Ryanair plans to maintain its busiest winter schedule out of Zagreb during the 2024/25 winter season, which begins on October 27 and runs until March 29 of next year. The airline plans to operate some 3.186 Zagreb flights over the winter, up 23.2% on the 2023/24 season. Furthermore, it will increase capacity by 22.9%, to just over 578.000 seats, or an additional 107.662 seats. The budget carrier will maintain its position as the second largest carrier out of the Croatian capital during the winter period with twenty destinations. In addition to growing frequencies on a number of routes, it will also operate extra services during the holiday peak travel period from mid-December until early January on a select number of destinations.
The low cost carrier has upgraded services to Pisa and Alicante, which were launched this summer, from seasonal to year-round operations, with flights to continue to run twice per week throughout the winter. In addition, the airline plans to reinstate operations to Memmingen, which were discontinued this summer, with three weekly services resuming on October 28. Ryanair will upgrade its seasonal Thessaloniki flights to year-round, with the airline to maintain two weekly rotations to Greece’s second largest city over the winter period. On the other hand, it will no longer operate services to Naples and Sandefjord over the winer period.
The budget carrier also intends on growing frequencies on a number of routes compared to last winter, with an additional two weekly flights added to London Stansted, for a total of nine weekly rotations, Basel, Baden Baden and Weeze. On the other hand, services to Sandefjord and Naples, which were maintained twice per week last winter will be discontinued. Overall, Ryanair currently has 68 weekly flights scheduled out of Zagreb for this coming winter season, up from 56 weekly.
The table below displays Ryanair’s planned weekly frequencies from its Zagreb base. Operations from mid-December to early January for the Christmas and New Year holiday period may differ on select routes.
Well done Ryan!!
ReplyDeleteOmg, FR has eaten a lot of OU markets. Expensive leases, unreliable PW engines, up gauging of fleet, dysfunctional hub and less and less market share at home turf ZAG. Looks like perfect storm to me!
DeleteNone of this makes any difference. It is much simpler than that: OU has no strategy.
DeleteImpressive, the power of LCCs
ReplyDeleteTruly remarkable how this product continues to captivate its audience—proof that consumer intelligence never ceases to surprise!
Delete16:56 what an idiotic statement, not everyone is as privileged as you.
DeleteI'm surprised with that low frequency on Rome. OU on that line is totally ridiculous flying via SPU and DBV with a very high price. But on the other hand wouldn't expect such a demand for Malta during winter period.
ReplyDeleteMalta and Cyprus have been discovered as destinations by Croatians thanks to Ryanair.
DeleteAll leisure routes are working out really well for them.
DeleteAnd Croatia Airlines is mind blown. Leisure Mediterranean routes out of Zagreb were never an option for them. Only cities like Barcelona three months a year.
DeleteThat's why OU is suddenly talking about Mediterranean routes with A220. They needed someone to show them how it's done.
DeleteIt is taking them years and years for absolutely no reason.
DeleteI would have thought they could sustain Oslo over winter.
ReplyDeleteThe route is probably primarily used by Norwegians traveling to Croatia during the summer.
DeleteMind you OU could also not make OSL work year round back when they used to fly there.
DeleteAbsolutely not true. It was a gasto route.
DeleteCroatia Airlines cannot make anything work
DeleteSo a strong winter for ZAG too
ReplyDeleteYes
DeleteWhat a great year for ZAG.
DeleteRyanair are the most expensive Airline when booking a flight at the last moment. Some people are taken as fools by OLeary and co. Never trust an Irish man!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it expensive to book last minute with any airline?
DeleteI trust the Irish a lot more than Balkan men.
DeleteThere is a simple solution. Don't book last minute. If you need to book last minute you probably don't care about the price anyway
DeleteRyanair is expensive last-minute because it is usually near-full.
DeleteWhat a stupid comment 09:19
DeleteRyanair is not made to be booked last minute. Lol
DeleteFor me usually Ryanair is there to discover new tourist destinations, you go and see where you can go for less than 100€ months in advance
Bravo Hrvatska!
ReplyDeleteThank goodness for Ryanair otherwise there would have been very big problems relying on OU.
ReplyDeleteThat's why the airport went after FR.
DeleteWait but I thought airport management has nothing to do with bringing airlines and it is only because of market?
DeleteIf the market is small, there is nothing that airport management can do. You think Tivat can bring in Emirates?
DeleteThere are extra flights in the week around 01.12., the three weeks around Christmas and New Year, and this year for the first time also during the February school holidays.
ReplyDelete01.11. not 01.12.
DeletePity Marseille and Palma are not year round
ReplyDeleteMarseilles want doing great in the summer. I am surprised they're bringing it back next year.
DeletePalma on the other hand was doing really well.
Who goes to either in winter?
DeleteMany people.
DeleteI wouldn't say no one goes there in winter but both are highly seasonal.
DeleteMRS didn't work out of BEG in winter either.
DeleteMy Lanzarote-Zagreb flight in December has been upgraded to a MAX from a normal Boeing. I think all Wednesday flights to Lanzarote from Zagreb are now MAX flights all winter. That's a lot of extra seats.
ReplyDeleteGood news!
DeleteYes, it's some 25 rotations x 8 seats = 200 seats!!! Wow! So many seats.
DeleteWell together it makes up +107,662 seats this winter y-o-y
DeleteActually it's 400 seats because the rotation goes both ways obviously. But that's not the point - more seats means cheaper prices and that's great news.
