Ryanair to open seasonal Dubrovnik base
Destination | Launch date | Weekly frequency |
---|---|---|
London Stansted | 02.04.2024 | 6 |
Memmingen | 02.04.2024 | 2 |
Weeze | 02.04.2024 | 2 |
Bergamo | 02.04.2024 | 2 |
Krakow | 02.04.2024 | 2 |
Rome | 03.04.2024 | 4 |
Berlin | 03.04.2024 | 2 |
Stockholm | 03.04.2024 | 2 |
Wroclaw | 03.04.2024 | 2 |
Beauvais | 05.04.2024 | 2 |
Baden Baden | 05.04.2024 | 2 |
Manchester | 08.04.2024 | 1 |
Poznan | 05.04.2024 | 1 |
Ryanair and Dubrovnik have had a fraught relationship in the past. The carrier initially planned to commence flights to the coastal city in 2016, however, at the time, the airport said conditions put forward by the airline were unacceptable and too demanding. Following some back and forth, flights to Dubrovnik were finally launched in 2019, although the airport maintained the budget carrier could only fly under the same conditions as others. However, with Dubrovnik yet to recover its traffic from the pre-pandemic 2019, it has now offered discounts to the airline resulting in the new seasonal base. During the January – October period, Dubrovnik Airport handled 2.358.683 passengers, down 15.9% on the same period in 2019.
Ryanair has three aircraft stationed in Zadar over the summer and three jets in Zagreb throughout the year, with a fourth expected to be based in the Croatian capital next year. In 2023, the airline has a total of 2.798.138 seats for sale on the Croatian market and 15.397 scheduled flight operations. This makes it Croatia’s largest carrier by seat capacity and second largest by the number of operated flights, behind only Croatia Airlines. In Zadar alone, Ryanair accounts for a whopping 77.2% of the airport’s total annual seat capacity. As reported by EX-YU Aviation News back in July, Ryanair plans to make Central and Eastern Europe a major part of its upcoming expansion. Yesterday, the airline announced the launch of five routes from Sarajevo.



0 Response to "Ryanair to open seasonal Dubrovnik base"
Post a Comment