Ryan Air announces flights to Pula

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Ryan Air set to start its flights from Pula Airport, in discussions Ryan Air recently had with major Croatian Airports in Zagreb, Ryan Air has shown particular interest for Pula Airport, Robert Berger a Route Director for Ryan Air has expressed very high interest for Pula Airport and promised if Ryan AIr comes it will offer flights for Stockholm, Milan and number of cities in Germany.

AN estimate of 80-100 000 passengers could be be brought to Pula by Ryan Air alone, last year Pula handled less than 250 000 passengers, this year this number is set to hit 320 000, and in 2007 500-520 000 passengers...

http://www.vecernji-list.hr/newsroom/economics/489966/index.do

Dubrovnik Airlines kupuje nove avione i udvostručuje promet

DUBROVNIK - Zrakoplov Bokar, novi u floti tvrtke Dubrovnik Airlines, nakon puta iz Bahreina sletio je jučer u dubrovačku zračnu luku. Bokar je jedan od dva nova zrakoplova te tvrtke, čiji je vlasnik dubrovački brodar Atlantska plovidba. Drugi zrakoplov, Sv. Ivan, također nazvan prema dubrovačkoj utvrdi, trebao bi na Čilipe doći tek za mjesec dana.

Oba zrakoplova su tipa MD-82 i kupljeni su od indonezijske leasing tvrtke Aero Nusantara Indonesia, kao i dosadašnja tri. Tako Dubrovnik Airlines ima pet istih aviona s po 166 sjedala. Prema najavama, tijekom pet godina flota kompanije Dubrovnik Airlines bi se trebala povećati za sedam zrakoplova.

Direktor Dubrovnik Airlinesa Zeno Singer ustvrdio je pri preuzimanju Bokara u Indoneziji da tvrtka koju vodi očekuje promet od 180.000 putnika u ovoj godini. S obzirom na promet u 2005., prvoj godini poslovanja Dubrovnik Airlinesa, to bi bilo povećanje veće od sto posto.

Inače, Dubrovnik Airlines najviše obavlja čarter letove iz sjeverne i zapadne Europe prema Dubrovniku. Najviše letova, njih 18, odnosi se na francuske gradove, a letovima su "pokriveni" i Egipat te Izrael. Iz tvrtke najavljuju letove do Ujedinjenih Arapskih Emirata i Saudijske Arabije.


http://www.jutarnji.hr/dogadjaji_dana/clanak/art-2006,2,26,dubrovnik_airlines,13869.jl




OK, great news for Croatian Aviation :)

Dubrovnik Airlines has just procured 2 additional aircraft from Indonesian Leasing Company Aero Nusantara, the Aircraft MD82 have already been re-named, Bokar and Sv Ivan (Bokar and Saint John) and are to join 3 other aircrafts in Dubrovnik Airlines fleet...

Dubrovnik Airlines plans to acquire 7 more aircrafts over next 2-3 years bringing total to 12.
Dubrovnik Airlines hopes to carry 180 000 passengers this year, primary market for Dubrovnik Airlines is EU and charter...

Airlines had transported 100 000 passengers last year and hopes to increase this noumber by 100% this year...

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OK, some news from the sky :D

Number of Airlines have added Croatia to there destination starting this summer, TAP Portugal,. National airline of Portugal is for the first time introducing Zagreb and Dubrovnik to its destinations, it will fly to Zagreb 3 times weekly with its A319 via Bologna.
http://www.flytap.com/World/en/Company/Press/PressReleases/4185

Estonian Air has decided to follow same principle and starting from May Estonian National Carrier will land at Dubrovnik Airport at least 3 times weekly.. http://www.estonian-air.ee/

Czech National Airline will increase all its flights to Croatia by 100% starting from early May. Currently CSA flies to Split, Dubrovnik 3 times weekly and Zagreb 5 times a week. http://www.csa.cz/cs/czechia/cz_home.htm

Hapag Lloyd Of Germany, has also introduced new routes in Croatia other than Rijeka HSLX will land at Dubrovnik 3 times weekly starting from Match, Dubrovnik will be connected with Hanover, Munich and Stuttgart on 3tiesma week basis at first..
http://www.hlx.com/de/

BA is increasing its frequency of flights on Gatwick Split route to 7 times a week, starting from April..
http://www.britishairways.com/travel/globalgateway.jsp/global/public/en_


Norwegian AS will inaugurate additional flights to Croatia from spring 2006. Dubrovnik will be served with Stavanger as additional destination once a week every Sunday. New and third destionation in Croatia of Norwegian AS will be Rijeka with Oslo weekly service on Saturdays. All flights operated with B737-300s. http://www.norwegian.no/

SN Brussels Airline will inaugurate its first regular operations to Croatia from spring 2006. They will operate twice weekly service from Dubrovnik to Brussels every Monday and Friday with Avro ARJ-100. http://www.flysn.com/com/splash.aspx


Helvetic will inaugurate weekly charter flights to Split for 2006 summer timetable. Flights from Split to Zurich and Geneva will be operated on Tuesdays with Fokker F-100. http://www.helvetic.com/

Flydba will inaugurate 8 new charter weekly flights between Germany and Croatia: from Berlin Tegel, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Leipzig Halle to both Dubrovnik and Split. All flights will be operated on Saturdays from March 2006.
http://www.flydba.com/

Flynordic will add Zadar as a new charter destination in Croatia with weekly charter flights from Göteborg and Oslo Gardermoen on Sundays. They will also inaugurate additional weekly charter flights from Göteborg, Oslo Gardermoen and Stockholm Arlanda to Pula on Sundays. All flights will be operated on behalf of Scandjet with MD-80s.
http://www.intersky.biz/

k, few more news from Croatian skies, lol,

Several more airlines have announced there intention of starting flights to Croatia from this April/June... Croatian CAA since January first has registered over 30 foreign airlines that have intentions of flying to Croatia on top of existing ones.

