Croatia Airlines posts €19.6 million loss in H1


Croatia Airlines recorded a net loss of 19.6 million euros during the first half of the year and has warned its business could be further impacted by the spread of new variants of Covid-19. The airline’s financial performance is an improvement on last year’s loss of 23 million euros but still behind its 2019 half-yearly result which amounted to 12.1 million euros in the red. Expenditure was lower due to fewer operated flights and passengers carried. “Despite greater expectations, the achieved results show a notable decline compared to the same period last year”, the carrier said. It should be noted that part of the first quarter of 2020 was unaffected by the pandemic.

During the first six months of 2021, Croatia Airlines handled 208.657 passengers, representing a decrease of 36.9%. The average cabin load factor stood at 45.3% down 13.4 points on H1 2020. The carrier welcomed 71.367 travellers on domestic flights, down 15%, while 131.181 passengers flew on the airline’s international operations, a decrease of 46%. The remaining 6.109 travellers were carried on charter services, representing an increase of 8%, however, this segment accounted for just 3% of total operations. The average cabin load factor on domestic routes amounted to 40.5%, down 13.4% points, while the average cabin occupancy on international services declined 12.5 points to 47.6%. A total of 5.421 flights were operated during the six-month period, down 4% on 2020. Over the first half of the year, the airline had 938 employees on the books, down from 1.029. 

Commenting on its results, Croatia Airlines said, “Despite some positive developments during the second quarter of the year, the company is still facing reduced demand and ticket sales, subsequently resulting in depleted revenue. In the coming period, this may again raise the issue of maintaining liquidity, especially given the unpredictability of the crisis. The company is undertaking all necessary measures to actively monitor liquidity and optimise operations. It continues to apply rigorous cost-saving measures”. It added, “Despite the company having greater expectations from the normalisation of operations and the resumption of flight, the ongoing crisis and the spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus will continue to impact on business”.



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  1. Anonymous09:02

    The passenger numbers are really low.

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  2. Anonymous09:04

    I would have thought the financial loss would be bigger but the passenger numbers and LF really need to be improved.

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    1. Anonymous10:59

      I understand the demand is generally low but I don't get how the load factor was so low, especially since the Q400 was mainly used on most routes for the first 5 months.

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  3. Anonymous09:05

    :(

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  4. Anonymous09:06

    "In the coming period, this may again raise the issue of maintaining liquidity,"

    Preparation for more aid.

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    1. Anonymous09:07

      Without doubt. In winter.

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    2. Anonymous14:32

      They ask for more while giving less and less in return.

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    3. Anonymous14:53

      Why not? If the Italians and Germans can do so without any repercussions from the EU, then Croatia should do the same

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    4. Anonymous15:22

      You are literuly the same as they said for adria, they don't give nothing in return. Such a small commpanies in small countryes, you can't make no profit or barley anything. Ofcourse croatia can't return anything if they use all that money just to run commpanie.

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    5. Anonymous01:42

      @14.53
      The same rules don't apply for all countries. You should be aware of that by now.

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  5. Anonymous09:07

    Almost a 1000 employees for an airline OU's size is crazy

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    1. and THAT is a very serious issue which will not be addressed. sadly.

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    2. Anonymous12:51

      How many employees does JU have in comparison to OU and its fleet?

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    3. Anonymous14:29

      1,216 on 31 December 2021 compared to 1,465 on 31 December 2020

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    4. Anonymous14:41

      Comparing JU and OU is like comparing apples and oranges.
      Two different worlds.

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  6. Anonymous09:09

    Things are only going to get worse with Ryanair opening its base in Zagreb.

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    1. Anonymous09:37

      Especially in Q4.

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  7. Anonymous09:29

    6000 on charters??? Woooow...I did not know that Croatians in general do not travel abroad on charter flights so much...
    I mean, JU has 6000 pax on charters in one and a half day...

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    1. Anonymous09:37

      Most of the OU chaters were from Pristina.

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  8. Anonymous09:49

    How many employees are there in OU?

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    1. Anonymous09:56

      It says in the article...

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  9. Anonymous09:57

    Guys, es no bueno but I guess Ryanair likes this because they know OU is on life support which will run out sooner rather than later. OU is worried about the virus? The biggest virus is sitting in their HQ unable to weather the storm they have found themselves in. Let's see if they make it to the end of the year especially with Ryanair moving in.

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    1. Anonymous10:57

      +1

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    2. I thing FR has arrived at ZAG as a vultures to clean the rests of OU

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  10. Anonymous10:14

    Dire numbers

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  11. Anonymous10:57

    that's a lot of money.

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    1. Anonymous11:08

      The question is, would there be a loss if there was no corona?

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    2. Anonymous11:59

      They were loosing money in 2019 already, when the rest of the industry was rolling in cash.

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  12. Anonymous10:57

    Don't be naive, money's coming and something excited together with Rafale..

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  13. Anonymous10:59

    So what could be the financial result at the end of the year?

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    1. Anonymous11:00

      I mean can anyone estimate

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    2. Anonymous11:04

      Q3 results will be key for that.

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  14. Anonymous11:00

    Let's see how they go in third quarter. That's when they are supposed make the most money.

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  15. Anonymous11:04

    Hope they get state aid soon so that they can go back to losing €12 million.

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  16. Anonymous11:05

    This is depressing.

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  17. Anonymous11:05

    LF really low.

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  18. Anonymous11:07

    Good luck OU! I hope they get out of this stronger and the government has a more clearer vision of what it can do. I think they definitely realized the importance of OU.

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    1. Anonymous01:44

      You hope too much in this case unfortunately.

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  19. Anonymous11:08

    Ok so we can safely assume they are not going to be sold. Can someone make a realistic prediction of what will happen to OU in the next five years?

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    1. Anonymous12:00

      High chance of going bust.

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    2. Beyond a reasonable doubt

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  20. Anonymous14:23

    Not surprised by the result

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  21. Anonymous14:31

    I'm very interested to see if Ryanair will have an impact on their bottom line or not.

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  22. Anonymous14:34

    The current situation of OU and many other Euro carriers is in jeopardy. OU must utilise the money they get to the last eurocent and try to get back to growth.

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    1. Anonymous00:38

      As you can see they already used it to the last euro cent and are not back to growth.

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    2. Anonymous14:52

      You think growth is the solution? I disagree. When Ryanair moves in, blatantly trying to kill off Croatia Airlines, the local carrier doesn't have the financial muscles to fight back. The markets served by A320 family aircraft will suffer from the competition.

      I see a smaller OU with a fleet of regional aircraft as the only way to survive. The other option is for the whole airline to go under. Unfortunately.

      Neither option is by means what I want, but I think that's what we are unfortunately facing.

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  23. Anonymous15:01

    Terrible result.

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    1. Anonymous01:43

      Let's hope there is a strong recovery in 2022

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  24. Anonymous15:36

    Dead man walking .......

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  25. Anonymous01:43

    something DRASTIC needs to change at this company

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  26. This airline is blaming the COVID crisis, as if things were any different before. Sure, tourism helped - because people often had no choice. Most Croats around me have opted to travel via nearby connecting destinations, however, literally taking a bus to Vienna or Belgrade and continuing on their flight from there, instead of flying from ZG with Croatia Airlines.

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