December 4, 2019 – The latest news from around Croatia’s airports for new flights to Croatia with updates from Split, Dubrovnik, and Rijeka.
Avio Radar announced that Polish carrier Enter Air would fly for TUI from Poland to Split. Two lines are planned in the 2020 summer flight schedule, from Katowice and Warsaw to Split. Both routes will operate once a week, on Thursdays, from June 4 to September 24, 2020, with a Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Recall, Ryanair Sun flew for TUI from Warsaw to Split this year. Enter Air is thus taking over this line and is introducing a new line form Katowice to Split. Both Wizz Air and Czech Smartwings already fly on both routes. In addition, the Polish carrier LOT already flies from Warsaw to Split. A total of four carriers are now competing on lines from Poland to Split with a total of 12 flights per week.
Furthermore, Avio Radar reports that Transavia France, a French subsidiary of the Dutch low-cost carrier Transavia, has announced a new flight from France to Dubrovnik in their 2020 summer flight schedule. The new Nantes-Dubrovnik route will operate twice a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, from April 11 to October 24, 2020. A Boeing 737-800 aircraft will serve this line.
Transavia will be the third carrier to connect Nantes and Dubrovnik. Namely, the Spanish carrier Volotea and the British Easyjet both fly three times a week on this route. Accordingly, three airlines will offer eight flights on the Nantes-Dubrovnik line next summer.
Finally, Ex Yu Aviation News reports that Rijeka Airport handled its 200,000th passenger on November 28, 2019, marking its busiest year yet. The 200,000th traveler was on the Croatia Airlines flight from Munich to Rijeka.
With a record year behind them, Rijeka Airport has no plans to slow down next year. Namely, in 2020, Ryanair will launch a service from Hahn and LOT from Warsaw.
“This significant passenger growth was achieved thanks in part to the activities, dedication and financial assistance provided by the management of Rijeka Airport in cooperation with the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, the Ministry for Sea, Transport and Infrastructure, the Croatian National Tourist Board and the Kvarner County Tourism Office, which supported the introduction of new routes in 2019,” the airport said.
Dubrovnik Airport also had a record month of November when they handled 56,924 passengers for an increase of 113.9% compared to last year.
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