Dubrovnik Airport has outlined plans to concentrate on attracting premium carriers and extra long-haul routes within the coming interval, two years after changing into a base for Ryanair. Talking at a press convention, the airport’s Basic Supervisor, Viktor Šober, famous, “We’re constantly working, totally on securing intercontinental flights, and to some extent European companies as nicely. I imagine we now have reached a stage the place we’re now not pushed solely by numbers, as a result of our purpose is to draw premium carriers – one thing Dubrovnik actually deserves. It isn’t straightforward; there are nonetheless plenty of secondary challenges airways face, and making such selections isn’t easy. However Dubrovnik stays an interesting and extremely fascinating vacation spot”.
Dubrovnik Airport lately held talks with American Airways over potential flights to the coastal metropolis. In current weeks, Aegean Airways has introduced a brand new seasonal service between Thessaloniki and Dubrovnik for subsequent summer time, whereas Ryanair plans a brand new route from Gdansk. Croatia Airways will introduce companies to Stuttgart. Moreover, KLM will double its frequencies between Amsterdam and Dubrovnik to double every day. Alternatively, airBaltic will now not serve the town, Eurowings will discontinue flights from Hamburg, whereas Aer Lingus is ending flights from Cork. “Alongside the introduction of latest airways and locations in 2026, which we’re constantly engaged on, the main focus stays on visitors progress throughout the shoulder seasons in addition to the winter schedule”, Dubrovnik Airport stated.
The outgoing 2025 will go down in historical past as essentially the most profitable at Dubrovnik Airport and the primary time it has surpassed the three million passenger mark in a single 12 months. In the course of the January – November interval, Dubrovnik Airport dealt with 3.058.402 travellers, representing a year-on-year improve of 4.5%. “We’re extraordinarily happy with a 12 months during which we dealt with three million passengers, alongside plenty of different achievements, most notably the introduction of every day flights to New York, the return of airways and progress in passenger numbers and operations throughout as many as ten months of the 12 months. This document result’s a testomony to the devoted work of all our workers, the belief of our passengers and our continued funding in cooperation with the group and in elevating the standard of our companies”, Mr Šober concluded.
