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Croatia Airlines will upgrade its seasonal flights between Dubrovnik and Frankfurt to year-round operations this coming winter season. Dubrovnik Airport’s Deputy Manager for Development, Maro Lukšić, confirmed the service will be in operation three times per week. Flights will be maintained for the majority of the winter season, which begins on October 29 and runs until March 30 of next year, although there will be a brief suspension in the second half of January, as well as the second half of February of next year. It marks an improvement on Croatia Airlines’ usual winter operations out of Dubrovnik which involve only domestic flights to Zagreb. Croatia Airlines’ CEO, Jasmin Bajić, recently said the carrier aimed to serve Dubrovnik internationally this winter. “Our new strategy will bring adjustments to our network which will further highlight that Croatia Airlines is an important part of Croatia’s transport and tourism infrastructure. During the coronavirus pandemic, we linked Osijek with an international destination for the first time - Munich - with the support of the city, county and tourism boards. It has now developed into a year-round route. During the previous winter, we connected Pula with Zurich and maintained flights between Split and Zurich in cooperation with local tourism boards. Our goal now is to link both Zadar and Dubrovnik with international destinations during the winter period. The whole of Croatia is important to us because that way we will succeed in our mission”, Mr Bajić said. Croatia Airlines last operated flights between Dubrovnik and Frankfurt over the winter months back in 2019. However, it boasted a more substantial network from the costal city up until the 2012/13 winter season, when, in addition to Frankfurt and Zagreb, it also linked Dubrovnik with Paris, Rome and Zurich. Dubrovnik Airport handled 1.317.483 passengers during the January – July period, representing an increase of 18.2% on last year, however, figures are still down 16.3% on the pre-pandemic 2019. “According to the latest forecasts we expect to handle our two-millionth passenger of the year in late September or early October, that is between September 28 and 30, or in following few days of October. We expect that by the end of the year we will handle somewhere around 2.5 million passengers, which is equal to what we had in 2018”, Mr Lukšić said.
EX-YU Aviation NewsBy: EX-YU Aviationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
Title: Croatia Airlines to start international Dubrovnik flights in winter
Sourced From: www.exyuaviation.com/2023/08/croatia-airlines-to-start-international.html
Published Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2023 08:00:00 +0000
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