Iberia will expand its seasonal operations from Madrid to both Ljubljana and Zagreb during the 2026 summer season. The Spanish flag carrier will resume flights to the Slovenian capital on June 2, operating twice per week until September 25. This represents a significant extension compared to the 2025 season, when services were maintained between July 27 and September 7. In total, Iberia plans to operate 31 flights to Ljubljana next year, up from just thirteen this summer. The airline has made 5.298 seats available in each direction on the route for 2026, a 141% increase compared to the previous year. All flights are currently scheduled to be operated by the Airbus A320 aircraft.
In Zagreb, Iberia will increase frequencies throughout the 2026 summer season. The Spanish carrier will resume operations to the Croatian capital on March 4, a full month earlier than in 2025, when services restarted on April 5. The airline plans to operate two weekly flights for most of March, four weekly in April (up from three), four in May (up from two), five in June (up from four), eight in July (up from six), and nine weekly in August, matching this year’s peak. In September, Iberia will offer six weekly rotations, up from four this year. The carrier is also expected to continue operations to Zagreb throughout October and November 2026. However, as airlines can only load flights for sale some eleven months in advance, these later services are not yet available in global reservation systems.
Taking into account Iberia’s operations to Zagreb between March and late September, the carrier plans to operate a total of 166 flights to the Croatian capital, up from 126 during the same period in 2025. The number of available seats in each direction will reach 30.325 over the six-month span, representing a 27.9% increase year-on-year. Iberia has scheduled a mix of Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft on the route for 2026, including 98 rotations with the A320 and 68 with the larger A321. This represents a notable increase in the deployment of the A321 next year compared to this one.
Changes for the abovementioned flights on both the Ljubljana and Zagreb routes remain possible at this early stage.
Amazing news again for Franjo Tudman Airport!
ReplyDeleteDespite the massive growth after the pandemic till today it shown no signs of stopping.
Iberia will open up the Latin America market like no one else can.
They have been flying to Zagreb for years so jow will this only now open up the Latin American market?
Delete^ he only wrote the whole thing to write Franjo Tudjman Airport.
DeleteThey offered much fewer seats in the past than they will next summer.
DeleteIt shows how much the market is expanding with three airlines on the route.
What is the number of tourists from Spain in Slovenia and in Zagreb?
DeleteSeems more and more likely that ZAG will again have a double digit growth next year!
DeleteGroupe ADP has been doing a wonderful job.
DeleteTerminal expansion will be needed in the near to medium future.
A 141% increase in LJU from MAD and 28% in ZAG is massive capacity increase!
DeleteI don't think they will expand the terminal if they activate the old one. It's much cheaper to do it like that than to build a whole new extension.
DeleteAlso FR is very unpredictable so why invest in expansion only to be bullied by them in the future.
@09:09 This year there has been 104k tourist arrivals to Slovenia from Spain, which is around a 10 % increase compared to last year. The total number of tourists in 6 % higher in Slovenia this year compared to the last.
DeleteWow, so 2025 is going to be another record year for Slovenian tourism then. If 6% growth stays till the end of the year, the number of tourist arrivals should pass the 7 million mark. Well done. That’s more than Serbia and Montenegro combined.
DeleteTrue dat.
DeleteYes, and the forecast is looking good for the rest of the year too. September was 13 % up compared to last year. 7 million is very possible and if not, its gonna be very close.
DeleteThere were almost 90.000 tourists from Spain so far this year. Also 40.000 just in August.
DeleteWonderful news for Ljubljana!
ReplyDeleteBravo Fraport!
DeleteJust good news these days :-)
ReplyDeleteCould this have something to do with FR cuts in Spain? Maybe IB is attacking Ryanair in Zagreb to push them out of the market?
ReplyDeleteLet's see how OU performs in MAD with all these extra flights.
Ryanair does not fly between Zagreb and Madrid or anywhere near Madrid.
Delete^ Don't ruin his fantasy.
DeleteIB offers connections to domestic destinations in Spain where many are served by FR from ZAG. Duuuuh
DeleteYes, an average Croatian will fly via Madrid with Iberia rather than flying nonstop with Ryanair for a fraction of the price and same onboard service.
