United Airways just lately held discussions with Zadar Airport in New York, with each side exploring potential alternatives for future cooperation. The talks come as Zadar Airport progresses with a multi-million-euro growth and overhaul challenge, which incorporates the extension of its runway and apron to higher accommodate wide-body plane.
United is ready to increase its presence in Croatia subsequent month with the launch of seasonal flights between Newark and Break up, complementing its current providers to Dubrovnik. Based mostly on oblique site visitors flows, Zadar’s busiest unserved market in the USA is New York, adopted by Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami and Boston.
United just lately famous, “Demand for journey to Croatia continues to develop amongst US leisure travellers. We’ve actually established ourselves as a pacesetter by launching flights to daring, trendsetting locations”. Highlighting the significance of its transatlantic three way partnership with Lufthansa on routes from its US hubs to Frankfurt and Munich, United added, “What we discover is that our travellers desire nonstop flights over connecting providers. With extra plane becoming a member of our fleet, we’re ready so as to add an rising variety of distinctive locations”.
The Director of the Croatian Nationwide Vacationer Board’s North America Workplace, Leila Krešić-Jurić, stated, “The US market unquestionably stays our most promising long-haul market, significantly within the premium and luxurious segments, which makes the rising variety of main investments in Croatia’s high-end tourism provide all of the extra encouraging. These vary from American manufacturers equivalent to Hyatt Regency and Curio by Hilton to the Materra wellness lodge close to Osijek, whereas we’re particularly wanting to see the upcoming investments introduced by home teams like Maistra and Valamar”.
The US is Croatia’s largest long-haul market and generates the best quantity of customer site visitors from distant areas. In 2025, Croatia recorded 850.000 arrivals and a pair of.4 million in a single day stays by American vacationers, marking a year-on-year enhance of 9% in arrivals and 10% in in a single day stays in comparison with 2024.