Dubrovnik being most popular destination for most of the smaller airlines and charters, Zagreb being most popular for Scheduled service and National Airlines...


Flyglobespan is inaugurating is first low-cost flights to Croatia in May 2006. Weekly flights Edinburgh - Pula will be operated on Sundays while Glasgow - Pula will be operated on Tuesdays. Dubrovnik is expected to be added to its network at the later stage too. http://www.flyglobespan.com/

Flynordic will add Zadar as a new charter destination in Croatia with weekly charter flights from Göteborg and Oslo Gardermoen on Sundays. They will also inaugurate additional weekly charter flights from Göteborg, Oslo Gardermoen and Stockholm Arlanda to Pula on Sundays. All flights will be operated on behalf of Scandjet with MD-80s. http://www.flynordic.com/

Intersky will inaugurate weekly flights from Friedrichshafen to Rijeka and Zadar from April 2006. Flights will be operated on Saturdays with Dash 8-300. http://www.intersky.biz/

Air Adriatic will inaugurate new weekly charter routes for 2006 summer timetable. Tuesdays: Split to Berlin, Dortmund and Hanover, Sundays: Split to Basel, Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart and Dubrovnik to Basel. http://www.airadriatic.com/

EasyJet to commence new flights to Croatia, flying from London to the coastal city of Rijeka (Croatia's 3rd largest city). Flights will be 4 times a week. :)

EasyJet adds new routes to Morocco, Turkey and Croatia

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03.01.2006, 07:35 AM

LONDON (AFX) - easyJet PLC, Europe's second largest no frills airline, has added three new routes outside of the EU.

From this summer the Luton-based carrier will fly to Marrakech in Morocco, Istanbul (Sabiha Gokcen International Airport) in Turkey and Rijeka, Croatia's third largest city.

A daily service from London Luton to Istanbul will start on June 29, while a daily service from London Gatwick to Marrakech will commence on July 4. easyJet said it will be the first major European low fares airline to start services from London to these cities.

A four-times-a-week service from London Luton to Rijeka will start on June 30 and a four-times-a-week service from Basel, Switzerland, to Istanbul will kick off May 24.

'This is probably our most significant expansion since the start of our new routes to central and eastern Europe in May 2004,' said chief executive Andrew Harrison.

'Croatia, Turkey and Morocco are forging an ever-closer relationship with the UK and Europe. As a consequence, the demand for low-fares to these countries is growing quickly.'

New Zagreb International Terminal ....

It is now official, the plans have been released today on the all new international terminal terminal to be built in Zagreb ....

http://www.vecernji-list.hr/system/galleries/pics/060301/zag-1-txt.jpg

OK, to summarise in English, here is what will be happening at the new Zagreb International Airport .....

- Complete new terminal at Pleso on former airbase
- New terminal will be 65,000 sqm in size
- 11 airbridges
- Completion by 2011
- Cost: 212 million Euros

The new Zagreb International terminal has been designed by Ted Nasmith from Canadian architectural firm Scott Associates Architects.

Last year Pleso saw 1.6 million passengers, however it is expected that within 3 years Zagreb Airport will be processing 2 million passengers thereby making the old terminal obsolete as it is fast approaching its designed capacity.

The new terminal's design will include a retail component which includes stores, banks, cafes and restaurants.

Directly in front of the new terminal will be a new luxury hotel with direct skybridge links to the terminal (see image)

The old teminal built in 1962 which will be across the runway from the new structure will be closed once construction is finished. :)

More news in Croatian ....
http://www.vecernji-list.hr/newsroom/regions/zagreb/495413/index.do

I'm glad to see Zagreb finally getting a new airport. The old one was just unacceptable.

OK, this my amateurish rendering of new proposed terminal, location and most likely how it is going to look at the end sometimes in 2011.

Terminal will have as already said 11 Passengers Boarding Bridges (PBB's) and capacity of 7.2 million passengers, number of gates will also be determined by the amount of traffic but at first it is excepted not to exceed 40.

The terminal well have plenty of space for expansion and by 2020 sections will be added to cope with greater capacity.

Projected traffic at Zagreb airport is set to hit, 2 million+ with in next 2 years, (2007) and old terminal will need to cope with even greater traffic which is set to hit 3 million by 2010,.

Zagreb new Airport Terminal has been in planning for very long time, in 1990, when new terminal was originally proposed as Zagreb Airport was hitting its maximum capacity of 2 million... New terminal was delayed many times, first by war in Croatia (1991-1995), than by corruption and Tudjman's mess (1996-1999), and finally by incompetence on all sides...

New Terminal is has now finally got go-ahead and it is very likely when construction starts next or following year it will be end of the story of this very long saga...

http://www.vecernji-list.hr/system/galleries/pics/060301/zag-1-txt.jpg
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New Terminal has impressive dimensions, it is 65 000sqm in size about same size as Prague's airport, of which 57 000sqm are in terminal it self and arms which are 580m long will add additional 8000sqm, giving total of 65000sqm...

Zagreb terminal is set to be largest n what was former Yugoslavia and generally among largest in Central Europe, only one in Warsaw and Prague being larger...

Old terminal is set to be demolished in 2012 to allow for future expansion or other needs...

Mic, I have to correct you on this one!

Check out this new master plan:
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/9253/dsc014514hg.jpg

If you take into acount that that widebody on the far right has a wingspan of 60m, you cam mesure everything!

The arms have span of 470m (it will be 650m in the final development stage).
The terminal itselfe is between 150m and 185m wide.
Lenght of the terminal from the apron to the main entrance is 95m.

More clear renderings:
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/7268/dsc014440ln.th.jpg (http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc014440ln.jpg)

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One more thing.

I can t belive you got sooooooo sloppy!

You missed the orientation of the terminal by miles!

Here is the real thing (in stages):
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:cheers:

I made some, more accurate messurements!
These have 2m +/- offset.
Here:
--span of the "arms": 525m (725m in the final stage)
--main section: 170m on the narrow, and 208m on the wide part
--longitudinal (from the apron to the front entrance):108m
--the hotel is 91m wide on the front, and 120m on the back, it s 62m "deep".

