Croatia Airlines begins summer expansion
Croatia Airlines will today commence its 2023 summer network expansion with the introduction of the first of five new routes. The carrier will today launch operations between Zagreb and Mostar, trying its luck between the two cities for the third time. The service, which will run three times per week with the 76-seat Dash 8 turboprop aircraft and is subsidised by the local authorities in Mostar, will receive a special welcome with a number of officials taking part, including the carrier’s CEO, Jasmin Bajić. Croatia Airlines plans to maintain services to Mostar on a year-round basis, although tickets for the upcoming winter are yet to go on sale. Its remaining four new routes will all run on a seasonal summer basis.
The Croatian carrier will follow up its Mostar launch with the introduction of flights from Split to Skopje on May 12. The service will run twice per week until October 12 with the Dash 8. Two days later, on May 14, Croatia Airlines will inaugurate two weekly operations between Split and Oslo, which will be maintained by its 144-seat Airbus A319 aircraft. It will face direct competition from SAS Scandinavian Airlines and Norwegian Air Shuttle. On May 18, the Croatian flag carrier will launch a one weekly service from Dubrovnik to Prague with its A319, which will run until October 12. It will compete against daily Smartwings flights between the two cities. The airline will cap off its summer expansion with the introduction of a one weekly rotation between Brač and Munich between May 27 and October 7 with its Dash 8.
Croatia Airlines is operating over 17.000 flights with over 1.820.000 seats on sale this summer season, which runs until October 28. Apart from launching new routes this month, the carrier will also restore a number of seasonal services, including those from Zagreb to Tel Aviv (May 7), as well as from Split to Bucharest (May 5), Stockholm (May 12), Prague (May 13), Lyon (May 13), Dublin (May 14), Oslo (May 14), Milan (May 15) and Athens (May 27). At the same time, the carrier halted its flights between the Croatian capital and Dublin on May 1, with the service shifting to Split for the remainder of the summer.
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