Croatia Airlines will exercise rights to add another three Airbus A220 aircraft to its fleet for a total of fifteen. The carrier has finalised lease arrangements for a further three of its planned fifteen Airbus A220 aircraft, with negotiations for the final six units in their final stages. As previously reported, the Croatian airline inked a long-term lease for six jets with the Air Lease Corporation, including for two 127-seat A220-100s and four 149-seat A220-300s, with the delivery of the first two aircraft planned in mid-2024. The carrier has now inked a long-term lease for a further three A220 jets with Azorra, while it is in the final stages of talks with lessor Griffin for the delivery of the final six aircraft. Croatia Airlines has also signed a contract for the purchase of 33 Pratt & Whitney GTF engines for the aircraft. Pilot training for the new type has already begun.
All the A220s will be leased for a set period, after which the airline will have the option to replace them with newer aircraft, however, it will be unable to acquire them. Initially, the carrier was to take the first jet of the type in February and the second in April of 2024, with the aim for the aircraft to enter the fleet before the height of the summer season. However, this has been pushed back until June of next year. Following the arrival of the first two aircraft in 2024, another six will arrive in 2025, four in 2026 and the remaining three in 2027, when the carrier intends to become a single-type operator.
Croatia Airlines has said that following the aircraft’s delivery to Zagreb, they will be put into service swiftly as soon as administrative procedures are completed. “The new and higher-quality A220 aircraft, with a capacity to seat 148 and 127 seats depending on the type, will ensure a better response to the specific needs of passengers and a more efficient business model, thanks to which additional business opportunities will open up and enable the gradual expansion of the flight network, which will simultaneously ensure that passengers, the Republic of Croatia as the owner, as well as employees see an improvement", the company said.
How long does each lease last?
ReplyDeleteUsually these types of agreement are for 10 years.
DeleteYes like for the Dashes
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DeleteImam jednu pitanje u nadi, da mi može neko od vas pomoći . Naime tvrdi se( mada nigdje nemogu to pročitati) da je HI FLY Airlines iz Portugala vlasnica HI SKY Airlines iz Romunije .
DeleteIt has zero connection with HiFly. It is just another Analitičar misinformation.
DeleteHvala na odgovoru. Onaj analitičar iz hrvatske uporno tvrdi da je HI FLY vlasnica
DeleteKaži mu da ćeš mu dati milijun dolara ako ti prezentira dokaze. Jedan ga je čovjek tako zezao, a 'analitičar' naravno nije napravio što se tražilo.
DeleteNisam ja jedini koji je tvrdio da HIFLY nije vlasnik ali on neće da prizna pa sada blokira sve komentare.izgleda da je to njegov način rada, ako nije kako on kaže, onda te blokira…. Jaki analitičar
DeleteJedino je analitičar jedini kada je u pitanju tvrdnja da je Hi Fly vlasnik Hi Skyja.
DeleteVlasnička struktura HiFly iz Rumunjske je sljedeća:
Delete* 51% - HiFly SGPS, S.A., portugalska tvrtka koja je vlasnik i operater zrakoplova.
* 49% - BAE Systems, britanska tvrtka koja se bavi proizvodnjom zrakoplova, obranom i sigurnosti.
HiFly SGPS, S.A. je osnovana 2004. godine i ima sjedište u Lisabonu, Portugal. Tvrtka je specijalizirana za iznajmljivanje zrakoplova i usluge čarter letova. BAE Systems je osnovan 1999. godine i ima sjedište u Farnboroughu, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo. Tvrtka je jedan od najvećih svjetskih proizvođača zrakoplova, obrambenih sustava i sigurnosnih proizvoda.
U srpnju 2023. godine, BAE Systems je kupio 49% udjela u HiFlyu iz Rumunjske. Ova kupnja je dio strategije BAE Systemsa da proširi svoje poslovanje u Europi.
HiFly iz Rumunjske ima flotu od 15 zrakoplova, uključujući Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320neo i Embraer E195-E2. Tvrtka posluje na tržištima Europe, Bliskog istoka i Afrike.
Gdje su tu dokazi da je Hi Sky u vlasništvu Hi Flya?