:cheers:

OK, some great news,

Delta Airlines (USA) and Emirates of UAE, are in discussion as to start of flights to Zagreb Airport, Emirates would offer Direct flights via Dubai to Australia where some 500-550 000 Croats live and twice weekly service would be lunched sometimes in late 2006, Emirates is one of the largest Airlines in ME and also one of the best airlines from ME region, it is trying to build major hub around Dubai.

Malaysian Airlines is another potential returnee in 2007, its service via Kuala Lumpur to Australia where very popular with Croatian Émigré, and when route was scraped in late 2001, many Croats from Australia had to use often difficult alternatives, either via Rome with AllItalia (no longer flies to Australia stopped in late 2004) or Virgin, BA or Qantas via London or Frankfurt...

With Emirates opting for direct flights via Dubai Croats once again would have options of Direct flights, Malaysian Airlines if it returns would offer great choice of direct flights to Zagreb via Kula Lumpur or Dubai...

Delta Airlines has also spring in to motion after seeing 2 other NA airlines have started direct flights to Zagreb, success of the routes, Toronto -Zagreb and New York Zagreb were main reason why Delta has opted to enquire about possibility of such flights, details still need to be resolved but it is very likely Delta will offer direct flights to Zagreb via New York and LA starting either late in 2006 (October or November) or early 2007.

Since the Open Skies agreement no less than 12 airlines have announced plans to start flights to Zagreb, at the beginning of 2005 only 15 Airlines flew to Zagreb, it is looking very likely number of airlines servicing Zagreb airport could double and could reach 30 by the years end...

Air Canada (Best NA Airline) in late 80's and 1990 had extremely successful Zagreb route, hope is if Delta arrives this might prompt them to re-consider of re-opening this once very successful route..

If this where to happened Zagreb would be served by no les than 4 airlines from NA continent in early 2007...
Air Canada has no plans for Zagreb and this was as of October last year...

OK, just got few pisc and architectural designs for Dubrovnik Airport ands what is going to look like after modernisation in 2009. You can clearly see where new terminal extension is going to be and 4 PBB's, once the capacity is reached terminal will get enlarged again to accommodate 4 more PBB's and capacity increase to 8 million passengers a year...

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I see you found the site! ;)

http://www.antekuzmanic-arhitekt.hr./present/ad0.html

Some more pics:
http://www.antekuzmanic-arhitekt.hr./present/ad/ad-3.jpg

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I love the design! :cheers:

ahh Dubrovnik Airport looks to be doing great :)

Delta Airlines has also spring in to motion after seeing 2 other NA airlines have started direct flights to Zagreb, success of the routes, Toronto -Zagreb and New York Zagreb were main reason why Delta has opted to enquire about possibility of such flights, details still need to be resolved but it is very likely Delta will offer direct flights to Zagreb via New York and LA starting either late in 2006 (October or November) or early 2007.


What other airlines fly to Zagreb from NA?...I kno Skyservice has cut its Zagreb-Toronto route

if current 45m runways is good for them than it is good for most other aircrafts, 4000x55m will most likely be next runway at Zagreb Airport, it would allow for A380 landing, but I strongly doubt Zagreb will witness A380 any time soon, few cities in the World, will; London, Paris, Frankfurt, Rome, Amsterdam, New York, Los Angeles, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto, Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Dubai, Chicago and Osaka are only cities that might see A380 aircraft before the end of this decade...

Delta Airlines (USA) and Emirates of UAE, are in discussion as to start of flights to Zagreb Airport, Emirates would offer Direct flights via Dubai to Australia where some 500-550 000 Croats live and twice weekly service would be lunched sometimes in late 2006, Emirates is one of the largest Airlines in ME and also one of the best airlines from ME region, it is trying to build major hub around Dubai.

This has given me a though....what kind of plane would airlines serving long haul routes then use for Zagreb flights...I am thinking of when Emirates starts their service, or if Malaysian,Delta etc start their own as well....im only thinking this because Emirates has an order of 45 A380s, and if they had a Zagreb-Dubai-Sydney route....an A380 could be a possible option in the future, of course only after Emirates recieves their A380s.....and if Zagreb gets a new 55m wide runway..

Dubrovnik Airlines plans to acquire 7 more aircrafts over next 2-3 years bringing total to 12.

Are they just going to keep buying old MD-82s?

What other airlines fly to Zagreb from NA?...I kno Skyservice has cut its Zagreb-Toronto route

North American Airlines is one of the airlines starting New York Zagreb - New York route twice or trice a week not 100% sure could be in May or June... :)

Delta as I said should start either this year or very early next year, as you know airline is going through restructure. Considering 2.5 million Croats (1st, 2,nd, 3rd and 4th generation) who live in US, many will se this as an opportunity to visit Croatia, also large number of American visitors I except around 300 000 in 2007 should warrant 7 day service from New York and L.A... calculate, 300 000/365 = 824 tourist a day, this would warrant for at least 2-3 wide body aircraft, B777 or A340 or 2 B747 400... :)

But I think we'll need to wait for the route to develop strongly and if HTZ pricks start advertising Croatia in USA, if they don't I'd have them all fired for incompetence and corruption... :D

I think by 2008 few more NA airlines should, also start the repute, perhaps Air Canada, only if my positive projections come to fruition... :)

I think Croatia can attract 550 000 US nationals and about 150 000 Canadians annually by the decade's end, this would warrant at least 3-4 major airlines flying to Zagreb from US on daily basis... 700 000/364 = 1923 tourist/visitors a day = 6 B777 300 landings on daily basis... :) Again I'm being optimistic... :)

Are they just going to keep buying old MD-82s?
they are very cheep, about 2 million per aircraft, most are about 20 year old...

