Winter 2023/24 - Croatia Airlines

Croatia Airlines has finalised its network for the 2023/2024 winter season which begins on October 29 and runs until March 30 of next year. The carrier plans to operate 9.275 scheduled flights, representing an increase of 10.5% on the previous, slightly shorter, winter season. It will maintain thirteen international destinations, as well as four domestic services, out of its Zagreb hub. The airline is discontinuing its limited winter operation from the Croatian capital to Dublin, but has restored services to Mostar, which were suspended up until this summer since the Covid-19 outbreak. Frequencies will be decreased on services to London Heathrow from four to three weekly until January 6, 2024 to enable the service to operate once per week from Split instead. The carrier will operate the same number of destinations as the previous winter season. Compared to the pre-pandemic 2018/2019 and the start of the 2019/2020 winter, it will no longer serve Barcelona, Lisbon and Dublin from its main hub.

Departing Zagreb

Croatia Airlines will upgrade two seasonal routes out of Split, which will be maintained for most of the winter. It includes flights to Copenhagen, which will run once per week, each Saturday, until January 6, 2024. Furthermore, services from Croatia’s second largest city to London Heathrow will also run weekly on Saturdays until January 6. During the upcoming winter, the carrier will extend operations to Zurich throughout the entire season, unlike last year when it was operated until January 14.

Departing Split

From Dubrovnik, Croatia Airlines will maintain two routes. In addition to 22 weekly Zagreb flights, it will restore two weekly services to Frankfurt, last maintained prior to the pandemic. From Osijek, the carrier will run two weekly flights to Munich, as was the case the previous winter, while Pula will also boast a two weekly services to the Bavarian capital, same as over the 2022/23 winter, in addition to the domestic flights to Zagreb and Zadar. The airline will run two weekly rotations between Rijeka and Munich, similar to last year, while it will introduce a new two weekly service between Zadar and the German city, alongside the domestic flights to Pula and Zagreb. As a result, Croatia Airlines will maintain nonstop international flights from almost all of Croatia’s commercial airports, including Zagreb, Split, Dubrovnik, Zadar, Pula, Rijeka and Osijek.

For the duration of the 2023/24 winter season, Croatia Airlines has 941.714 seats on sale. The Dasb 8 Q400 aircraft will be utilised on 59.8% of all flights, the Airbus A319 aircraft will be deployed on 34% of scheduled flights, while the A320 will be utilised on the remaining 6% of operations.

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