DeleteGreat, hope there won't be any more delays
ReplyDeleteThey wouldn't dare to mess with such an important customer
DeleteAny idea what will be the first route(s) where this plane will be deployed? Considering they will only have two next year.
ReplyDeleteTo me it would make most sense to put them on domestic flights for the first month for crew familiarization.
DeleteThe 'flagship' FRA and MUC route probably.
DeleteOk, so 15 in total?
ReplyDeleteYes
DeleteThank you. I wonder if they will change the livery, as announced.
DeleteThey will but I don't think it will be some major change. It will more likely be the squares becoming bigger or the logo being streched, something like that.
DeleteAnon u forgot to say they will pay 2-3mio for the “changes” ;)
DeleteOf course :)
DeleteNice, but I don't think these aircraft will enter the fleet before the start of 24/25 winter. We will see.
ReplyDeleteWhy no ownership of the planes?
ReplyDeleteBecause it costs a lot of money.
DeleteEven these operative lease cost all up 500 million EUR. This is according to the Croatian government.
DeleteI wonder where OU managed to find 500 million USD.
DeleteLong long time ago, when I worked in JAT, some people used to say for fun : Sta zna dete sta je 500 kila. It could be applied in this case as well 😃
DeleteIt will be in minus and the government will top them up each year, as is always the case. Until they don’t.
DeleteThere will be EU restructuring like there was 11 years ago with EU aid. They will be able to apply for EU aid again from next year. And the EU will be happy to give money because the decision to get A220s wasn't made without a reason.
DeleteIt is ECB in EU entering bunch of zeros into computer terminal hard drive and Croatian government putting some tangible collateral for sale to the EU entity in return. That is a game in nutshell with fractional banking since 16 th century and first stock market jn holland and london.
Delete500 million over what period? 10 years?? if so, for 15 aircraft that is 33 million per plane or just 3.3 million per plane per year. They should be able to make this work.
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Delete500 million over what period? 10 years?? "
Yes, 15 for €500 million or €50 million per year for lease alone, airline will keep its own engines, indicating they'll most likely after 10 years buy new aircraft or new lease agreement, depending on finances.
Can't wait to see the cabins
ReplyDeleteMe too!
DeleteIt will look the same as Air Baltic A220. The only difference will be the seat covers which will be black.
DeleteSo like Swiss? A220 :D
DeleteAnon 09:10
DeleteIs this insider info or you are just supposing? Because Air Baltic's and Swiss' seats on A220 are truly shit. Air France's ones are far better option.
Beg 2 rix, all seats beautifull white, more leg space...
DeleteITA A220 cabins look nice. Light grey.
DeleteAny idea who their wifi provider will be since they said there will be wifi on these planes. Have they signed a contract with anyone yet?
ReplyDeleteHopefuly Starlink since it will be the cheapest for passengers.
DeleteFingers crossed the first one actually comes in June.
ReplyDeleteHope it will, another postponing would be a disaster.
DeleteAd-hoc wet leases incoming.
DeleteNice so they have activated the 3 options that they had.
ReplyDeleteFinally some growth. With an extra 3 aircraft on current fleet they will have to introduce new routes.
ReplyDeleteTo Minken and Vrankvurt
DeleteThank God for OU as Ryanair keeps on reducing ZAG. Analitičar told us Ryanair is lying. Bravo Hrvatska!
Delete^ the guy is an absolute joke. No one takes him seriously anymore (if ever)
DeleteThe only joke here are people hailing Bravo to OU
DeleteReducing? Hahahaa what exactly?
DeleteWish if I was wrong, but this is the final nail in the coffin. With these additional huge lease costs, too small number of units to build extensive transfer network, single type fleet totally inadequate for croatian market, focus on feeding LHG, and their inertness and incompetence and almost non-existent marketing, with political influence and control and wrong strategy, or no strategy at all, they will either continue sucking public money showing even worse results than now, or will follow the fate of Adria and Malev.
ReplyDeleteNi Adria ni Malev nisu imali single type flote.
