Finnair launches flights from Helsinki to Zagreb
Finland’s flag carrier, Finnair, launched flights from the capital Helsinki to the Croatian capital Zagreb, the Zagreb airport operator said.
Finnair will connect Helsinki and Zagreb three times a week – on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, the Zagreb Airport International Company (ZAIC) said in a press release on Monday.
Finnair conducted its inaugural flight from Helsinki to Zagreb on May 1.
The passenger traffic at Zagreb Airport surged 328% on the year to 485,286 in the first quarter of this year, Aeroports de Paris (ADP), which is a shareholder in ZAIC, said last month.
ADP and Turkey’s TAV Airports, 46%-owned by ADP Group, hold stakes of 21% and 15%, respectively, in ZAIC. The remaining shareholders are France’s Bouygues Batiment International with 20.8%, EU-backed Marguerite Fund with 20.8%, IFC with 17.6%, and Croatia’s Viadukt with 5.1%.
In 2012, the Croatian government and ZAIC signed a 30-year concession contract for the management of the airport and the construction of a new terminal.
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