| Route | Launch date |
|---|---|
| Dusseldorf - Zagreb | 31.08.2021 |
| Prague - Zagreb | 06.10.2021 |
| Berlin - Zagreb | 28.03.2022 |
Flights between Zagreb and Prague were last operated by Croatia Airlines,
which maintained services between the two cities on a seasonal basis with its
Dash 8 turboprop. However, the carrier suspended flights at the onset of the
coronavirus pandemic and does not plan to restore operations this year either.
Prior to that, Czech Airlines made another attempt at serving the city from
2016, initially launching year-round flights before downgrading the service to
seasonal in 2017 and discontinuing operations at the end of summer 2019,
noting it would not services in 2020.
Eurowings currently maintains flights from Stuttgart and Cologne to the
Croatian capital, with Dusseldorf to commence at the end of August. This
summer, it is operating a total of 460 flights from Zagreb (return service
included), with 74.220 seats on sale. Based on the number of frequencies, it
is Zagreb’s second largest low cost carrier this summer and the fifth largest
airline overall, behind Croatia Airlines, Ryanair, KLM and its parent company
Lufthansa. Capacity-wise it is the fourth largest airline in the Croatian
capital, ahead of the German national carrier.
Comments
I'm sure FR will also launch BER and try competing with EW on the route. They have a solid presence there.
For PRG, not sure about demand but still makes sense connecting 2 EU capitals.
https://www.eurowings.com/en/information/our-fares/bizclass/short-medium-haul-routes.html
I know the airport was frustrated with OU but I think long-term they will lose out with FR as they are losing the potential for transfer passenger only OU could bring them.
From this year ZAG will be an exclusively O&D airport.
Prague is a notoriously expensive airport with a very complex tariff system.
PRG has a monopoly so it can do what they want. Ryanair has enough yields to sustain the flights they currently offer at higher charges. Also many of FR flights are operated by non-PRG planes.
LOOL
1) simple "race to the Bottom" between all European airlines, legacy and LCC, due to debt base financial economy over the 30 years (1980's) That is the reason Ljubljana can attract only minimum, and that is the reason LCC are racing to the bottom in Zagreb.
2) Transatlantic routes, to Croatia, and Greece (from at least 10 years ago) and many other Mediterranean countries will be direct routes and in mostly seasonal. Dubrovnik, Athens, Zagreb, Barcelona, Lisboa etc
As I said before Croatia Airlines did not recognised this on time. LH group will be a great looser as well in South East market.
JU is has to see clearly what is happening because they are on the crossroad as well. I think explains their hesitancy with Toronto and Beijing.
It will be targeted flights based on very narrow criteria.
For Europe leisure pax: Summer, Christmas period for dozen cities in Club Med part of the Europe
For Business pax: 2 dynamics here will make very different then pre Covid era and that’s: 1) over the 100 US$ per barrel of oil in very near future, by year end;
and 2) move towards digitization, roll out of 5G networks, Artificial Intelligence, and most likely proprietary use of Information hardware and software in the 2-3 year time frame – economic division of the global market in 2 separate blocks.