubljana have collapsed, while the future of its operations from nearby Banja Luka remains uncertain. The carrier has not put tickets on sale for any of its flights from Bosnia and Herzegovina’s second largest city past the 2022/23 winter season. It has not responded to inquiries surrounding the fate of its flights from the city.
Ryanair has covered a number of Zagreb’s busiest unserved routes in Europe when it commenced operations from the city. Other points on the continent which remain unserved but have high indirect traffic volumes from the Croatian capital include Geneva, Porto, Riga, Vilnius, Tirana, Tallin, Bologna and Hannover, although the low cost airline does not operate to all of them. “We are not focusing on routes covered by Croatia Airlines but those that are not served from Zagreb. We plan on carrying over ten million passengers in cooperation with Zagreb Airport over the next five to six years”, the company’s Group CEO, Michael O'Leary, previously said.
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