Croatia Airlines posts record passenger number in 2018

NEWS 13.01.201915:11

The national flag carrier, Croatia Airlines (CA), transported 2.17 million passengers in 2018, a record figure in the history of the company and up 2 percent on the year, Croatia Airlines said in a press release on Wednesday.

Last year the company transported 1.64 million passengers on its international flights, up 3 percent on the year, while the number of passengers on domestic flights remained the same as in 2017 — 526,578 passengers.

The national flag carrier had nearly 214,000 passengers in May 2018, a record figure for May in the history of the company, Croatia Airlines said in a press release.

The airline introduced two new destinations in 2018: the Bosnian city of Mostar as an all-year destination, and Dublin as a summer season destination. New seasonal lines Dubrovnik-Munich and Split-Copenhagen were added as well.

On top of introducing new lines, the number of flights on existing lines was increased as well.