Croatia Airlines to launch five new routes


Croatia Airlines will introduce five new seasonal destinations from Split this coming summer. The carrier will inaugurate operations from Croatia’s second largest city to Amsterdam, Bucharest, Dublin, Milan and Stockholm. Furthermore, it will restore flights to Prague, which were launched last year, and resume services to Athens, which were suspended as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. All of the new routes will be maintained twice per week, with exception to Amsterdam, which will run once per week, and Dublin which will be operated three times per week. All of the new flights will run from June until September 25.

DestinationLaunch date
StockholmJUN 10
BucharestJUN 10
DublinJUN 12
MilanJUN 12
AmsterdamJUN 14
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As a result of the new network additions, Croatia Airlines will maintain a total of 22 domestic and international routes from Split, in addition to summer charters. This year it will offer more destinations from its Split base than from its main hub in Zagreb over the summer months. The Croatian carrier faces competition of on all of its new routes. It will go head-to-head against easyJet and KLM on the Amsterdam service, Blue Air on the Bucharest route, Aer Lingus and Ryanair on the Dublin operation, easyJet on the Milan flights and SAS Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle and TUI on its Stockholm service.

Croatia Airlines' Split network additions

Croatia Airlines has shifted several of its seasonal operations from Zagreb to Split. These include flights to Milan, Bucharest, Stockholm and Prague, which were all maintained out of the Croatian capital until the pandemic. Croatia Airlines’ increased focus on Split comes as Ryanair continues to expand its network out of its Zagreb base, introducing three new routes out of the Croatian capital this summer for a total of 27. Passengers who book flights on the Croatian carrier’s new services out of Split are eligible for a 30% discount until March 27 by entering the promo code “SPLIT30” on the airline’s booking page.



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  1. Anonymous09:01

    Bravo Hrvatska!

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    1. Jos jedno presipanje iz supljeg u prazno i krpanje rupa na gacama kojih uskoro nece vise ni biti

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  2. Anonymous09:02

    Good news. I think it's the only option left for them - to focus on the coast because Ryanair is too strong in Zagreb now.

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    1. Anonymous10:01

      Seems like this is BCG's strategy...

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    2. Anonymous10:20

      Well if this is their strategy, they paid too much money for their advice.

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  3. Anonymous09:03

    It's a shame flights will only be operational for 3 months.

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    1. Anonymous09:27

      That's when the peak travel season is in Croatia. Makes sense.

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  4. Anonymous09:04

    What the hell?? They won’t fly ZAG-DUB while they are flying SPU-DUB. Where is the logic in that?!

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    1. Anonymous09:20

      Makes no sense for me either.

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    2. Anonymous09:48

      Maybe they don't have enough planes

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    3. Anonymous10:20

      Flights ZAG-DUB will remain.

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    4. Anonymous10:22

      They are not in the schedule from June.

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    5. More tourists heading to coast then Zagreb in summer, makes sense...

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  5. Anonymous09:05

    Well at least something new from OU

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  6. Anonymous09:06

    So basically all the new routes they introduced from ZAG in the last couple of years are being moved to Split?

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  7. Anonymous09:06

    What about Dubrovnik?

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    1. Anonymous09:14

      They gave up on DBV a long time ago.

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    2. Anonymous09:35

      As far as I know, Dubrovnik city and Croatia Airlines aren't in the best of relations.

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  8. Anonymous09:07

    Not bad at all.

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  9. Anonymous09:07

    Nice but will they be able to compete against Easyjet and Ryanair on their routes?

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    1. Anonymous09:34

      I think there will be enough demand for these couple of flights per week.

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  10. Anonymous09:08

    AMS just once per week?? :/

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    1. Anonymous09:11

      That is the only remaining slot they have in Amsterdam. This used to be the Pula - Amsterdam flight in summer.

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    2. Anonymous09:13

      Ah thanks. Didn't know that.

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  11. Anonymous09:13

    Why no new routes from Zagreb? :(

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    1. Anonymous09:33

      They probably think they can't turn a profit on any new route they introduce.

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  12. Anonymous09:14

    It was said here long ago that ZAG has no future and that they should develop SPU/DBV instead.

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    1. Anonymous09:33

      Seems that OU agrees.

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    2. Anonymous09:50

      How many routes are they going to have from Zagreb this summer?

