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Zagreb Airport expects to handle a total of three million passengers this year, or around 88% of its pre-pandemic traffic. It reached 87% of its pre-Covid passenger figures during the January - August period, with last month proving to be its busiest since the start of the global health emergency. In August alone, the airport welcomed 348.381 travellers, down 7.4% on 2019. The number of aircraft movements stood at 4.061, representing a decrease of 7.7%. Overall, during the first eight months of the year, Zagreb Airport welcomed 1.976.818 passengers through its doors, down 13.1% on the pre-pandemic 2019. Croatia Airlines and Ryanair now account for 60% of the airport’s traffic. Zagreb Airport’s recovery has in large part been fuelled by Ryanair, which opened a base in the Croatian capital last year and has since launched over twenty routes and based three aircraft. In August, the budget airline restored its entire network out of its Zagreb base following several months of route suspensions and frequency cuts. Other foreign carriers have also steadily increased their operations to the Croatian capital. This summer saw the resumption of Lufthansa’s service from Munich, Air Transat’s from Toronto and Norwegian Air Shuttle’s from Copenhagen, although the latter discontinued its flights to Zagreb prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. Furthermore, Finnair introduced a new seasonal service from Helsinki, however, it was halted earlier than planned. Zagreb Airport has said it is in constant contact with carriers across the world to negotiate and reach an agreement to increase traffic. Korean low cost carrier T’Way Air has said it plans to commence services between Seoul and the Croatian capital, however, no firm timeframe has been set for the launch after it was initially planned for this year. Korean Air is yet to make a decision on whether it will return to the Croatian capital in 2023, while Emirates has said it hopes to restore flights to Zagreb when it is “commercially and operationally feasible to do so in the future”. It added, “We will make a formal announcement if there are any developments in this regard”. On the other hand, Air Canada is yet to make a decision whether it will commence seasonal operations between Toronto and Zagreb next summer season after cancelling plans to do so this year. However, in a list of new routes for 2023 published by the Canadian carrier this week, Zagreb has been omitted, dimming its chances of being included in the airline's network.
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Title: Zagreb Airport eyes three million passengers in 2022
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Published Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2022 06:20:00 +0000
