Zagreb targets over four million passengers after record year
Zagreb Airport handled 3.723.650 passengers last year, making 2023 its busiest on record. The figure represents an increase of 19.2% on 2022 and an improvement of 8.4% on its previous best result achieved during the pre-pandemic 2019. The airport added an additional 288.119 travellers compared to its past record. Frankfurt was Zagreb’s busiest route in 2023 with close to 300.000 passengers. Croatia Airlines was the largest carrier based on the amount of capacity with a total of 1.896.966 seats provided on its Zagreb flights, followed by Ryanair with 1.315.937 seats. During the year, the airport saw the introduction of two new routes - Kos and Lanzarote - both operated by Ryanair.
Zagreb Airport’s largest airlines in 2023 by seat capacity
Zagreb Airport’s growth in 2023 was primarily fuelled by Ryanair, which handled over a million passengers. Compared to the pre-pandemic 2019, the airport is served by notably fewer airlines, including Emirates, which was the seventh largest carrier by seat capacity that year, as well as Korean Air, Air Canada Rouge, Brussels Airlines and Czech Airlines. Back in 2019 the airport was also served by Aeroflot which has discontinued flights due to European Union sanctions. Croatia Airlines’ decision not to restore a number of services from Zagreb which were maintained prior to the pandemic continues to slow the rate of recovery. Last year, the airport launched its Connecting Capital Cities Incentive Model, providing benefits for the introduction of sixteen pre-selected European destinations. However, in order for an airline to utilise the incentives on offer, they must launch at least two weekly year-round flights to at least three of the sixteen destinations. The scheme is valid until May 2026 and is yet to be taken up by an airline.
Zagreb Airport aims to handle over four million passengers this year. Next week, Pegasus Airlines will become the newest carrier to launch flights to the Croatian capital, introducing services from Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen Airport. Ryanair has announced the launch of five new routes from Zagreb this summer - Alicante, Girona, Palma de Mallorca, Pisa, and Marseille. Korean low cost carrier T’Way Air has filed its schedule for the launch of one weekly operations from Seoul from July. At this early stage, Zagreb Airport has 5.673.315 seats on the market for the whole of 2024, which is up 17.4% on the actual capacity provided last year. At this point, Croatia Airlines remains the largest airline with two million seats on the market, followed by Ryanair and Lufthansa.
Zagreb Airport's largest airlines in 2024 by preliminary seat capacity
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