This has given me a though....what kind of plane would airlines serving long haul routes then use for Zagreb flights...I am thinking of when Emirates starts their service, or if Malaysian,Delta etc start their own as well....im only thinking this because Emirates has an order of 45 A380s, and if they had a Zagreb-Dubai-Sydney route....an A380 could be a possible option in the future, of course only after Emirates receives their A380s.....and if Zagreb gets a new 55m wide runway..

I am 100% cretin A380's won't be serving Zagreb Airport, simply capacity is an issue, most likely aircrafts like A330 or B777 of all airlines mentioned would be used on Zagreb route, even B767 300ER... Don't forget many still use Lufthansa, KLM, SAS, Air France, Austrian, All Italia, for their flights to Zagreb, Iberia and BA which also have long term plans for Zagreb might also get piece of cake, BA especially with New Yorkers and Californians, BA's reputations in USA is unmatched by any of the airlines there, TAP has also started flight to Zagreb and they can tap in to untapped :D market of South America, especially Brazil and Argentina where TAP flies and competes with Iberia...

Long term prospects for Zagreb are unmatched in region what was once Yugoslavia, and I am quite confident in my statements, from past 6-7 months one can see how well Zagreb will do in medium to long term, Ljubljana, Split, Dubrovnik will also do very well, without the doubt all major airports in the region will see significant growth in passenger numbers...

I am 100% cretin A380's won't be serving Zagreb Airport, simply capacity is an issue,

Could you go into a little more detail on capacity issues?


they are very cheep, about 2 million per aircraft, most are about 20 year old...

Seems like a good deal, but is Dubrovnik Airline just going to keep flying charter operations, looks like they dont have many other plans...

It's quite cheap considering it will employ an estimated 20,000-30,000 people. The Serbian Capital Investment ministry said (god help us) that Belgrade will focus to become a prime cargo hub of South-Eastern Europe.

TRUE, and location is more than prefect :)

2. travnja - Nacionalna zrakoplovna tvrtka Croatia Airlines prolazi kroz teško razdoblje. Lošije posluju zbog rasta cijena goriva, ali i jeftinijih, tzv. low cost avioprijevoznika. Premda još ne žele otkriti financijsko izvješće za prošlu godinu, glavni direktor Ivan Mišetić za HTV je priznao - prošlu godinu završili su s gubitkom.U posljednjih pet godina u Europi su bankrotirale 52 zrakoplovne tvrtke, od toga 28 niskotarfinih prijevoznika. Gubitak za prošlu godinu idućih će dana objaviti i Craotia Airlines. Direktor Ivan Mišetić glavni uzrok negativnog poslovanja pripisuje rastu cijena goriva i poplavi niskotarifnih prijevoznika. Croatia Airlinesu oni konkuriraju jer u zračnim lukama plaćaju istu taksu, a lete samo sezonski.

Croatia Airlines očekuje financijsku pomoć države. Smatraju da na to imaju pravo, poglavito kad Banski dvori najavljuju dodatne subvencije Jadroliniji i obilato financiraju gubitke HŽ-a. Zapadne li nacionalni avioprijevoznik u još veće probleme, jedan od izlaza je i privatizacija. Kako doznajemo, o tome se zasad ne razmišlja.


....looks like croatia airlines is in a little spot of trouble, loosing money this year

^they have lost about 16 million Kuna this year...

Could you go into a little more detail on capacity issues?




Seems like a good deal, but is Dubrovnik Airline just going to keep flying charter operations, looks like they dont have many other plans...

For DA it is best deal they can get, for 2 million they get an aircraft which they can use for at least 25000-30000 flying hours, before new aircraft can be obtained, by this time they might accumulate enough money for brand new aircraft with about 15-20 years of service remaining...

As to A380, each aircraft has capacity of 555 passengers, 3 Class configuration, A daily flight to Zagreb or even 3tice a week at this point would be something way to expensive with such aircraft..

All long-haul flights will be made with B767s/B787s, and A330s/A340s at most!

OK, bit of updates on Zagreb Airport,

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9330/zlz3io.jpg

I wanted to share few plans I just laid my hands on and to give you more inkling what is happening with the project... As you can see from the plans new terminal is going to on 3 levels, consist of 4* Deluxe Hotel and underground car parking for about 3000 cars, having in mind future expansion this number will go up...

Current Runway will be resurfaced early next year and extended by additional 700m giving the length of runway some 4000m. This is estimate to cost in region of 5 million Euro for which money will come from City, Government and Local Authority.

New terminal construction should start as soon as finances are in place atm, government and city will contribute with half of 212€ million cost, rest of funds Airport needs to raise them selves, additional 7% have already been secured from Velika Gorica and County founds but remaining 43% or 92€ million needs to be raised from some other sources...

Managing Director of Zagreb airport has spent last few months globetrotting tiring to raise additional funds for the Airport, EU might step in with 53€ million, but rest of the funds some 39€ million Airport has to rise itself and this is proving difficult. Airport could raise capital by borrowing funds from local banks whish offer very competitive rates (4-6% PA) but i think this would be last option for Mr. Bosko Matkovic (director of Zagreb Airport).

I can also report land issues has been successfully resolved and formerly Airforce land has now its new owner, City of Zagreb and Zagreb Airport, 240 hectares formerly AF land has been transferred to Airport Zagreb and for the needs of future airport terminal, and we have final numbers as to expenses and what will be built on newly acquired land...

Cost of Cnstructon,.,,

Apron - 21€ million (about 105 000sqm of new Apron)
Additional access roads, runway extension and civil utilities - 32€ million
Passenger Terminal - 158€ million

212€ million total
+
42.7€ million - 4* Deluxe Hotel 250 rooms,
24.2€ million - Underground garage for 3000 cars
5.7€ million - New administrative Building for the Airport
8.5€ million - New ATC
25.2 million for 2nd Runway taxiways and access roads. (after 2010)

Overall total cost of new Airport - 318.3€ million



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Thanks for the detailed plans Mic.

Croatia Airlines May Cease Operations

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13:34 - 27 April 2006 - The executive director of low-budget airliner Wizz Air Jozsef Varadi said that air traffic market consolidation would happen soon in the region of central Europe, Croatia Today reports.