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    3. Anonymous09:51

      20 in total. 15 -international, 5 domestic. 17 are nonstop, 3 are via other cities.

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  13. Anonymous09:15

    I remember reading here a few months ago that they will focus on secondary cities and it seems to be the case. I don't think it's a bad strategy. They can make most money from the coast during the summer. But I wish they would put some sort of a fight from Zagreb too.

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  14. Anonymous09:17

    It's more than I hoped for from Croatia Airlines.

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    1. Anonymous09:33

      Should note the bar was set very low.

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  15. Anonymous09:22

    Go Croatia!

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  16. Anonymous09:22

    Good job to Split Airport

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    1. Anonymous09:24

      This will help them even more to recover quickly from Covid.

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  17. Anonymous09:26

    Good choice

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  18. Anonymous09:28

    How many flights does KLM have between Amsterdam and Split?

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    1. Anonymous09:32

      During the peak summer when Croatia Airlines will be flying on the route, KLM will have THREE DAILY flights.

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    2. Anonymous20:48

      wow

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  19. Anonymous09:30

    Wishing them good luck!

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  20. Anonymous09:30

    Nice to see some positive news from Croatia Airlines but they really need to consider what they are going to do with Zagreb.

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    1. Anonymous09:36

      I think they decided to maintain the status quo. Keep existing routes that bring in money during the summer. There is no point in competing against Ryanair.

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    2. Anonymous09:37

      Well not at this point when they have almost 30 routes. Would have made sense to compete against them last year.

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    3. Anonymous09:39

      There are many unserved routes they could launch from Zagreb.

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    4. Anonymous09:42

      It is too risky for Croatia Airlines to go into such ventures where they launch new routes from ZAG. They are not in a financial position to manage that. They can only go after safe routes, and safe routes you will find on the coast in June, July and August.

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    5. Anonymous09:43

      @9.39 and what are those many unserved routes with potential that Croatia Airlines could launch?

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    6. Anonymous10:18

      The should have launched TIA as early as last year after the lockdowns. Watch FR launch those flights too.

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    7. Anonymous20:50

      It's too early for them to react to Ryanair from Zagreb. I mean it's been only 8 months. Give it another year or two until they formulate a response.

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  21. Anonymous09:34

    Hopefully they expand Dubrovnik next year.

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    1. Anonymous09:35

      We will rather see them expand from Osijek than Dubrovnik.

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  22. Anonymous09:38

    Seems like all aircraft types will be used on these new flights - A319, A320 and Q400.

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  23. Anonymous09:39

    How many of their planes will be based in Split over the summer?

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    1. Anonymous09:43

      My guess is 2 to 3.

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  24. Anonymous09:43

    This will save them...

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  25. Anonymous09:48

    This basically means that none of the new routes they launched from Zagreb in the last 5 years are coming back.

    Lisbon - handed over to TAP
    Helsinki - handed over to Finnair
    Milan, Stockholm, Oslo - handed over to Ryanair
    Prague, Bucharest, Dublin - Moved to Split
    St Petersburg - definitely not coming back

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    1. Anonymous09:55

      What will happen with Mostar?

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    2. Anonymous09:57

      Nothing unless subsidies for the route are reinstates, which doesn't seem its going to happen.

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  26. Anonymous09:53

    One thing that I do find impressive about Croatia Airlines is that they maintain international flights from almost all cities in Croatia, at least during the summer.

    Zagreb, Split, Dubrovnik, Rijeka, Zadar, Osijek and Pula.

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    1. Anonymous09:53

      And they fly international charters from Brac in the summer too.

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    2. Anonymous10:07

      Impressive for national carrier having international flights in the market dependent on international tourism? That's no-brainer, nothing impressive about that. And OSI is subsidized, of course.

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    3. Anonymous10:08

      It would be impressive if they were year round.

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    4. Ahm...what international flights from ZAD?

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  27. Anonymous09:55

    Shame that there will be no flights to Skopje/Ohrid. I remember a few months ago they were saying how they are considering flights from Split to Macedonia.

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    1. Anonymous09:57

      They flew Split-Skopje once upon a time and it didn't work.

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    2. Anonymous11:07

      Of course when you charged 300€ for it. Pa nisu ljudi ludi.

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    3. JATBEGMEL15:28

      With some better fares they could do more than just SPU-SKP in the ex-YU region.