DeleteGood news for ZAG seem to upset some people.
DeleteHow long is the Lanzarote flight time wise?
Delete4 hours and a half
DeleteThanks. Quite a long one
DeletePoor OU
ReplyDeleteThey have only themselves to blame
DeleteOU live in their own little fantasy land.
DeleteI agree, they seem to be completely detached from reality, especially when you here their executives speak publicly.
DeleteCould we see Ryanair base another plane in Zagreb next summer?
ReplyDeleteYes
DeleteNo. The schedule is published already.
Deletelol Ryanair published its schedule but it adds additional routes later. Or you think FR is not introducing a single new route anywhere next summer?
DeleteRyanair launches new routes at bases like Zagreb once every two years. They need to optimise the current schedule first. We need more flights to Malaga and London and less flights to Marseilles and Pisa.
DeleteWell they have increased London this winter and removed Marseille and Pisa.
DeletePisa is not removed, it was upgraded to year-round.
DeleteWas not expecting Alicante in winter. That's a nice addition.
ReplyDeleteNice weather in winter. Makes sense.
DeleteAnd what is OU doing this winter?
ReplyDeleteNothing.
DeleteIt is too early for them to react 4 years after Ryanair started flights to Zagreb.
DeleteThose frequencies are quite good for an LCC. Many destination with more than 2 flights per week.
ReplyDeleteEspecially London at 9 weekly!
Delete^ LCC operator was badly needed on that route.
DeleteI'm surprised easyjet didn't see the opportunity for so many years before FR came along.
DeleteThey used to fly to Zagreb years ago.
DeleteTheir number of destinations from Zagreb in winter is almost double that of Croatia Airlines (and that includes their PSO domestic routes)
ReplyDeleteCroatia Airlines really is a national emabrrasment.
DeleteHow many planes will be based in ZAG this winter?
ReplyDeleteThree Airbus A320s flying Friday-Monday all winter. There are a few movements Tuesday to Thursday every week, and then all three aircraft are flying at full capacity for the first week of November and three weeks around Christmas.
DeleteOh my, Ryan is flying Alicante in winter all while OU stops Barcelona. Impossible things to understand...
ReplyDelete+1
DeleteAnd yet OU constantly keeps going on how their strategy is to reduce seasonality.
DeleteSo how long until they start flying ZAG-SPU and ZAG-DBV?
ReplyDeleteZagreb-Split they will never do.
DeleteZagreb-Dubrovnik is really unlikely but I am hoping for it to start in 2026. Twice daily would be great.
They said how they were not interested in domestic Croatia flights but you never know.
DeleteFR needs to launch ZAG-BEG.
ReplyDeleteGenerally they need to start something to BEG
DeleteAgain with that? Has it been two days already?
DeleteIt's cool that from Zagreb Lauda Air (Airbus) birds are operating for Ryanair. It's adding an additional safety note to the flying experience.
ReplyDeleteHow exactly? What difference does it make to safety?
DeleteLauda A320s actually break down quite often. The Zagreb planes are rotated out of base once a week for all the maintenance though, so Ryanair does a very good job keeping them in the air.
DeleteWhy they decided for Thessaloniki year-round and not forSofia instead?
ReplyDeleteProbably more demand for SKG.
DeleteI've seen a lot of Greeks visiting Zagreb and Dubrovnik recently.
DeleteI also think the SKG flights are filled with Greeks.
DeleteLovely.
ReplyDeleteEasyjet used to fly LGW to ZAG..high LF. they withdrew when ZAG increased handling/landing fees ...but not for OU...and would not negotiate. then OU sold their LHR slots and dropped to x3 p week to LHR..as is now.
ReplyDeletePity nothing ZAG to LGW as much better than STN.. but hey FR doing well. When OU dropped to x 3 pw BA increased their fares LHR-ZAG ...some days v v expensive.
Didn't Monarch also operate between London and Zagreb for a while?
Deleteyes...Monarch flew to ZAG from LGW and MAN but short-lived.. think not long before it ceased trading.pity.
DeleteTrue. And I believe they even used A321 on the LGW-Zagreb route.
DeleteYes, Zagreb was A321 for Monarch. And that was back in the days when OU flew with all its slots.
DeleteBad news for OU.
ReplyDeleteRyanair strategy vs. A220 strategy is showing results.
DeleteCroatia Airlines has one A220. It doesn't have an A220 strategy.
DeleteGood work Ryanair
ReplyDeleteExcellent news. They have established a very respectable network out of Zagreb for such a short period of time.
ReplyDeleteUnserved destination is OPO. Hope Ryanair fix this soon :) Would "eat" some market from Portugal to Croatia.
ReplyDeleteOPO and PRG are needed ASAP
DeleteWinter is coming :)
ReplyDeleteNext year we need PRG, KRK, OTP, HAM, LIS and/or OPO
Agree, that's a good list of destinations and ones I could actually see them launch.
Delete- 6 + 14 and old 8
ReplyDeleteWow! Go, Zagreb, go!
ReplyDeleteI hope Naples and Oslo Torp/Sandefjord are back next summer.
ReplyDeleteBoth are already on sale for next summer.
DeleteAny of you guys heading to Lanzarote from Zagreb, there's a great spot for viewing the planes at the end of the runway beach end.
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