Croatia Airlines is set to enhance its operations this summer by increasing frequencies on select routes and significantly expanding capacity with the addition of more Airbus A220 aircraft. In conjunction with the launch of five new routes from Zagreb, the carrier plans to operate an additional 27 to 33 weekly departures from Croatia between April and October. This expansion is expected to add between 7,900 and 9,900 departing seats per week throughout the summer season. However, the precise delivery timeline of the six A220 aircraft scheduled to arrive over the next ten months may lead to adjustments in planned operations.
Several summer routes will resume earlier than usual this year. Flights from Zagreb to Berlin and Stockholm, which launched on May 20 last year, will restart on April 1 and 2, respectively. Meanwhile, services between the Croatian capital and Tirana will resume on May 25, ahead of the previous June 14 schedule. Initially, flights to Tirana will operate once per week for two weeks before increasing to twice weekly, with plans to further expand to three weekly flights from the beginning of July.
Several routes will see increased frequencies during the peak summer travel season. Split–Istanbul will resume on May 6 with five weekly rotations, up from three. Zagreb – Barcelona will increase from three to four weekly flights, while Split – Oslo and Split – Berlin will double from one to two weekly services. Additionally, Dubrovnik – Prague will expand from one to two weekly flights, and Dubrovnik – Zurich will increase from four to five weekly rotations.
Notably, Croatia Airlines will deploy the A220 aircraft on a range of destinations this coming summer, which have previously not been served by the jets. The A220 will replace select flights currently operated by the Dash 8 turboprops, which are gradually being phased out. The most significant capacity increase will be on the Zagreb-Split route, despite frequencies remaining largely unchanged. The biggest increase in capacity will be between Zagreb and Split, despite frequencies remaining mostly unchanged. In addition, the A220 is due to operate at least one weekly flight from Zagreb to Athens (via Dubrovnik), Brussels, Stockholm, Barcelona, Sarajevo, Skopje, Tirana, Rome (via Split or Dubrovnik), Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Munich, Brussels, Amsterdam, and Zurich, along with Milan, Madrid, Prague, Bucharest and Hamburg launching this summer. From Split, the A220 will serve Athens, Frankfurt, Munich, Oslo, Zurich, Berlin, and Rome at least once per week, in addition to Zagreb. Meanwhile, from Dubrovnik, the aircraft will be deployed at least once per week on flights to Athens, Rome, Zurich and Prague, in addition to Zagreb.
Croatia Airlines is still in the process of scheduling most of the abovementioned planned frequency and capacity increases. Changes remain possible.