He said that among low-cost carriers operating in the region, only one would survive, alongside Ryanair claiming that euphoria after EU expansion in 2004 decreased, while adding that many carriers were forced to reduce operations.
He also said that the market is currently overcrowded and only Wizz Air or the company's main regional competitor Sky Europe would survive.

He added that consolidation would mainly concentrate on regular airliners, estimating that even small national flag carriers would have difficulties surviving the deregulation and EU air traffic liberalisation, including the Croatian national air carrier.

"In three to five years I think you will be witnessing disappearance of many carriers, such are Hungary's Malev, Croatia Airlines or Bulgaria Air," claimed Varadi.

Rising crude oil prices of over $70/barrel would speed up this consolidation and that many carriers would not be able to transfer such increased costs to passengers, he added.

Source: Croatia Today, Reporter.gr

read this article ^^ makes some sense but doesnt look very good, thoughts?

btw i was on holiday in mexico :drunk: quite the break but im back to school and of course our cro forums :)

You've been talking about croatian air force before on this thread so this shouldn't be too off topic.

I simply must point out a couple of things:

Czech republic signed a leasing contract which runs for ten years to 30 September 2015, provides for 21,000 flying hours and sets guarantees with regard to operational ready rates. The fixed price of 19,650 billion Czech korun (Euro645.13 million), which is to be paid in ten annual instalments, does not of course include either fuel or weapon systems. Pricetag does include training of pilots and ground crews in Sweden, building of necesarry infrastructure, etc. Weapon systems prices are likely to add another 50-100 million euros.

To better illustrate, hungary has ordered 40 amraams for their gripens, a deal which cost them 19 million euros. Similarly to czechs, hungary has paid handsomly for their gripens, too, some 170 million forints which would be around 690 milllion euros. Difference in price is due to offset programs of various companies investing in country which does the purchase, which seems to be the way of doing business nowadays.

Price of recently ordered f16s for poland and greece are also comparable. So, to make long story short - I would seriously doubt croatia can afford even 12 brand new fighters, let alone 24. Most realistic way seems to be used fighters, and if that turns out to be the case, Sweden is again looking good, as it seems they will be retiring some of their 'old' gripen A/B models - lots of life in those airframes left, still vastly superior to mig21s and comparable to to all but most modern f16s tech wise.

As far as helicopters go, mi24 are not airworthy and there are no plans to modernize them. It's very likely they will be scrapped. 8 mi-8 have been modernised in 2003 and 10 more are planned to undergo major overhauls during this year. I guess that means the russian debt mi-17s wont be coming any time soon.

To get more on topic - second runway for zagreb airport is absolutely not needed. No matter what EU recommends, there are numerous examples of airports with far greater number of air operations per year that feature just one runway. While i do agree it'd be wise to purchase lands where some day in the far future that second runway might be built, for the next 15-20 years i think it's very doubtful that zagreb would need another runway. If properly reconstructed, with well poisitioned taxiways and access points, a single runway can provide for 80 operations per hour.

^^ But this is not about the trafic! 2nd rwy is needed for safety also. In Zagreb you have heavy snow and fog. When a blizzard hits you must close one rwy for cleaning, while the other one is active. This hapens fearly often in Zagreb. They close the apt for some half an hour, and all plaines (on landing) have to wait in the air for the cleaning to be done. Not to menion some minor accidents (like tire blowup) that close the apt for hours, until the plane can be towed to the hangar.

:runaway:

That is all nice and dandy and good to have if you can afford it. Not in the absolute terms of course but in the cost effectiveness terms. And right now, with the amount of money going for the terminal itself, i doubt there'll be any money for the second runway anytime soon.

With proper hauling equipment the blown tire issue can be remedied fairly quickly and free up the runway. As for blizzards, if its a really heavy blizzard then there won't be any flights anyway, no matter how many runways you have. And if its weak enough for landings to take place, cleaning crews would most likely be able to deal with new snow between the air operations. One has to keep in mind it'd be winter, not exactly the busiest season for zg airport. Of course, as traffic does increase, it will be harder and harder to pull that off, and perhaps there will be 5 min waits, then 10 min waits, etc... but money lost from those compared to money needed to build and maintain new runway would still be just a small fraction of the latter, even throughout the years.

Realistically, i don't think zg airport needs nor will it get another runway before 2020 at the earliest.

Totoro, you point about Gripen's is valid, but entirely true, Czech Republic and Hungary did sign offset deal, they had a choice of not to, cost of single Gripen including weapons systems and training is only 27.7 million U$. If Croatia buys the system s outright it can dispense with the corporate bs,

BTW Offset deals are common nowadays, but it is highly unlikely Croatia will agree on this deal, outright deal for 12 New grips at cost of 350 million U$ will be made once Croatia deems new aircrafts are necessary.

Hungary is fine example of how bad offset deals can be when seller does not stick to the agreed, and when promised investment bring no join or value for money spent on procurement of aircrafts...

As to 2nd runway, it is all relative, cost of 2nd runway is 20€ million, right now Airport hasn't got this funds and therefore it is unlikely 2nd runway will be built anytime soon, but after 2010, 2nd runway will be imperative if nothing but due to the cost of not building 2nd runway...

There is a vast difference between the so-called "fly away" price of an aircraft on the one hand, and a package cost. The former is the aircraft "as is", with no spare engines or other spares, no engine test beds or avionics test benches, no specialised ground support equipment, no pilot training simulators, no pilot training and no ground crew and technical personnel training, and no support to the local industry to prepare to support the aircraft through a service life of 20 to 30 years. The latter will include all of those things. The difference can be as much as 100% or even more in some cases. I say 27 million is at best the fly away price, you say it's full price including even weapons. I say true price croatia would pay for getting a gripen to be operational is close to 60 million dollars. South africa bought 28 new gripens, with small offset deal, they payed 65 million dollars per plane and several articles concerning the deal said the price without offset deals amounts to 57 million.

