Croatia Airways is because of take supply of its first of two Airbus A220-100 plane shortly. The jet, working below the take a look at registration C-FOYE with serial quantity 50087, carried out its first engine run and taxi examine on September 11, adopted by a taxi examine and rejected takeoff at Montreal’s Mirabel Airport on September 17. The plane operated its first take a look at flight over Canada on September 18, adopted by a second this Tuesday, September 23. The 127-seat plane, which is ready to develop into the smallest within the airline’s fleet as soon as it completes its A220 transition in 2027, is to be named Dubrovnik.
The airline has revised its deployment schedule for the A220-100. Initially set to debut on scheduled flights on October 10, the plane will now enter service on October 12 with its inaugural flight from Zagreb to Skopje. After coming back from the Macedonian capital the next day, the jet will not be scheduled to function once more till October 16, when it’s slated for a single rotation between Zagreb and Brussels. Based on the present roster, the A220 will see restricted utilisation for the rest of the month, averaging simply two to a few each day operations. An exception is October 24, when it’s scheduled for six flights, or three return providers. Nevertheless, the deployment plan stays topic to alter.
Along with Skopje and Brussels, Croatia Airways’ first A220-100 is scheduled to function flights to Dubrovnik, Barcelona, Frankfurt, Milan and Break up throughout October. The plane can be most incessantly deployed on providers linking the Croatian and Belgian capitals. The incoming jet would be the fifth delivered to the airline this yr and the seventh A220 in its fleet total, with an extra eight models due by 2027, together with one further A220-100. On the similar time, Croatia Airways is making ready to part out its Airbus A320s. The service has confirmed that considered one of its two A320s can be retired this yr, whereas the second is presently slated to depart the fleet on February 15, 2026, in line with filed schedules.
