Ryanair will significantly reduce its operations from its seasonal Zadar base during the month of April when compared to last year. The airline will have an average of 61 weekly departures out of Zadar next month, down 37.8% on April 2024, or some 37 fewer departures per week. In total, the airline has scheduled 260 flights out of Zadar next month, down 36.4% on April last year, or 149 fewer departures, which increases to 298 flights once the return services are included. As a result, Zadar Airport’s capacity levels will be hit during the month. Ryanair is removing 26.364 seats in each direction or 52.728 in total. The airport will boast 114.090 across April, down 30.7%.

Ryanair’s Zadar reductions are temporary, with the low cost airline set to maintain an additional fifteen weekly flights from the coastal city during peak summer travel in June, July and August when compared to the same period last year. In addition to the previously announced new services from the Croatian city to Bratislava, Bari and Rome Fiumicino, the carrier will add an additional two weekly rotations compared to 2024 on flights to Poznan, Charleroi, Baden Baden, Gdansk and Košice. An additional weekly service will be introduced to Krakow, Vienna, Wroclaw, Memmingen, Budapest, Bologna, Kaunas and Rzeszow. On the other hand, flights to Warsaw Modlin, London Stansted, Manchester, Marseille, Hahn, Cologne and Bergamo will be reduced by one flight per week, while the Hamburg service will be cut from four to one per week.

Ryanair continues to dominate in Zadar. Despite serving the city on a seasonal summer basis only, it accounted for 81.2% of the airport’s total annual capacity in 2024. It has fuelled the strong growth that Zadar Airport has seen over the past few years, handling a record 1.593.413 passengers in 2024. This summer, Ryanair will maintain flights to 53 European destinations out of the Croatian coastal city. It has 1.611.584 seats on sale, down 16.7% on last year, with the April cuts accounting for much of the decline.