September 19, 2019 – The latest news from around Croatia’s airports for new flights to Croatia with updates from Zadar and Split.
Dutch low-cost airline Transavia has announced their 2020 flight schedule. Flights to Croatian destinations remain mostly with the same number of flights as this year, though the airline has chosen to boost operations to Zadar next year.
Namely, Avio Radar reports that the route between Rotterdam/The Hague and Zadar began operating this year from July with two flights a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Next year, this line will begin operations two months earlier, from April 18. In the preseason, there will be two flights a week, and in July and August, an additional third flight per week on Mondays. A Boeing 737-700 aircraft or larger Boeing 737-800 will service this line.
Furthermore, Avio Radar reports that larger aircraft will fly on the charter lines of Scandinavian travel agency Apollo next year. Namely, Apollo has contracted charter flights for Croatia with the Danish airline JetTime for the 2020 flight schedule. This includes two lines – Gothenburg – Split and Copenhagen – Split. Both charter lines will run once a week, on Saturdays, From May 9 to October 3, 2020. A Boeing 737-700 aircraft is expected to service this route, while a smaller British Aerospace ARJ-100 flew this year by Swedish regional airline Braathens.
Croatia’s nine commercial airports are on schedule to handle over eleven million passengers in 2019, which is an increase compared to 2018’s 10.5 million.
Ex Yu Aviation reports that Croatia recorded the 7th largest passenger growth in the European Union so far this year, behind Austria, Latvia, Portugal, Finland, Hungary, and Malta, but ahead of the remaining 21-member states. Namely, from January to August, Croatian airports handled 8,285,615 travelers, which is up 8.7%.
Dubrovnik Airport recorded an additional 240,016 passengers compared to last year, though Split Airport continues to be the busiest in Croatia.
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