NEWS FLASH
Croatia Airlines will suspend flights between Zagreb and Dublin over the coming winter season. The Croatian carrier maintained the service twice per week between November and February last winter. Croatia Airlines runs flights to the Irish capital on and off from its hub throughout the year. During the peak summer months, it transfers the service over to Split. It is due to resume operations on the route on October 17, which will run until October 26 before it is suspended once again. The service has so far not been scheduled for next summer. Ryanair maintains flights between Zagreb and Dublin throughout the year.
I told you that initially scheduled capacity for ZAG in winter will be cut just like it was cut in winter.
ReplyDeleteFR is also reducing this route by one frequency so maximum potential has been obviously reached.
FR didn't reduce this route for upcoming winter schedule.
DeleteFake news. Ryanair is boosting the frequency for Zagreb-Dublin compared to last winter, and during the peak Christmas period it is adding an extra 4 rotations. There will be 6 frequencies in total in the first week of January.
DeleteFor now.
DeleteOU is in midst of transition towards bringing all brand new shiny planes. This is an opportunity to upgrade its services. New cabin interior, availability of usb, new concept for catering and explore horizons to go beyond. Additionally if they could convince LH and get wide body planes for destinations to Sydney and Melbourne, it will be a game changer.
DeleteWhat are you smoking?
DeleteBravo Croatia Airlines. 2024 will bring new destinations and services.
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Deletenobody cares anymore. Not even "bravo Hrvatska" bots....
ReplyDeleteExactly. But how come BEG is growing so much, and there are even (surprising) positive developments at LJU, but ZAG seems to be stuck latey. Or is this the wrong impression I've been getting and it's only OU that's stuck? Can anyone with more ZAG knowledge comment?
DeleteHow can Zagreb be stuck when it exceeds 2019 traffic every single month? Croatia Airlines is reducing frequencies but because it flies with an abysmally low load factor, that does not translate to a major passenger loss. Croatia Airlines needs four Dash flights to match the passenger numbers of a single Ryanair flight.
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DeleteYou had a whole article just 10 days ago why numbers have been reduced lately
https://www.exyuaviation.com/2023/08/zagreb-airport-eyes-winter-rebound.html
You need to read the article again if you think it says anywhere in there that numbers are reduced.
DeleteI've missed that one, @ 11:43, thank you.
DeleteIn a way this a good news for Croatia as country not as airline. Less and less people are emigrating to Ireland so there is no need for flights.
DeleteWho wants to emigrate will find the way.
DeleteOptimising their fleet and network is the step in the right direction.
DeleteThink about the fact that HR also needs incoming tourism from Ireland. Yes, it is a small counntry but with a high GDP per capita and also DUB is close to Belfast so all this may be beneficial for HR. UK and Ireland is a very important market and despite all the problems it is still a 70 million region which you cannot ignore. This is the population of Poland and Romania combined. Croatia needs to work on promoting UK and IE destinations similar to Serbia.
DeleteYou cannot compare those two airport. Trends per now are on Belgrade favor and it understandably when you look it geopolitically. Belgrade is trying to be new Istanbul( connection between East and West), while Zagreb is tourist airport. Plus more and more Serbs lately has better opportunities to work in west, while Croat had that opportunity 5-10 years ago
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DeleteBelgrade as capital of yugoslavia was meant to be what istanbul is today. Istanbul and Vienna profited the most from Yugoslavia breaking up.
but in a way you're right Belgrade is trying to gain some market share by connecting with both east and west. since istanbul is so congested and close to its capacity, Belgrade can be cheaper alternative, but has really long way to grow its network.
Zagreb is not a tourist airport. Those would be the coastal ones. Split goes from over 700k passengers in July and August to almost nothing from November to March, or even April.
DeleteZAG has not had a single month under 200k this year and has had well over 300k since March this year...in both cases for the first time ever.
At the same time the passenger numbers have not increased significantly, in fact hardly at all during June and July..and the same will be the case this month too. Those aren't the patterns of a strictly tourist airport like those in Pula, Rijeka, Zadar, split or Dubrovnik.
With that being said, OU indeed is the main culprit for the rather sad state of affairs, not only Zagreb but the whole of Croatia when it comes to aviation.
They are a complete disaster, when in fact they should have the easiest job of being a successful airline, given the market which will or already has surpassed 2019. for the entire country during this month of August. It probably happened the very first day of August, since the number for the first 7 months was only 300 passengers behind the same period in 2019.
Regardless, that should be much, much better if OU weren't behaving as though they were intentionally sabotaging the aviation sector in Croatia. It's quite obvious. For example, Croatia had 14.1 million tourists in the first 7 months of the year alone. Out of these 14.1 million, less than 6 million arrived by plane. Maybe 6 million at the most, I'm not sure... don't have the numbers in front of me.
I know the long haul hasn't recovered yet, but nevertheless that's pathetic.
On the other hand, Air Serbia in cooperation with BEG and even other airlines, has been doing a wonderful job. They're not into petty fits, fall outs, and holding grudges over less money straight into their pockets.
Compared to OU which is like a horribly spoiled 13 year old school girl, JU has developed into a mature, serious company with a strategic vision and the results to back that up.
