Loading

Croatia Airlines: A220 fleet renewal drives growth, weighs on near-term profits

Analysis

Croatia Airlines' summer 2025 flight schedule involves five new routes from Zagreb and represents an 8% increase in the number of flights, and an 18% increase in seat capacity compared with 2024.

This expansion has been enabled by the delivery of five A220-300s since Jul-2024, which are part of Croatia Airlines' fleet replacement programme. This project is replacing its A320 family and Bombardier Dash-8 fleets with an all-A220 fleet.

It is managing the transition against a backdrop of its long-term downward trend in market share in Croatia, accompanied by increasing LCC share.

The fleet renewal programme is hitting Croatia Airlines' profitability - it reported losses in 2024 and in 1H2025 - but it should reap long-term benefits.

Read More

This CAPA Analysis Report is 1,381 words.

You must log in to read the rest of this article.

Got an account? Log In

Create a CAPA Account

Get a taste of our expert analysis and research publications by signing up to CAPA Content Lite for free, or unlock full access with CAPA Membership.

InclusionsContent Lite UserCAPA Member
News
Non-Premium Analysis
Premium Analysis
Data Centre
Selected Research Publications

Want More Analysis Like This?

CAPA Membership provides access to all news and analysis on the site, along with access to many areas of our comprehensive databases and toolsets.
Find Out More