On December 15, 2021, the Kosovo tour operator MyWings introduced a regular route between Zagreb and Pristina, in cooperation with two Croatian airlines, Trade Air and Croatia Airlines. The line, however, will soon be canceled, reports Croatian Aviation.
The regular line between Pristina and Zagreb was introduced on December 15, less than a month ago, and three flights a week were announced. Shortly after the operations were established, flights were canceled on Mondays, and the remaining flights will be canceled soon.
Namely, the Kosovo tour operator withdrew tickets from this line after February 2, 2022. Until that date, flights should run regularly, twice a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Croatian Aviation writes that objectively speaking, the line was introduced at the wrong time, and that they do not remember when one airline reduced the number of rotations and determined its end in less than a month since the line was introduced. The line is no longer announced for the summer flight schedule and there are no direct flights between the two cities after February 2, 2022.
Croatia Airlines is selling tickets for these flights through a code-share agreement between the mentioned partners in this project, and the last flight available for booking with the Croatian national airline is February 2, 2022. Croatian Aviation concludes that the question is whether, when, and who will try to re-introduce a regular line between Pristina and Zagreb after this Kosovo tour operator failed.
But this isn’t all the bad news hitting Zagreb Airport.
Recall, before the holidays, Croatian Aviation was contacted by several passengers who had tickets on Ryanair flights in January but were informed by the airline that their flight had been canceled, without further explanation as the airline was not required to compensate for the cancellation if more than 15 days before the travel date.
Croatian Aviation thus reported that flights on the following routes had been canceled:
Zagreb – Brussels Charleroi – Zagreb, from 09.01. to 02.02.2022.,
Zagreb – Sofia – Zagreb, from 08.01. to 02.02.2022.,
Zagreb – Dusseldorf Weeze – Zagreb, from 08.01. to 02.02.2022.,
Zagreb – Frankfurt Hahn – Zagreb, from 09.01. to 04.02.2022.,
Zagreb – Karlsruhe – Zagreb, from 08.01. to 01.02.2022.,
Zagreb – Memmingen – Zagreb, from 07.01. to 04.02.2022.,
Zagreb – Naples – Zagreb, from 07.01. to 04.02.2022.,
Zagreb – Podgorica – Zagreb, from 08.01. to 01.02.2022.,
Zagreb – Oslo Torp – Zagreb, from 08.01. to 02.02.2022.,
Zagreb – Malmo – Zagreb, from 08.01. to 01.02.2022.,
Zagreb – Basel – Zagreb, from 07.01. to 04.02.2022.,
Zagreb – Manchester – Zagreb, from 09.01. to 03.02.2022.
In addition, the number of weekly operations has decreased on certain lines:
Zagreb – Gothenburg – Zagreb, from 3 to 2 flights a week,
Zagreb – Milan Bergamo – Zagreb, from 4 to 2 flights a week,
Zagreb – Paphos – Zagreb, from 2 to 1 flight per week,
Zagreb – London Stansted – Zagreb, from 7 to 4 flights a week.
Croatian Aviation added that it is very likely that the suspended lines will not return to traffic in early February, but only with the summer flight schedule, which is expected given the low demand and new travel complications caused by the pandemic.
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