Zagreb Airport with regional hub ambitions
Zagreb Airport has said it aims to become an important regional hub once Ryanair establishes all of its 25 destinations from the Croatian capital by the end of the year, in addition to its existing flight offer. “In the near future Zagreb will be connected with the largest number of destinations in its history”, the member of Zagreb Airport’s management board, David Gabelica, said. He added, “This will not only increase the number of passengers at Zagreb Airport significantly, but also directly contribute to our target of positioning ourselves as the most important regional hub in our region and a new city break destination for European travellers”.
Ryanair is today introducing a new service from Zagreb to Sofia and plans to have sixty departures per week during the 2021/2022 winter season. In addition to the budget carrier’s expansion, Zagreb Airport also secured flights by Nordwind Airlines from Moscow earlier this year, as well as services from Dusseldorf and Prague by Eurowings, which are set to launch in the coming months. As of net year, the airport will welcome Air Canada from Toronto, as well as an additional new Eurowings service from Berlin. Furthermore, 2022 should mark the return of Air Transat and Korean Air to the Croatian capital, while another Korean carrier, T’way Air, is also expected to inaugurate flights to Zagreb.
Commenting on its performance, the airport’s spokeswoman, said, “If we were to compare with 2019, which was our record year in all segments, then the numbers are still not there yet, however, if we look at June of this year, we ended up with 100.000 passengers, and expect to handle between 140.000 and 150.000 in July. This year, Zagreb will be connected with 42 international destinations and six domestic ones. As a result, on some days we will have between ninety and 100 aircraft movements. I believe this is the largest number of destinations we have had in a single season in Zagreb Airport’s history”.
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