DeleteMolim Vas suzdrzite se komentiranja stvari koje ne razumijete. Za pocetak, da je svako trziste razlicito, prica za sebe, i da flota hrvatskog prijevoznika mora biti odgovarajuca za hrvatsko trziste, potpuno drugacije od madjarskog ili slovenskog. I nisam govorio samo o floti nego o troskovima i gubicima koje ce ta flota stvarati, kao sto je to bio slucaj sa Adriom i Malevom
DeleteNo vi tvrdite da Croatia treba imati flotu sličnu Malevu ili Adriji (prije preuzimanja od strane 4K), zar ne?
DeleteA vi ste neki velestručnjak u avijaciji ili wannabe uhlhep purser u OU?
Ne tvrdim to. Nisam nikakav wannabe nigdje. Ne vrijedjajte. U OU sam bio i svojom voljom otisao kad sam vidio u kom smjeru ide, i u ovakvu OU se ne bi vratio ni pod razno. I ovime zakljucujem ovaj razgovor jer je ispod mog nivoa.
DeleteAli ste wannabe stručnjak kao i 'analitičar'?
DeleteYup, pozdrav iz Rijeke is acting like ANALiticar. Its obvious what will happen with domestic routes such as ZAD and PUY, but he is not able to see it, obviously self proclaimed expert as another croatian guy. Give us a break Rijeka guy!
DeleteA to sto vi stalno vrijeđajte hrvatsku to može . Vaše vrijeme kao neko i ništa sto je prije 50 godina radio kod JAT je završio kao sto je i JAT otišao u povijest . A da ste ljuti na Croatia Airlines sto vas nije htjela zaposliti je očigledno
Delete@anon 12.32
DeletePeople that equate attacks on the incompetent management of a state-owned company with attacks on the country are the main reason that most of ex-YU is in the state it's in.
@vlad +100000000
DeleteIt Is the main argument/excuse politicians in this region use. They spin it as if it was an act of treason to say something the government did was not good...
Thanks @Vlad and @An.15.36!
DeleteUnfortunately we have on this blog a lot of stupid people, mean people, uneducated, illiterate, rigid, envious, jealous, with zero knowledge of aviation, those who would die to defend incompetence and corruption, those who would die twice to defend ruling Party, and so on and so on. And as a result, we have comments as above. So just leave them alone, their biggest punishment is being what they are. And thanks again!
@anonymous12:32
DeleteIts corruption and personal greed that is hurting OU and most of exYu aviation market.
Its mote or less same in Europe where there is no competition in terms aircraft purchasing, market division, fuel purchases, price fixing etc etc
You have to be blind not to see it or just ignorant.
Anyway lets not ruin festive season and happy new year
Bravo OU, Bravo Hrvatska!
ReplyDeleteBravo Jasmineeeeeee!!!! Bravo Kradeze! Bravo hrvatski porezni obveznici! Bravo hrvatska sirotinjo!
DeleteSomeone is desperate full of meanness and jealousy !
DeleteYes, the one who is wrong and projecting it to those who are right
DeleteJust 2 next year? :/
ReplyDeleteBetter than none
DeleteSo next year will be more of the same in terms of their network. Some more meaningful change could be seen in 2025 when more A220s arrive.
ReplyDeleteYes, they already said there won't be much new next summer. But there will be DBV expansion in winter
Deletehttps://www.exyuaviation.com/2023/11/croatia-airlines-plans-6-more-flights.html
Pity. Meanwhile FR expanding like crazy
DeleteAny idea where the pilot training is taking place?
ReplyDeleteI think n Switzerland
DeleteAir Baltic offered their services to OU for training but I also think it was mentioned somewhere that they went for Swiss.
DeleteOf course they went for Swiss. Swiss was more expensive. And stoka sitnog zuba will pay for it
DeleteWell it does not surprise me since they are LH group.
DeleteThe arrival in February and April made much more sense.
ReplyDeleteI assume it was engine issues that pushed back their arrival?
DeleteOr production delays
DeleteThe main thing is they are coming.
DeleteHopefully these A220 bring some new kind of enthusiasm at OU
ReplyDeletePeople who were enthusiastic about OU left the company long time ago. For those left, they don't give a s. it about company, especially those in Buzin
DeleteYeah, I agree with Rijeka, don't count on it.