I guess we can only agree to disagree here.

As for 2nd runway at zagreb airport, we're pretty much agreeing it's gonna be needed one day. It is just my opinion that, according to projected traffic increase rate, the losses of not having another runway will not overtake the gains of not spending for its construction before 2020, at the earliest.

OK, just got few pisc and architectural designs for Dubrovnik Airport ands what is going to look like after modernisation in 2009. You can clearly see where new terminal extension is going to be and 4 PBB's, once the capacity is reached terminal will get enlarged again to accommodate 4 more PBB's and capacity increase to 8 million passengers a year...

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/1358/dubrocnik0vm.jpg
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9800/ad04dd.jpg
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/5691/ad78gr.jpg
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/2188/ad60os.jpg
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/8600/dubrovkinik26nc.jpg
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/7296/ad510ro.jpg

The new look Dubrovnik International Airport will certainly be the best looking one in the region. :yes:

^^

I totally agree SC, even now it looks way cool...

The construction of the airport 4* hotel has started recently at Zagreb Intl.

:cheers:

^^

nice one mate, :okay:

great

great

Yes, it is! ;)

I've took some videos at Split Intl. Link ==> http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C6UTRO30

Sceenshots:
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/421/resnik225ro.jpg http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/6010/resnik655sx.jpg http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/1008/resnik148qj.jpg http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/4918/resnik1422nl.jpg

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/5442/resnik1449tm.jpg http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/2175/resnik1451vm.jpg http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/7650/resnik150jo.jpg http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/9374/resnik1520xl.jpg

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5323/resnik1539wo.jpg http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/2563/resnik220nd.jpg http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6619/resnik2222ft.jpg http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/8758/resnik2253wn.jpg

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/3451/resnik2267iw.jpg http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/9531/resnik245rr.jpg http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/4241/resnik2437pd.jpg http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5006/resnik2620ue.jpg

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8548/resnik2637sm.jpg http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/802/resnik2724co.jpg http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/1779/resnik2823to.jpg http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6162/resnik3020hj.jpg

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http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9053/resnik3227yb.jpg http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/7540/resnik3248ca.jpg http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/8586/resnik3254kn.jpg http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/2095/resnik356kw.jpg

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/4667/resnik3523hh.jpg http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6789/resnik3536vj.jpg http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8759/resnik3558jk.jpg http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/9257/resnik3563ol.jpg

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/3029/resnik3579bb.jpg http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/646/resnik3586on.jpg

:cheers:

^^ nice pictures!! Flew on Croatia airlines there, it was good.

Talking of split airport, an article in today's metro newspaper said that this past saturday 82 planes landed at the airport which is a record. 15 000 passengers went through the airport for that day. Overall traffic level for the year is so far 12.5 % higher during the same timeframe last year.

Flew on Croatia airlines there, it was good.

I love their flight attendents! :eat:

I love their flight attendents! :eat:

Me too!! The flight I was in had female pilots, they were great too.

Me too!! The flight I was in had female pilots, they were great too.

I love to be "flown" by a woman! :)

hahha,mate balota, I don't blame you at all :)

young bebe on you video clips is so fine :)

young bebe on you video clips is so fine :)

Young who? :?

I thougt, that was you on the photo :)

That was my friend!

This is me:
http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d8/Mate_Balota/th_DSC04155.jpg

;) ;) ;)

Acording to the official time-table at Split Intl. tomorow we'll have 87 departures and 85 arrivals!

That's a record braking 172 operations!

:cheers:

nice one Mate :okay:

OK, I have official info on Split Intl.

Yesterday we had 96 CA and 16 GA flights, totaling at 224 flight operations!

This is an apsolute record for Split, beating the last one, which was 72 CA flights and some 150-160 operations (number of GA flights is unknown), in August last year!

:cheers:

Well done Split Airport. :applause:

That was my friend!

This is me:
http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d8/Mate_Balota/th_DSC04155.jpg

;) ;) ;)

mangupe, izgledas fenomenalno

I thought,you might be hot, but now I see ,you are blazing :)

mangupe, izgledas fenomenalno

I thought,you might be hot, but now I see ,you are blazing :)

Vid' nje, šta se napal'la! :nuts:

;) ;) ;)

Fala,fala......... :)

:lovethem:

Tomorow (sutarday), Split Intl. will have (anounced) 90 departures, and 93 arrivals, totaling at 183 flight operations.
This doesn't include unanounced flights, as well as general aviation, so tomorow we expect about 200 operations.
:cheers:

mate balota, great season for hot and steamy business @ Split's airport :cheers2:

"Sutarday" pics from Split airport:
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/8117/dsc044000pi.th.jpg (http://img86.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc044000pi.jpg) http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/7195/dsc044162cr.th.jpg (http://img86.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc044162cr.jpg) http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/4756/dsc044102og.th.jpg (http://img86.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc044102og.jpg)

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/3423/dsc044035lq.th.jpg (http://img97.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc044035lq.jpg) http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/1443/dsc044087pn.th.jpg (http://img86.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc044087pn.jpg) http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/2470/dsc044194ip.th.jpg (http://img86.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc044194ip.jpg)

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/8678/dsc044231eb.th.jpg (http://img93.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc044231eb.jpg) http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/6640/dsc044270qt.th.jpg (http://img97.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc044270qt.jpg) http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/465/dsc044351gi.th.jpg (http://img86.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc044351gi.jpg)

:cheers:

My MyAviation.net premiere! :)

You're wellcome to wisit! ;)

LINK ==> http://www.myaviation.net/search/search.php?view=&photographer=Goran%20Les%20-%20CroSpotterTeam

:cheers:

da

Today we're also having about 90 departures and arrivals! :)

Approach lighting on RWY05:
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1127/fhgfgzfgjx2.th.jpg (http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fhgfgzfgjx2.jpg)

Approach lighting on RWY23:
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/8080/jggkkqd3.th.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jggkkqd3.jpg)

:cheers:

wow, this airport is amazing, good thing expansion begins soon

Some pics of the underground military instalations at Split airport:
http://i1.tinypic.com/2087a8o.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/2087acy.jpg

http://i1.tinypic.com/2087ae9.jpg

http://i1.tinypic.com/2087a53.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/2087a74.jpg

:cheers:

http://www.split-airport.hr/red_letenja_dolasci.htm

Split airport will be crowded this saturday....again.