DeleteDoes Iberia flies to Zagreb during this winter? At least partially?
ReplyDeleteNo
DeletePitty this is limited to spring/summer only. I suppose this is P2P traffic between the countries, but winter flights would also be good, especially for transfers to South America
DeleteTrue dat!
DeleteIberia does fly to ZAG during this winter, partially. Flights are scheduled in November and March.
DeleteCan anyone tell me how the type of passengers is distributed (tourists to Spain, tourists to Zagreb, transfers, business...) approximately, proportionally?
ReplyDeleteThat is company exclusive information. If someone with access published it they could face repercussions.
DeleteMost of passengers from and to Zagreb are croatian tourists to Madrid.
DeleteSome Slovenians too! 😉
DeleteWell here LJU have direct flight to MAD 😁
DeleteActually the main type of passengers on Iberia's Zagreb flights are Spanish tourists.
DeleteMy cousin who is flying to Madrid few times per year with Iberia said the same. That majority are Spanish tourists.
DeleteI agree with there being may Spanish tourists. This summer I saw large Spanish groups in Zagreb
DeleteAll of you people tend to forget that about 100.000 tourists from South America visit Croatia every year. Where do you think vast majority of them transfer? Madrid, of course.
DeleteAnd the answer to 09.07 is simple: combination of all
DeleteA lot of Spanish tourists come first to Zagreb before continuing their holidays in the coast.
DeletePIR 11:30
DeleteThere is no source for your claim.
No, they transfer in Toronto and Dubai
DeleteThere is no source for such claim.
DeleteOf course there is. Statistics by both Croatian Tourist Board/evisitor for number of visits/visitors from S.A. and IB for origin/destination/transfer passengers. But Buzin uhljebs and Središnjica bots write just anything in order to justify humilated feeder Croatia Airlines
DeleteThen present those papers.
DeleteHahahaha
DeletePresent papers, hahahaha
Anonymous working for Party pretending to be Supreme Court,
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
What's the problem? If you have a source then present it so everyone can take a look.
DeleteThere is absolutely no problem. I've just listed the sources. Btw, why didn't you present "papers" which prove opposite?
Delete1. You didn't. There is no link to any kind of source.
Delete2. I never claimed I have such "papers".
I literally found data in one minute of google search. It's 200.000 tourist arrivals from Latin America in 2024. You are just acting like a clown. And learn how to read.
DeleteI remember the last (and first) year when Iberia operated most of the summer season to LJU (not only August semi-charters like in the last two years). Then less than 20% of tickets were procured from Slovenia (POS SI).
DeleteAre you insane? You claimed there is data how much passengers Iberia carried between Latin America and Croatia but now you are telling me I'm a clown because you can't prove there is any course for this? Shame on you.
DeleteGreat for Ljubljana, although i think the demand is there for year around service
ReplyDeleteYeah, with so much capacity in the summer, it’s very strange it’s not year around route
DeleteAmazing News 🤩😍
ReplyDeleteEspaña - x-Jugoslavija ❤
Still hoping for 4 weekly MAD-LJU like they planned for 2020.
ReplyDeleteBravo Hrvatska!
ReplyDeleteI’m sorry to ask an off topic question, but I know there’s many experts on HR here. Is the business lounge open in ZAD? I think it’s moved pre-security?
ReplyDeleteNo there is currently no biz lounge in ZAD due to the terminal reconstruction
DeleteGreat for Croatia and Slovenia
ReplyDeleteBut sad news for Pozdrav.
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DeleteAbove politicaĺy motivated comment is posted by very very ignorant person who can't understand that criticism of anything, including your own country, is proof of love, not the opposite. I believe each and every learnt person is ashamed reading such garbage, a totally unprovoked personal attack. And @ex-yu, I am kindly asking you to leave both comments so people can read all misery, stupidity and helplesness that 19.00 posted
PIR, I feel and hear you!! Good, that there are still healthy characters like u on this planet!
DeleteSJJ was a success too with the 6 charters, we'll see if that materializes as well
ReplyDeleteOne year of 6 CRJ flights, then a year of 6 A320 flights, and then you get a summer flight schedule
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