DeletePrva linija treba biti Zagreb Ljubljana via Zadar via Pula. Koji su ovo likovi u tom OU da je to nevjerojatno. Nije problem u A220 jer avion ima odlične performanse i daleko je bolji od trenutnih A319ceo što ih OU koristi. Pitanje je samo gdje će se Kradeze nakrasti i zakazati oči Vama BRAVO HRVATSKA. Pa Croatia Airlines je absolutno nebitan igrač u regiji, a da Europu ne spominjem. Treba voziti samo za Dojcland JA JA, i naravno Sarajevo ko te nije volio. A to da uz novi avion nemaju rute prema Sjeveru Europe i recimo Kanatima to nije bitno. Vozi VIA Kroacijo, ko da imaš autobuse.
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DeletePa upravo je vlada HDZ ta koja modernizira flotu i ulaže novac u OU. Ne vidim smisao vašeg komentara. Ulažu da bi krali? Usput, samo u prosincu 2023 država će naplatiti 650 do 700 milijuna eura od PDV.
DeleteKo si ti?
DeleteI expected they would exercise those rights but with OU you never know. Good to see it's happening.
ReplyDeleteClearly we know, based on this news.
DeleteDoes anyone know how much the monthly lease will be for a A220-300 and A220-100?
ReplyDeleteBulgaria Air received their first 3 A220s and announced a several of new routes not only from SOF but from VAR too. However, they will maintain the current network and add more flights including the older Embraers (not so old - approx. 10 years old). So, with the same logic, it could be that we see OU doing the same because both airlines have very similar orders. OU may add new routes from ZAG and DBV or SPU perhaps not this summer but in 2025 when they physically arrive. FB received them quite recently and used quite a lot domestically to VAR as well. Something tells me OU will do exactly the same. But, this is just thinking out loud. We will see.
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Deletethe only exercise Croatia is going to do is sucking it to the Luftwaffe Gruppe Ost. It will be soon very clear, that there is no way current way of doing business is sustainable in light of huge costs they will face (leasing, inadequate plane, low yield, low utilization, no expansion beyond Germania bus line. I'm sorry people, Pozdrav is absolutely right in his sad bitching. I can fully understand him, as I see same mentality of political class as in case of Adria... There was a big lesson to be learnt and end result for Croatia will be - no national carrier within five years (because there is limit on how much oxygen state is allowed to shovel down the throat of public companies), Trade Air will be the biggest Croatian airliner (because they are smart in what they are doing) and slowly Croatia will be the saddest aviation place (besides Slovenia), as there is so much potential (being such world class holiday destination) and will be just squeezed like a lemon. Just as whole holiday sector per se...almost no domestic owners, almost all hotels and other infrastructure owned by non-Croatians, meaning you as nation are loosing power over own destiny. You can already see results of this failed policy - over quarter of million Croatian nationals have left the country, tourism would be long dead sans workers from the Balkans, Philippines and other countries. Just look what happened to the shipyards and fishing industry.
ReplyDeleteIt is obvious why OU will fail with brand new planes - starting with the fact that they are extremely expensive financially and one needs to utilize them much, much more than OU currently does its (ex) fleet, they are brilliant planes, but number one prerequisite for being good for airliner is not the question is the plane good, but is it good for THAT particular company. Just look at Austrian - they got rid of DHC8 and now they are using E195 on routes Vienna - Venice and other, not so distant airports in northern Italy...They also use them on routes Vienna - Graz and Klagenfurt. One needs not to hold PhD from Aviation to know, there is no way this is generating money, such lines need to be operated on other grounds, not economics... Yes, OU will generate extra profit on routes Zagreb Sarajevo, Zagreb Mostar etc... they will be forced to lease aircraft which are suitable for such short hops and don't forget, almost half of the destinations (if not even more) currently served by OU are within 500 km range ... https://www.croatiaairlines.com/our-destinations
I'm so sorry, but I have to concur with Pozdrav, this will be final nail into OU coffin and it will be sad to watch another airliner go bust because of the political and other meddling with it. You can be sure they will do try to keep it afloat until PM gets nominated for EC...and then the agony will start. I wish I could be wrong, but I've been in the aviation long enough to spot the trends before they become obvious. Good luck and good night Croatia, I still remember seeing MD-82 in 1991 landing daily at Zadar airport...