89 departures and 89 arrivals, toataling at 178 + GA operations!
:cheers:

Split airport webcam, sutarday at 20:50h:
http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/1996/bhjghjkghjkdg9.jpg

:cheers:

Zagreb, Split and Dubrovnik will all require further expansion in the next few years as they continue to reach and exceed capacity. :)

http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/news.php?yr=06&month=jul&story=rte-en-260706

RYANAIR to Pula airport

Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline, today (Wednesday, 26th July) announced four new routes from London, two from London Stansted to Deauville (France) and Pula (Croatia) and two from London Luton to Fez and Marrakech (Morocco). The new routes will start 31st October and bring the total number of destinations served by Ryanair from Stansted to 93 and from Luton to 12.

Announcing the new routes today, Ryanair's CEO Michael O'Leary said:

"We are delighted to announce these 4 new exciting routes that will enable Londoners to enjoy Ryanair's lowest fares and No. 1 punctuality to Croatia, France and Morocco for a fraction of the high prices charged by British Airways and Easyjet.

RYANAIR ANNOUNCES FIRST ROUTE TO CROATIA FROM LONDON-STANSTED!

FARES START AT € 2.99!

PULA, 26th July, 2006: Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, today announced the first new route from Pula in Croatia to London-Stansted!


The three weekly services (Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays) will commence on the 31st of October and will be operated with brand new Boeing 737 800 series aircraft taking on board up to 189 passengers!


In the first year of operations Ryanair will carry 40,000 passengers on this route. This will create some 40 new jobs in local economy of Pula! Speaking in Pula today, Ryanair’s Sales & Marketing Executive for Central Europe, Tomasz Kulakowski said: “Ryanair is delighted to announce the arrival of low fares in Croatia! This new Ryanair service from London-Stansted to Pula will provide a massive boost to tourism. We expect to carry more than 40,000 passengers in the first year of our operation on this service. A large percentage of these passengers will be high spending British tourists creating at least 40 new jobs in the local economy of Pula. Starting from 31st of October 2006 all people living in the region of Pula will be able to fly directly to the UK for a fare of just € 2.99. ( from € 18.94 incl. all taxes, fees and charges ). All the bookings can be made on www.ryanair.com – the low fares website!”


Istrian Region Authorities and Pula Airport Management together with many representatives of the local press witnessed this important happening.

Screenshots from the new video clips (320 x 240, 30fps), taken yesterday:
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/6138/hjmbmnqg0.jpg http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8529/jhkjhkjlsw0.jpg

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/6998/jhghjkkgl4.jpg http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/5127/jghjkghkjkmj8.jpg

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/3721/hgfhjhgjvv7.jpg http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/1018/hjghkkfv7.jpg

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/5153/jkkjhkjby6.jpg http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/312/jhkjkjkjgk8.jpg

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/1631/gfhjkjkic0.jpg http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/110/bjmbjhjghhb7.jpg

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/6875/fgjghjhkdi2.jpg http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/4875/jhghjgkjkqw1.jpg

Here is the link for one of the night shots ==> http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D4J4BDS1

The remaining 13 clips will be found on http://www.flightlevel350.com/ in a few days.

:cheers:

http://forum.croplus.net/files/zlz_133.jpg

http://forum.croplus.net/files/zlz2_322.jpg

:cheers:

Heh, nice to know that they started to work on preliminary jobs for airport terminal! :)

http://www.split-airport.hr/statistike_hr.htm

198 954 passengers in July....is it a new record ?

:cheers:

My new, hi-quality clips from Split airport ==> http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9NOC7HIZ

List of clips:
1. British Airways B737 take-off, sa strane, po danu RWY 05
2. Croatia A319 landing, sa strane, po danu, RWY 23
3. Croatia A319 landing, sa strane, u sumrak, RWY 05
4. Croatia A320 fake-off, iznad glave, po danu, RWY 05
5. Croatia A320 landing, iznad glave, po noći, RWY 05
6. Finn Air A320 take-off, sa strane, u sumrak, RWY 05
7. FlyBe BAE-146 landing, sa strane, po danu, RWY 23
8. FlyNordic MD-80 landing, sa strane, po danu, RWY 23
9. FlyNordic MD-80 take-off, sa strane, po danu, RWY 05
10. Hello MD-80 take-off, sa strane, u sumrak, RWY 05
11. SAS MD-80 landing, sa strane, u sumrak, RWY 05
12. SkyEurope B737 landing, iznad glave, po noći, RWY 05
13. Travel Service B737 take-off, sa strane, u sumrak, RWY 05
14. WindJet A320 take-off, sa strane, po danu, RWY 23

:cheers2:

I uploaded my best clips on YouTube.com! ;)

Links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1IQSmmNM9Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpqN5oNKpRg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gin0ZDksXLc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OShq5pRUnbk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90eHq23GEXU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDZO_84Vl08

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vArtEHzrgdU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkIoIkXZayE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyNFAUx4dS0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N1GSymZ8X0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1f18AMDU-8

P.S. Please, rate every clip! ;)

Proteklog je vikenda kroz splitsku zrakoplovnu luku u oba smjera prošlo oko 31.000 putnika, s tim što su najbrojniji bili zrakoplovi iz skandinavskih zemalja. Po informaciji koju smo dobili, ovogodišnji je srpanj apsolutni rekorder otkada postoji zračna luka, prvi put je u jednom mjesecu ostvaren promet od 198.954 putnika, što je za 24 posto više nego prošle godine, kada je u srpnju prošao 164.891 putnik.

