Croatia Airlines handled 569.415 passengers during the January - April period, representing an increase of 104.108 travellers compared to 2025, or growth of 22.4%. On domestic flights, the airline carried 140.292 passengers, up 11%, or by 13.887 travellers year-on-year. On scheduled international traffic, the carrier transported 424.437 passengers, representing an improvement of 26% or an additional 87.454 customers on the same period last year. In charter operations, the airline carried 4.686 passengers, up by 2.767 year-on-year. “The achieved results confirm the continuation of the company’s strong operational growth and the increase of Croatia Airlines’ market share within the Croatian aviation sector”, the company said.
The strong passenger growth was complemented by an increase in available seat capacity. The airline added 122.621 seats over the four-month period, representing an increase of 15%. This is despite the number of operated flights growing by just 2.7%. The capacity growth is the result of the airline’s transition to an all-Airbus A220 fleet. However, capacity growth is expected to slow, with the four-month period from May onwards showing the number of available seats increasing by 0.7% year-on-year, while the number of scheduled flights will decline by 0.4% after the airline trimmed its schedule in response to high fuel prices.
Commenting on its results during the first four months of the year, Croatia Airlines said, “The strong traffic growth during the first four months of 2026 is particularly important in the context of the pre-summer season, in which air connectivity plays a key role in boosting tourist arrivals and extending the tourism year. As a national carrier operating year-round, Croatia Airlines continuously contributes to the accessibility of Croatian destinations and the country’s connectivity with key European markets. In this way, the airline makes an important contribution to Croatian tourism, not only during the peak summer season, but also during periods when it is especially important for destinations to stimulate additional demand and ensure stable traffic flows”.
The increase in seats with only a small rise in flight numbers shows how much larger the A220 is compared to the aircraft it replaced
ReplyDeleteJasmin has shown us what professional leadership means, numbers speak for themselves with LF trough the roof. Croatia Airlines will be a winner this year with a220 in fleet. What a CEO, what a management! Bravo 🤩 👏🏻
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Now people see that Jasmin obviously knows what he is doing. They started regular sales so it got people used to flying with OU. Very good job guys.
Now it's obvious that without OU, ZAG numbers would be in red this year.
They have started going red since last month.
DeleteI meant like for the whole year but you are right. Good thing those A220 arrived.
DeleteJust remember that these record results were achieved during the same quarter Croatia Airlines had the biggest Q1 loss in its history. So I'm not sure it is a cause for celebration.
DeleteWow wow bravo bravo? A loss making airline with one of the lowest load factors in Europe?
DeleteWith this growth their LF will improve. They need volume in order to be profitable, this is going in the right direction.
Delete@10:03 oh just you wait till PIR wakes up and makes his coffee to remind you just how shameful this all is.
DeleteDo you really have no other pleasure or satisfaction in your life but to wash your mouth with me every single day? Why are you so obsessed with me? What's wrong with you? Are you in love with me and want to marry me and have no courage to say it? Or it's something else behind your obsession? And about shameful things : in addition to shameful results of OU, your obsession with me is the only other thing equally shameful. And kindly asking @ex-yu aviation not to erase this post because mentioning me day by day here, even when I don't post, with absolutely no reason to mention me, deserves an answer like this
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DeleteImpressive growth figures
ReplyDeleteInteresting that capacity growth slows sharply from May onwards.
ReplyDeleteThat's the 900+ cancelled flights they have.
DeleteThere could be two factors. One is that from May last year they already had most of the A220 they have now.
DeleteTwo is that demand is lower so they cut flights in the network
^ they did not have most A220s they have now in May last year.
DeleteSo there are cuts then what did they cut so much?
DeleteIt was published here. Click on the tag and read for yourself. They discontinued 5 routes to begin with.
DeleteMany of the A220s that arrived since May are surplus capacity anyway, so the new arrivals don't boost capacity by much
DeleteA 15% increase in capacity and 22% growth in passengers suggests demand is keeping pace with expansion. That's encouraging.
ReplyDeleteAgreed, unexpectedly positive results.
Delete@Admin, have they published load factors for this period/ is it possible to calculate them using available data?
That means that there is a big growth in load factor both on domestic and international network.
DeleteThey have not published the load factor. However, based on available seat capacity it stood at around 59%.
DeleteWhat do you mean this means there is a big growth in load factor? The A220s are huge compared to Dash aircraft so Croatia Airlines needs much more than 22% growth to even keep the same (terrible) load factor.
DeleteWell they cut some regional routes that were operated with Dash so they focused on major European routes. That is why their LF might actually improve.
DeleteI hope these strong traffic figures eventually translate into lower losses and less dependence on state support.
ReplyDeleteHow do you hope that? These traffic figures will result in MORE losses because they're dropping ticket prices to get more people.
DeleteI've always found OU much cheaper than Ryanair and easyJet once you've added all the extras like baggage etc.
Delete1. No one is forcing you to buy any extras.
Delete2. Croatia Airlines charges for seat selection too, and for luggage too.
3. Based on average Ryanair and easyJet fares, and average Croatia Airlines fares, I don't believe you.
Yet OU is booming in ZAG, FR isn't really. They've been stagnating for a while now.
DeleteOU is only booming because they dropped their prices to fill the insane increase in capacity due to the arrival of the A220. A 59% LF is still dismal for an A220 single type operator.
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