The 2 Gulf carriers working flights to Zagreb – Qatar Airways and Flydubai – dealt with a mixed whole of 95.595 passengers to and from the Croatian capital throughout the first half of the yr, based on knowledge supplied by the statistical workplace of the European Union. This represents a lower of simply 0.1% on the identical interval final yr. The slight decline in figures has been attributable to Qatar Airways’ resolution to cut back its Zagreb operations over the summer season from ten to seven weekly because of an ongoing scarcity of narrow-body plane. These losses had been made up by the sturdy progress on Flydubai’s Zagreb service. Qatar Airways carried 50.072 passengers, whereas Flydubai dealt with 45.523 travellers.
Qatar Airways noticed its passenger figures decline 14.3% on its Zagreb operations throughout the first half of the yr, down by 8.351 travellers. Its common cabin load issue over the six-month interval stood at a excessive 87.4%, with all companies maintained with the Airbus A320 plane. Because of a lower in frequencies, the airline supplied 11.352 fewer seats over the primary half of the yr in comparison with final yr. Figures on the route are under pre-pandemic ranges, when the Qatari service maintained as much as two every day rotations between the 2 capital cities, dealing with 69.107 passengers.
Flydubai welcomed 45.523 travellers on its Zagreb flights throughout the first half of the yr, representing a rise of twenty-two.1% on the identical interval in 2024, or a further 8.243 travellers, nearly completely making up for Qatar Airways’ loss. Its common cabin load issue over the six-month interval stood at 75.8%. Total capability grew 8.6% year-over-year, or by 4.775 seats. Figures on the route are nonetheless 15% under pre-pandemic ranges when Emirates maintained operations for a part of the yr with its Boeing 777 plane. Flydubai is now on track to overhaul its Gulf rival Qatar Airways on its respective Zagreb service from Doha for the primary time.
