Turkish sees strong Zagreb results with Lufthansa yet to recover
Several destinations within Zagreb Airport’s top ten busiest surpassed their pre-Covid passenger performance during the first two months of the year, data provided by the European Statistical Office shows. During the first two months, Frankfurt remained the airport’s busiest route, with 35.500 passengers handled jointly by Croatia Airlines and Lufthansa, although figures were still down 20.8% on the same period in 2020. Notably, the Lufthansa Group’s hubs within the top ten busiest - Frankfurt, Munich and Vienna - all failed to reach their pre-pandemic passenger figures. However, during this time, both Frankfurt and Munich were hit by industrial action, forcing the cancellation of a number of flights from Zagreb to the two German cities in February.
Zagreb Airport's busiest routes, January - February 2023
Turkish Airlines performed strongly during the first two months, establishing Istanbul as Zagreb’s second busiest route and improving its performance by a notable 34.2% on three years ago. Several other destinations within Zagreb Airport’s top ten busiest also surpassed their pre-Covid passenger performance during the first two months of the year including Amsterdam, operated by Croatia Airlines and KLM. Ryanair outperformed both Croatia Airlines and British Airways on flights to London. The budget carrier handled 18.695 travellers between the Croatian capital and Stansted Airport, while the two national airlines welcomed a joint total of 15.658 passengers on board their aircraft to and from Heathrow. Stansted is also Ryanair’s busiest Zagreb route with the carrier maintaining daily flights between the two.
During the first two months of the year, Zagreb Airport handled 430.216 travellers through its doors, representing its busiest start to the year on record. Much of the growth was fuelled by Ryanair, which opened a base in the city in 2021. Zagreb Airport recently said, “We expect continual growth due to solid demand and a return to pre-pandemic capacity levels by most airlines. Our network currently counts 22 airlines which link Zagreb to 59 destinations, which is a record for the airport”.
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