Croatia Airways took supply of its sixth Airbus A220-300 plane this afternoon. The 149-seat jet, registered 9A-CAP, departed from Mirabel in Canada earlier right now and arrived in Zagreb simply after noon native time following a short cease in Copenhagen. This marks the airline’s fourth A220 supply in 2025. Nicknamed “Zadar”, it joins “Zagreb”, “Break up”, “Vukovar” nad “Osijek”. One other jet is slated to hitch the fleet by the tip of October, the primary of two smaller -100 collection plane. Croatia Airways plans to finish its transition to an all-A220 fleet of fifteen plane by 2027, topic to any delays. All fifteen models are on a monetary lease.
Croatia Airways has tentatively scheduled the tip of operations with its A320 fleet. The service has confirmed that one of many two A320s will probably be retired this 12 months. Primarily based on the airline’s filed schedule, the second A320 is now set to retire on the night of February 8, 2026. The final service with the plane kind is between Frankfurt and Zagreb. Nonetheless, that is topic to alter over the approaching months. “The transition interval for the plane fleet alternative could be very difficult. Our fleet alternative plan consists of the flexibleness to retire current plane in a number of situations. The identical strategy applies to pilot coaching planning as properly”, the service stated in an announcement.
Croatia Airways is assured a single-type fleet of recent A220s will make it extra worthwhile and aggressive within the long-term. Nonetheless, the preliminary transitional interval is predicted to generate higher losses. “By the tip of 2025, Croatia Airways plans to function seven brand-new Airbus A220 plane. This initiative, the biggest within the airline’s historical past, marks a turning level and lays the muse for the corporate’s long-term sustainable progress. The fashionable fleet will convey a spread of advantages: streamlining every day operations, enhancing monetary effectivity and strengthening environmental accountability. By renewing its fleet, Croatia Airways will considerably reduce gasoline consumption and scale back CO2 emissions, an particularly necessary step in step with international aviation’s ongoing drive towards decarbonisation”, the airline stated.
