Croatia

The two-seat Rafale B was formally transferred on Oct. 2 during a ceremony at the Mont-de-Marsan air base, where Croatian pilots are being trained on the type.

Ministers hope the agreement will lead to the launch of nonstop Croatia-Japan routes.

The planned expansion from Zagreb comes as the Irish carrier pushed up its annual passenger traffic forecast on the back of growth in summer bookings.

Croatia Airlines has had a troubled financial record.

Routes rounds up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carrier’s networks.

The market for nonstop routes between Croatia and the US continues to grow.

The Atlanta-based carrier will serve the country nonstop for the first time ever.

New seasonal long-haul routes to Croatia, Greece and Iceland are set to begin in July.

A combined 29 new routes are being launched from the two bases.

LOT Polish Airlines has launched its 12th and 13th routes from Hungary’s capital city.

Flights will begin in May with Dash 8-400 turboprops.

After growing capacity by 8% in 2019, Serbia’s national air carrier is launching six new routes in 2020.

Croatia’s seat capacity has more than doubled since 2011, rising to almost 7 million in 2019.