Sorry but u cant use belgrade, istanbul and vienna in a same sentence… belgrade is no where near (nor as airport or city)
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DeleteRyanair has completely dominated on the route ever since it launched it thanks to better scheduling and better pricing than OU. In peak periods, Ryanair was much more expensive than Croatia Airlines and so it picked up good profits on the route. I once paid 604 euros for a one-way ticket with no luggage or seat selection. In off-peak periods Ryanair was cheaper than Croatia Airlines and so it picked up passenger volume. It's shocking that Croatia Airlines couldn't defend this route, but it only has itself to blame: flights left Zagreb so early in the morning that they didn't have much feeder traffic. There was also not enough codeshare strategy with United for transatlantic connections. And moving flights to Split during the summer didn't help either. Ryanair deserved to win.
ReplyDeleteHahahahahahahaha, uhljebs at their best! Bravo Hrvatska, bravo OU!!!!!
ReplyDeleteBravo Hrvatska 🤣🤣
DeleteCroatia Airlines is the classiest airline in our region. With the arrival of brand new 220 it will represent The Best Of Europe in years to come.
DeleteBravo OU
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DeleteAnon 13.40: you are right, OU is indeed class of its own....
DeleteBravo OU Bravo Hrvatska! Well done OU for teaching Zagreb Airport management a lesson. If they want to subsidise Ryanair flights, they will lose their main Airlines that they make their profit from.
DeleteOU is in very ungrateful situation in ZAG with Ryan air and airport management. But they can still turn things around in their favour. For the beginning is to build in a new structure of their operations. All new Fleet renewal as of next year might, hopefully bring some changes.
DeleteJasmin, Ivan, Tena and Oleg will have extra costs and extra expenses today for extra double mayo sandwiches in double quantities
DeleteOK to be honest... Croatia (airline) should have 6 smaller/medium units. Connect the country's two largest airports with major European hubs and that's it.
ReplyDeleteCroatia Airlines should have 6 long haul units and minimum 30 smaller/medium units. If Air Baltic with two million population, no tourism and periferial position can have 50 units, OU could have as well. If Air Serbia, with 6 million air passengers can have 30 units, OU could have more with its 11 million. OU is totally incompetent and corrupt and present situation is the result. But some people when talking about "should haves" should pay attention to the facts and potentials, not their wet dreams driven by hate
DeleteWell Serbia has far more than 6 million air passengers. This year that number will be more than 8 million.
DeleteEven with 8 million, Croatia still has 3 million more. And proposing six small planes which would connect two biggest airports and few EU hubs is mean, in mild words. But the most frightening and the most disappointing is that with OU as it is, it's highly likely to happen, with "brand new shiny A220 fleet" which will connect ZAG, SPU and DBV, and Minken and Vrankvurt, of course, and where market share would be further reduced from current 15 to 5-10 %. Everything is leading in that direction, but it's still not the reason to say OU should do it like this. On the contrary, it should have been doing what BT, A3, JU are doing, taking into account its position, its tourism and its market size
DeletePozdrav is right.
DeleteCroatia as a member of the EU + huge summer tourism, it was positions to be the big success from Yugoslavia, and maintain the long haul connections it had before.
right now OU should be double to size of JU, and Zagreb should have been the regional hub for the ex-YU/balkan region, but too many bad politicians sold the potential to the germans
but on a side note Croatia does have too many airports i think. would say keep only Zagreb, dubrovnik and zadar. this makes it much easier for OU to focus on creating a network from 3 airports than 7.
Just like JU has easy time when it only focuses on BEG, it barely pays any attention to INI and KVO.
Bosnia has the same problem that it has too many airports.
@Slav.Man it is very true
DeleteZAG, DUB and ZAD.... interesting.... how did you come to that?
Delete^15:39 Well Aegean manages to have hubs in ATH, SKG, LCA, HER, RHO, CHQ and other islands some of them with a lot of routes but still they focus on ATH making it a big European hub. Thats what OU should do too with the focus on ZAG.
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DeleteI chose those airports simply geographically that they have even spacing between them and cover the whole country.
i didn't look into their infrastructure and connection ability. but if only those 3 are focused on then the facilities they lack can be focused on more easily also.
Leti leti leti.... OUUUUUUUU
ReplyDeleteAU should be its code
DeleteOr OUUH
DeleteWhat is going on in ZAG and SJJ? Seems that no much demand for those destinations :(
ReplyDeleteNo demand? ZAG is the second biggest airport in Ex-Yu
DeleteSJJ can do Dublin seasonally, considering a number of visitors from Ireland travelling to Medjugorje and Sarajevo.
ReplyDeleteSJJ failed to fill gasto routes to Germany with Wizz. I doubt they could make Dublin work my good friend.
DeleteNo more workers left to migrate and those who have left for Ireland have stayed or realised they can't afford to fly back....
ReplyDeleteGreat, Ryanair already had extortionate prices on the route, and now they can charge even more...
ReplyDeleteGood job Croatia Airlines, give your competitors a monopoly on a route which is now only served by one airline and can not be reached by other means of transportation because well, incase you have noticed OU, Ireland is an island...
Thankfully I've flown on this route twice while I could but glad to have solid confirmation that OU has absolutely no idea what they're doing, and has no future ahead of them whatsoever...
Zagreb is a perfect city for short city breaks. Many Irish take several city breaks during the year, especially outside the busy summer season. OU did nothing to promote the route or ZAG as an ideal destination with excellent bars and restaurants, lots to see and do and small enough to walk everywhere. I flew OU DUB/ZAG a few times and most of the pax were Croatians connecting to/from ORD or YYZ at DUB.
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