Croatia Airlines resuming Skopje and Athens service

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Source: Breaking Travel News

Croatia Airlines resuming Skopje and Athens service

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Croatia Airlines has announced the resumption of flights from Zagreb to both Skopje and Athens, as well as more extensive international operations from Dubrovnik. The Croatian carrier will return to Skopje on July 13 with two weekly flights, increasing to four weekly the following week. All services will be maintained by the Airbus A319 aircraft. Croatia Airlines will restore three weekly operations to Athens via Dubrovnik on July 14 with its Q400 turboprop aircraft.

In addition to the service resumptions from Dubrovnik announced last week, the Croatian national airline will also restore operations to Rome, Munich and Paris. Services to the Italian capital are scheduled to run three times per week starting July 18 with the Q400, which will be followed by a three weekly service to Munich from July 24 with the A319 jet. Flights between Dubrovnik and Paris will be restored on July 30 with the A319 aircraft.

May 11 - July 30 operations (correct as of July 03)

Departing Zagreb

Destination	Resumption date
Dubrovnik, Split	May 11
Amsterdam	May 25
Copenhagen	June 1
Zurich	June 8
Pula, Zadar	June 8
Munich, Sarajevo, London, Rome, Brussels	June 15
Dublin	June 16
Vienna	June 18
Paris	July 03
Brač	July 07
Skopje	July 13
Athens	July 14

Departing Split

Destination	Resumption date
Rome	June 15
Frankfurt	June 24
Munich. Zurich	June 26
Dusseldorf, Berlin	June 27
Osijek	July 03
Vienna, Lyon, Paris, Copenhagen, London	July 11

Departing Dubrovnik

Destination	Resumption date
Frankfurt	June 29
Osijek	July 09
Dusseldorf, Zurich	July 12
Athens	July 14
Rome	July 18
Munich	July 24
Paris	July 30

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