NEWS FLASH
Spanish national carrier Iberia will increase operations on its seasonal flights between Madrid and Zagreb next year, exceeding pre-pandemic levels. Unlike in 2023, the carrier will restore operations to the Croatian capital just before the start of the 2024 summer season, on March 27. In 2023 the airline resumed its Zagreb flights in June. Furthermore, Iberia will boost frequencies on the route. From early July, the airline will maintain daily flights between the two capitals, increasing to eight weekly from July 28, with two daily flights on Sundays, and up to nine weekly from August 2, with two daily rotations on both Fridays and Sundays. Overall Iberia plans to operate 171 flights from Madrid to Zagreb and vice versa next year, up from 68 in 2023 and 123 in 2019. It has put 30.320 seats on sale between the two capitals for 2024 up 158% on the previous year. At this point, the Airbus A320 has been scheduled on 129 flights next year, while the A321 on 43, although changes are likely at this early stage.
Bravo Hrvatska!
ReplyDeleteBravo Croatia Airlines!!! Instead on non-stop flights which could feel Croatian state budget, tourists, businessman and diaspora from both North and South America fly Iberia and fill Spanish state budget. Bravo indeed!!!!
DeletePozdrav is hysterical as usual. Iberia is not state owned.
DeleteIberia is paying taxes to state budget from every single passenger ticket including those it transports to and from Croatia. Meanwhile OU sucks tax payers money from the budget contributing to it close to zero. The only one hysterical here is you, triggered by me speaking sad truth about pathetic feeder and humiliated servant OU, which could have been much more similar to Iberia, and not only Iberia
DeleteSo you don’t want any foreign airline in Zagreb
DeleteThe vast majority of passengers come from Madrid and not Croatia. Especially on the coast. The Spaniards are increasingly filling up the Croatian treasury as tourists.
DeleteIt's logical that Croatia has missed another opportunity, because this company has been frozen for 20 years. And it will stay that way until certain bankruptcy
The vast majority come from South and N. America. OU could nver cover that market so useless to compare OU to IB.
DeleteDiaspora, tourists?
ReplyDeleteNorth and South America, tourist mostly and diaspora
DeleteThank you
DeleteAnd immigrants.
DeleteSad comment
DeleteWould be nice if they flew year round
ReplyDeleteYes, Iberia is an excellent addition, even if just for the summer. Well done, ZAG.
DeleteActually they flew year round before covid, we can hope they will reman year round next year
Delete"There are loads of Spanish expats in Zagreb"
ReplyDeleteBarely several hundred, what are you on about?
School in summertime
DeleteCode Sharing with Croatia Airlines? That would be nice.
ReplyDeleteExactly the comment I was looking for and share the same thoughts. OU can easily launch ZAG-MAD and codeshare with IB. The MAD hub is the biggest in Europe connecting South America. The network is simply impressive. Plus, there is a Croat diaspora in Northern Chile as well as Argentina. IB have improved quite a lot since they joined IAG. Used to be a sh**ty airline in the past. Vueling are good too just not that punctual.
DeleteOU can't codeshare IB. They are too busy kissing LH ass
DeleteIf it were the other way round you´d write:
DeleteOU can't codeshare LH. They are too busy kissing IB ass.
You have just admitted they are esentially ass kissers, no matter whose ass it is. Sad but true 😆
DeleteIf OU to enter in codeshare with IB, no matter which modus operandi, it will last for ages to obtain go-ahead from Star Alliance administration, considering the little to none attitude they show at MANY international fora...amazing how they burn founds for nothing in return
DeleteProbably that means no flights to Ljubljana?
ReplyDeleteNot necessarily
DeleteLjubljana is west of Zagreb.
DeleteThus flights are possible.
I was expecting news like this one. For last two years due to my job I often fly to Madrid from Split or Zagreb and the flights are all full. Last one MAD - ZAG in October it was 100% full. And in my opinion as I know Spanish most of passengers are Spanish tourists in Croatia and others are Croatians traveling to Spain. So no diaspora or something similar, at least on my flights.
ReplyDeleteIberia also start SPU from 31.3 2x w in April
DeleteAlso, SPU 8xw and DBV 15xw during summer.
DeleteI am handling a number of private apartments in Zagreb trough my company and guests from Spain are presenting almost 20% of our guests in the period between April and October. Most of them on 1 to 3 overnights, but the number is growing steadily in the last 2 years.
ReplyDeleteThe growth of Spanish tourists to the coast is impressive. Especially when you consider that Spain itself is a large and impressive tourist country
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