Just look at Austrian - they got rid of DHC8 and now they are using E195 on routes Vienna - Venice and other, not so distant airports in northern Italy...They also use them on routes Vienna - Graz and Klagenfurt. One needs not to hold PhD from Aviation to know, there is no way this is generating money, such lines need to be operated on other grounds, not economics...
DeleteI would like to refer on this part of your comment.
After Q400 retirement, did Austrian became unprofitabile or less profitabile than in previous years?
I don't know that, what I'm trying to say is that it is insane to get rid of plane which suits the route best. Costs of operating E195 on route VIE-GRZ or VIE-KLU is much higher than if it was operated with DHC8, there is no doubt about it. And knowing how badly OU utilizes its fleet (by utilization I mean all kinds - from flying own routes to wet leasing), one can't really be optimistic. For instance I just tried to book a ticket from VIE-KLU and it is 160 €...
Deleteyour hate on Germany is just pathetic
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DeleteIf you arent familiar with info about Austrian s profitability, then your arguments arent in place.
I don't hate Germany, I ridicule the obsession OU has with German market. To Anon@12.34 - profitability depends on many factors. Yes, Austrian has been changed a lot (if you ask me for the worse) since Lufthansa entered ownership, but nevertheless - there is no way OU and Austrian operate on the same principles let alone business ethics (if there is such thing).
DeleteYour constatation that eliminating Q400 from fleet was a mistake for OS has no logical argumentation.
DeleteOn the contrary, it has all logic of this World. And triple that in case of OU.
DeleteYou have 0 arguments.
DeleteAnd you gave thousand. Oh wait, Misetic and AP orders. The strongest arguments possible. LOL
DeleteI can give you few - first of all, OU was operating ATRs, which were much better in terms of realibilty and cost vs. DHC8, which was, as you know, double wet lease. And now how come DHC8 is more vialble on some routes - due to cost of opearting. Starting with crew (jet - higher wages, more expenisve training cycle, more cabin crew than turboprops...), ATM charges (MTOW is one of decisive factors when calculating ATM charge), fuel consumption, airport charges (again, MTOW), then monthly lease (for A220 will probably be arround 700-800.000 €) and so on and so on. One can already see the pattern...there is a bunch of cost differences which all add up at the end when you calculate cost per seat. And you are very limited in regards to the hightest price for short haul routes, so there is no room for profit margin. In order to maintain profitability of jet on very short routes (like those I pointed out earlier), there must be some leverage, be it in frequency or money comes from the side, like PSO and other public financing.
DeleteSo where did you get info that says it was mistake eliminating Q400 from Austrian's fleet?
DeleteGood luck OU with the A220, the amount of problems this aircraft has: PW engines, corrosion, wings, gear....
ReplyDeleteHow dare you speaking like that on "brand new shiny A220 fleet? ..." 😃
DeleteI'm surprised their marketing department isn't doing a bit more to hype up the arrival of these planes. Why not unveil cabins, livery or something?
ReplyDeleteMarketing department? OU? Hahahahahahahaha Hahahahahahahaha Hahahahahahahaha
DeleteEverything started with story that Croatia will order new planes. Now, the story is that it will laese them. So, we will see the next step. Example (there is a lot of example stories): https://www.exyuaviation.com/2022/10/croatia-airlines-to-place-order-for-six.html?m=1
ReplyDeleteWhere is the "livery" guy?? To ask the inevitable question in hope to detail the conversation in the direction of banality?
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DeleteThis is ridiculous "the amount of problems". Than this plane would be grounded like was the thing with the 737Max
ReplyDeleteA220 is a good aircraft, but is simply to big for OU to be their only type. They should keep DH4s for domestic and regional routes (exYu, TIA, SKG, BUD, VIE, PRG, Romania/Bulgaria and may be even Italy: MIL, VCE, BLQ, FLR) and use A220s for longer routes/charter services and development. (UK, France, Benelux, Scandinavia, Poland, Spain, Turkey, ATH/TLV/BEY/CAI/TUN)
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