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Croatia Airlines
IATA ICAO Call sign
OU CTN CROATIA
Founded20 August 1989; 35 years ago (1989-08-20)
(as Zagal - Zagreb Airlines)
HubsZagreb Airport
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer programMiles & More
AllianceStar Alliance
Fleet size14
Destinations38
HeadquartersZagreb, Croatia
Key peopleJasmin Bajić, President and CEO[1]
Employees962 (31 Dec 2017)[2]
Websitewww.croatiaairlines.hr

Croatia Airlines Ltd. is the state-owned flag carrier airline of Croatia. Its headquarters are in Buzin near Zagreb[1] and operates domestic and international services mainly to European destinations. Its main hub is Franjo Tuđman Airport with focus cities being Dubrovnik, Split, and Zadar.[3] Since November 2004, the airline has been a member of Star Alliance.

History

Early years

A former Croatia Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82 in June 1991

The airline was established on 20 August 1989, trading with the name Zagal (formally, Zagreb Airlines), and started operations using a single Cessna 402 aircraft on cargo services for UPS. After the first democratic elections held in Croatia, Zagal changed its name to Croatia Airlines[3] on 23 July 1990.

In 1991 Croatia Airlines signed an agreement with Adria Airways which allowed it to lease a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 to commence domestic jet services between Zagreb and Split. Due to the Croatian War of Independence and the closure of the airspace over Croatia, the airline was soon forced to suspend operations. As soon as flights restarted, Croatia Airlines acquired three Boeing 737s from Lufthansa and became a member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). As the flag carrier of newly-independent Croatia, the airline launched its first international service on April 5, 1992, from Zagreb to Frankfurt.[4]

In 1993, two new ATR 42s and two more 737s joined the fleet and representative offices were opened in several European cities and the company bought the travel agency Obzor to organize travel packages for groups and individuals. By 1994, Croatia Airlines had welcomed its one millionth passenger. Later that year, Pope John Paul II flew the airline on a trip to Croatia.

In 1995, another ATR 42 was welcomed, as was the two millionth passenger. In 1996, Croatia Airlines became the first airline to fly to Sarajevo after the Bosnian War. In 1997 the airline's first Airbus A320 arrived and was named Rijeka. In 1998, another first plane of a new type arrived when the airline's first Airbus A319 joined the fleet. This airplane was named Zadar. In the same year, Croatia Airlines became a member of the Association of European Airlines (AEA). By 1999, two more Airbus jets had arrived and Croatia Airlines started selling the Boeing part of their fleet. The airline flew its five millionth passenger.

Development since 2000

Croatia Airlines Airbus A319-100 wearing the Star Alliance livery

In 2000 two more Airbus planes arrived and an automated ticketing system was inaugurated. In 2001 the airline received maintenance and technical performing certificates from the German aviation authority Luftfahrt-Bundesamt. On 18 November 2004, Croatia Airlines joined Star Alliance.

By March 2009, the airline retired its fleet of three ATR 42 short-haul aircraft, after operating the type since 1993, and replaced it with a fleet of six Bombardier Dash 8 Q400s, the first of which was delivered in May 2008.

Airbus and Croatia Airlines announced on 22 October 2008 the order of four additional 132-seat A319 aircraft, to be delivered from 2013.[5]

The airline carried its 20,000,000th passenger in July 2009,[6] and has carried well over 1 million passengers annually from 2000.[7]

Croatia Airlines and maintenance partner Lufthansa announced on 23 May 2011 the introduction of new slim-line Recaro economy seats to be retrofitted into certain A320 Family aircraft from Summer 2012, increasing seating capacity by two rows.[8][9]

Losses have been made for several years; in November 2012 the government announced that it would provide HRK 800m ($ 136m) for Croatia Airline to become cost-effective from 2013 on. The government is seeking to restructure the airline, which includes plans to cut its workforce by ten percent within two years and it is also looking for a strategic investor.[10]

Corporate affairs

Ownership

Croatia Airlines head office in Buzin near Franjo Tuđman Airport, Zagreb

The largest shareholder of the airline is the Government Asset Management Agency for the Republic of Croatia, with 97.02% of the issued capital. Zagreb airport LLC holds 1.72%, The State Agency for Deposit Insurance and Bank Rehabilitation owns 0.76% of the airline and 0.50% is publicly held.[11]

Subsidiaries

In addition to its main operation, Croatia Airlines maintains several aviation related subsidiaries:[12]

  • Obzor putovanja
  • Pleso prijevoz
  • Amadeus Croatia
  • Croatia Airlines-Technical affairs is a maintenance organisation placed at Franjo Tuđman Airport. In 2001 the company received maintenance and technical performing certificates from the German aviation authority Luftfahrt-Bundesamt.[13] It is the line and base maintenance provider for Croatia Airlines but also provides a service of maintenance to Lufthansa, Thomas Cook Airlines, Sky Work Airlines and many others.[14]