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    4. Anonymous21:07

      They used to fly Split-Belgrade until 2019 but then stopped.

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  28. Anonymous09:59

    I'm laughing since I read this news. Apparently Croatia Airlines wanted to stay away from competition by Ryanair at Zagreb and moved some flights to Split. Let's review to see if that's true:

    Amsterdam: There are two daily flights by KLM at ZAG but three daily flights by KLM at SPU plus daily easyJet.

    Dublin: There are three weekly flights by Ryanair at ZAG but four weekly by Ryanair and three weekly by Aer Lingus at SPU.

    Milano: There are no flights to Milano at ZAG but six weekly by easyJet at SPU.

    Bucharest: There are no flights to Bucharest at ZAG but two weekly by Blue Air at SPU.

    Stockholm: There are no flights to Stockholm at ZAG but nine weekly by SAS, four weekly by Norwegian and once weekly TUI charters.

    And don't forget last year's Prague misery, where they have to compete with daily Smartwings flights this year at SPU, and still no flights at ZAG.



    Good that they decided to stay away from competition :)))))))

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    1. Anonymous10:01

      Good point. It makes no sense for me. I guess their logic is that besides the competition they will be able to make money in Split?

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    2. Anonymous10:11

      Do you know the song "Zimmer Frei" by Hladno Pivo? It explains the current mentality of Croatia Airlines perfectly.

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    3. Anonymous11:10

      @9.59 great post! The best today

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    4. Anonymous11:41

      Croatia might have more competition at SPU but that doesnt mean routes there would be less profitable than in ZAG. Coast is far more profitable market for everyone in the summer and it is easier to have good LF there.

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    5. Anonymous21:07

      ^ True

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  29. Anonymous10:02

    Whenever Croatia Airlines announces some expansion there is always some catch.

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  30. Anonymous10:18

    Dead man walking! Anyway, good luck.

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  31. Anonymous10:19

    To me it would have made much sense if they based a Q400 in Ljubljana and opened several key routes that opening routes that are already so well covered by competition from Split.

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    1. Anonymous10:38

      And i bet they would get some subsidies from EU funds announced a few days ago

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    2. Anonymous21:08

      Exactly. And it could operate on a year round level.

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  32. Anonymous10:20

    The biggest winner out of all this is Split Airport.

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  33. Anonymous10:21

    Will these route be subsidized?

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    1. Anonymous10:22

      No. Split Airport doesn't give subsidies to anyone - especially not in peak summer.

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    2. Anonymous11:29

      In Croatia it is not the airports (except Zagreb) but the tourist boards of the city, county and state, which provide the financial support for the flights. This amount is saved for shoulder and winter months in Split and Dubrovnik cases but I have no doubt that Croatia Airlines will receive substantial amount of money for this move as the government is trying to find legal ways to finance its bleeding carrier.

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  34. Anonymous10:43

    Does anyone know if ATH-SPU is coming back ? either with Aegean or Volotea?

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    1. Anonymous10:43

      It says in the article that Croatia Airlines is resuming it.

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    2. Anonymous20:45

      Aegean will not be flying to Split this summer.

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  35. Anonymous13:56

    Remember that it will last for only three months. After that follows new grim awakening for them (OU).

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    1. Anonymous20:44

      The company's modus operandi has been to make money in those three months to cover their losses for the rest of the year.

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  36. Anonymous20:44

    What do you mean?

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  37. Anonymous20:48

    They should be doing much much more.

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    1. Anonymous20:54

      For the amount of money they receive from the state, I agree.

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  38. Anonymous20:49

    So we have Air Montenegro an JU growing significantly out of their main bases and OU is adding flights from SPU for a period of three months...

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  39. Anonymous20:53

    They could have at least restored some of the suspended flights from Zagreb that don't compete with Ryanair. I get the new Split flights which will be full, I have no doubt, but nothing new from Zagreb? Seriously?

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    1. Maybe you have no doubt their SPU flights will be full but I do have doubt : peak season, August last year, 3 flights that day SPU-VIE. Wizzair 170 passengers, Austrian 130 passengers, Croatia Airlines 16 passengers. Their problems can't be solved by switching few flights from ZAG to SPU for 3 summer months. Their problems go much much much deeper. And they have no intention to change anything,not even shallower, let alone deeper

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  40. No flight to Barcelona

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    1. México city, Lima, Montevideo...soon!!

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