UPDATED MARCH 22
Croatia Airlines will commence 3 new scheduled destinations this summer, 2 from its main hub Zagreb and 1 from Pula. The national Croatian carrier will also commence its usual seasonal summer services targeted at tourists however there has been a significant cut back in the frequencies of these flights when compared to the 2008 summer season.
In order to keep up with demand Croatia Airlines will be leasing the regional Fokker F100 for the summer which will be deployed to Zurich, Podgorica, Vienna and Brussels from Croatia’s capital Zagreb. There will be small reduction in regional traffic from Zagreb as Croatia Airlines decreases frequencies to Priština from 4 to 3 weekly flights and to Podgorica from 3 to 2 weekly flights. Although flights will return to previous frequencies from mid June. However flights to Sarajevo will continue to be operated twice daily and flights to Skopje will be operated daily. Vienna will see the largest reduction in capacity as flights are cut weekly from 18 to 14 and smaller aircraft types are introduced. There will be no major increases in frequencies although new services to Barcelona begin from June 9 with 3 weekly flights and to Gothenburg from June 12 with 2 weekly flights.
The schedule below shows the frequencies during this winter and the planned frequencies. Also the table shows the aircraft used during the winter months and which aircraft will be used during the summer.
Flights from Zagreb:
| Destination | Frequency (winter 2008/09) | Frequency (summer 2009) | Aircraft type (winter 2008/09) | Aircraft type (summer 2009) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 7 | 7 | A319 and A320 | A320 |
| Barcelona (from June 9) | - | 3 | - | A319 |
| Brussels | 6 | 7 | A319 and A320 | A319 and A320 and F100 |
| Copenhagen | 3 | 4 | A319 and A320 | A319 |
| Dubrovnik | 25 | 25 | A319 and A320 | A319 and A320 |
| Frankfurt | 21 | 20 | A319 and A320 | A320 |
| Gothenburg (from June 12) | - | 2 | - | A319 |
| London | 9 | 11 (1 via Rijeka) | A319 and A320 | A319 |
| Munich | 7 | 7 | Dash8 and A319 | Dash8 and A319 and A320 |
| Paris | 7 | 7 | A319 and A320 | A319 |
| Podgorica | 3 | 2 (3 from June) | Dash8 | F100 |
| Priština | 4 | 3 (5 from June) | A319 and A320 | A319 |
| Pula | 13 | 15 | Dash8 and A319 and A320 | Dash8 and A319 and A320 |
| Rome | 7 (5 via Split and 2 via Dubrovnik) | 9 (5 via Split and 4 via Dubrovnik) | A319 and A320 | A320 |
| Sarajevo | 14 | 14 | Dash8 | Dash8 |
| Skopje | 7 | 7 | A319 and A320 | A319 |
| Split | 29 | 27 | Dash8 and A319 and A320 | Dash8 and A319 and A320 |
| Vienna | 18 | 14 | Dash8 and A319 and A320 | Dash8 and F100 and A319 |
| Zadar | 12 (5 via Pula) | 13 (all nonstop) | Dash8 and A319 and A320 | Dash8 and A319 |
| Zurich | 14 | 13 | Dash8 and A319 and A320 | F100 |
Dubrovnik will see similar seasonal services return as last year. In addition to the existing flights to Frankfurt and Zagreb, Croatia Airlines will start services from March 30 to Amsterdam and London-Gatwick, from April 3 to Split, from April 5 to Dusseldorf, Munich and Paris, from May 1 to Zurich and from June to Pula and Tel Aviv. These seasonal services will cease by the end of October although it will be interesting to see if the carrier keeps any of these seasonal destination from Dubrovnik in the winter months. In addition to the existing flights to Rome, Zagreb and Frankfurt from Split, Croatia Airlines will operate similar summer charters like those from Dubrovnik.
Osijek will see the typical seasonal domestic services to Zagreb and Split return. Croatia Airlines is introducing a new destination from Pula which should operate on a year round basis - flights to Paris start April 30, twice a week. Seasonal destinations from Pula this year will include Dubrovnik and London.
Special thanks to reader "frequentflyer".
0 comments:
Post a Comment