The key trends for Croatia Airlines group over recent years are shown below (as at year ending 31 December):

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Turnover (HRK m) 1,537 1,729 1,449 1,479 1,763 1,786 1,654 1,643 1,616 1,620 1,759
Net Profits/Losses after tax (HRK m) 1.0 −89.29 −198.5 −156.2 −113.1 −487.8 1.4 7.1 14.6 7.7 26.4
Number of employees (at year end) 1,052 1,113 1,131 1,117 1,101 1,086 1,041 908 898 967 962
Number of passengers (m)[15] 1.715 1.869 1.752 1.641 1.879 1.952 1.797 1.825 1.850 1.940 2.125
Passenger load factor (%) 64.9 65.2 61.4 62.0 67.0 69.1 68.8 69.2 69.7 70.7 75.2
Number of aircraft (at year end) 10 10 12 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12
Notes/sources [16] [16] [17] [18][19] [18] [18] [20] [18][21] [22] [22] [22]

http://www.croatiaairlines.com/hr/O-nama/Financijske-informacije/Izvjesca-o-poslovanju

Destinations

Main article: List of Croatia Airlines destinations

Codeshare agreements

Croatia Airlines has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:[23]

Fleet

Croatia Airlines Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
Croatia Airlines Airbus A319-100
Croatia Airlines Airbus A320-200 arrives London Heathrow Airport (2015)

Current fleet

The Croatia Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of November 2017):[24]

Croatia Airlines fleet
Aircraft Total Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Airbus A319-100 4 — 18 126 144 9A-CTI in Star Alliance-livery
Airbus A320-200 2 — 18 156 174
Airbus A320neo — 4[25] TBA Deliveries 2021–2022
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 6 — var var 76
Total 12 4

Former Fleet

Croatia Airlines historical fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
ATR 42-300QC 3 1993 2009 [26]
Boeing 737-200 5 1992 1999 [27]
BAe 146-200 2 2000 2002 [28]
Fokker 100 1 2001 2005 [29]
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 2 1990 1991 [30]

References

  1. ^ a b "Basic information". croatiaairlines.com. Croatia Airlines. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Godišnji izvještaji o poslovanju Croatia Airlines d.d. i Grupe Croatia Airlines za 2015. godinu" (PDF) (in Croatian). April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  3. ^ a b Flight International 3 April 2007
  4. ^ Croatia Airlines turns 25 at EX-YU Aviation News, 12-8-2014, retrieved 1-12-2015
  5. ^ Croatia Airlines to acquire four additional A320 family aircraft 22 October 2008
  6. ^ "Croatia Airlines: 20-milijunti putnik". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 24 July 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  7. ^ "20 million for Croatia Airlines". Blogspot. Exyuaviation. July 28, 2009.
  8. ^ Balkans.com Business News Croatia Airlines to Introduce 23 May 2011
  9. ^ Balkans.com Croatia Airlines presents new economy class cabin Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine 20 March 2012
  10. ^ "Croatia Pushing Ahead With Croatia Airlines Restructuring". Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  11. ^ http://www.croatiaairlines.com/ResourceManager/FileDownload.aspx?rId=785&rType=2
  12. ^ "Croatia Airlines - Tvrtke u vlasništvu". Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  13. ^ "Croatia Airlines - Usluge održavanja zrakoplova". Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  14. ^ "Možemo se riješiti Dasheva i kupiti druge avione, a onda slijedi..." www.tportal.hr. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  15. ^ "Croatia Airlines - Povijest". Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  16. ^ a b "Annual Report 2008" (PDF). Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  17. ^ "Annual Report 2009" (PDF). Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  18. ^ a b c d "Annual Reports". Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  19. ^ "Annual Report 2010" (PDF). Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  20. ^ "Annual Report 2013". Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  21. ^ "Croatia Airlines - Izvješća o poslovanju". Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  22. ^ a b c "Croatia Airlines - Izvješća o poslovanju". Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  23. ^ "Profile on Croatia Airlines". CAPA. Centre for Aviation. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2016-11-01. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  24. ^ "Croatia Airlines fleet". Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  25. ^ "Croatia Airlines agreed to purchase four advanced-technology Airbus 320 neo aircraft". Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  26. ^ Airfleets. "ATR 42/72 in Croatia Airlines history". Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  27. ^ Airfleets. "Boeing 737 in Croatia Airlines history". Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  28. ^ Airfleets. "BAe 146 / Avro RJ in Croatia Airlines history". Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  29. ^ Airfleets. "Fokker 70/100 in Croatia Airlines history". Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  30. ^ Airfleets. "McDonnell Douglas MD-80/90 in Croatia Airlines history". Retrieved 16 August 2010.
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