Unatoč najavi talijanske zračne kompanije Italia Airlines kako od 5. kolovoza do 10. rujna uvodi redovito povezivanje susjednih obala, i to gradova Ancone, Barija i Pescare četiri puta tjedno sa Splitom, protekle subote i nedjelje najavljeni su letovi — obustavljeni, navode nam u splitskoj zrakoplovnoj luci u Kaštelima. Razlozi otkazivanja nisu poznati, a po najavama, sljedeći je let najavljen za utorak.

Irska niskotarifna zrakoplovna kompanija Ryanair najavila je da ce od 8 veljace 2007 uvesti i stalnu cjelogodisnju liniju Dublin-Pula-Dublin.

Iz Pule u Dublin te iz Dublina u Pulu novi Boeing 737 zrakoplovi letjet ce utorkom, cetvrtkom i subotom. Prvih mjesec dana s Ryanairom ce se putovati po akciskoj cijeni od 1 centa, s time da ce putnici snositi osnovne troskove s kojima ce ukupna pocetna cijena biti 12 eura.

Ryanair je nedavno objavio da ce od kraja listopada ove godine uspostaviti stalnu vezu, tri puta tjedno, iz Pule u London.

:cheers: http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/news.php?yr=06&month=aug&story=rte-en-090806

09.08.2006

Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline today announced the opening of its second new route from Pula, Croatia to Dublin.


The three weekly service ( Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) will commence on the 8th of February 2007 and will be operated with one of Ryanair's brand new Boeing's 737-800 series aircraft taking on board up 189 passengers.


This beautiful news has been delivered by David Gering, Ryanair's Sales & Marketing Manager at today's Press Conference at Pula Airport. Mr. Gering said he was delighted to announce this second Ryanair's route from Pula to Dublin only few weeks after the route to London-Stansted had been announced.


Furthermore Mr. Gering invited all Croatians to book as of today on www.ryanair.com to enjoy a one way flight from only € 0,01 excluding taxes and charges.

nice one mate, nice clips, good one :)

Has anyone heard about plans to start services between Belgrade and Pula. The director of Pula airport signed some aviation agreement but I don’t know which airline. Probably Jat or Centavia.

Croatia Airlines is looking to purchase 4 additional Bombardier CRJ 900 aeroplanes .....

News in Croatian - Croatia Airlines nabavlja četiri aviona Bombardier CRJ 900?

http://www.poslovni.hr/img/ArticleImages/17042.jpg

^^ nice one, great news :okay:

http://www.dubrovnikairline.com/DAWeb/poc.html

Best looking planes in the world :)

eh, the picture next to the door looks out of place. if they could somewhat incorporate it so that it "flows" from the tail instead of having a multi-colored picture right next to a completely white body, it would be a lot better.

:cheers2:
Od 29. listopada 2006. Croatia Airlines uvodi izravne letove iz Dubrovnika za Rim i obratno i to petkom i nedjeljom, s polaskom iz Dubrovnika u 15:55 sati.

splitskoj zračnoj luci u Resniku u četvrtak je dočekan milijunti putnik u ovoj godini, a što je obilježeno prvi put nakon osamostaljenja Hrvatske, odnosno nakon 1988. godine.

Milijunti putnik je, na sveopće iznenađenje između 96 putnika koji su letjeli na redovitoj liniji za Frankfurt, bio naš proslavljeni tenisač Mario Ančić! Na kompjutoru je u jednom trenutku bilo upisano 999.999 putnika i kad je Mario prišao službenici Kristini Čariji i predao svoju kartu, označen je milijun. Mariju su u ime zračne luke prišli Ante Teklić i Mate Melvan, koji su mu čestitali i pozvali ga u salon gdje je priređen mali koktel.

I sam ne vjerujući, Mario je gledao oko sebe i pitao se: “Je li moguće da sam ja dobio tu nagradu, da budem milijunti putnik?” Direktor zračne luke Lukša Novak čestitao je Mariju uručivši mu prigodne darove. Dobio je bon u vrijednosti 2000 kuna za kupnju u duty free shopu, a direktor splitske poslovnice Croatia Airlinesa Toni Koceić mu je predao dvije povratne međunarodne karte na jednom od letova Croatia Airlinesa.

Nakon svečanog dijela, jer svima se žurilo s obzirom na to da je zrakoplov u 14.45 trebao letjeti za Frankfurt, uspjeli smo se dogurati do Marija, koji nam je uzbuđeno kazao da leti za Frankfurt, odatle za Madrid, a nakon toga u Pariz, jer još treba odigrati tri jaka turnira da bi ušao u Masters finale koje će se održati u Šangaju.
— U nedjelju sam stigao iz Tokija. Ova prekrasna tri dana iskoristio sam za treniranje, trčao sam po Marjanu, odlično sam pripremljen i nadam se da ću se naći na završnom turniru u Šangaju — rekao je Mario.

The long awaited day has come ! After years of negotiations, great expectations, uncertainties and hindrance from the law, Ryanair ( Europe's largest low fares airline ) has finally arrived at Pula Airport.


Today at 18,05, the luxurious Boeing 737 800 series aircraft capable of carrying up to 189 passengers , landed with 105 passengers on board from London-Stansted. This is the beginning of a 3 times per week services ( Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays ) providing an international route throughout the year and, hopefully, for many years to come.


http://www.airport-pula.com/en/home/index.php?hurl=false&LNG=en&action=news_article&id_menu=7&id_news=50

Sterling, largest Nordic low fare airline will fly to Split, Croatia every sunday from June 2007.

http://www.sterling.dk/home/before_flight/destinations/split.htm::)

Effective from 1st May 2007 Thomsonfly will be adding a new destination connecting Dubrovnik and London (Luton) three times a week on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday, as well as flights from two other destinations, London (Gatwick) which departs on Sunday and Manchester departing three times a week Monday, Wednesday and Sunday. Prices for London (Luton) start from L29.99 one way including taxes. Subject to availability. :banana:

aww, the airports are all really small and cute.