Air Croatia was a Croatian virtual airline.[1] It offered flights to European destinations from its base at Zagreb International Airport but was legally registered in London.[2]

Air Croatia
IATA ICAO Call sign
J7 DNM
Founded2013
Ceased operations2015
HubsZagreb International Airport[1]
Fleet size1
Destinations5
HeadquartersZagreb, Croatia
Websiteaircroatia.eu

History

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Originally the airline was founded in 2013[3] and planned to start operations by summer 2014, but this was rescheduled to 18 December 2014 and subsequently postponed to 1 March 2015,[3] and then again until 2 April 2015, when the operations finally commenced. The airline originally announced it would operate an Embraer 170 but instead started to utilize an ATR 42-300 operated by Denim Air.[3]

Since November 2014, Air Croatia was in partnership with Hahn Air for ticket distribution via their Global Distribution System using the code H1.[4] However, the airline continued to report poor sales for its flights to Prague, Rome and Budapest.[5] Subsequently, the route from Zagreb to Budapest has been suspended after just one return flight operated.[6]

As of 23 April 2015, all remaining routes were suspended due to a financial dispute between the airline and their contracted credit card payment agency leading to a lack of funding to fulfil their leasing payments to Denim Air.[7]

Destinations

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As of April 2015, Air Croatia offered scheduled flights to the following destinations:[3]

Hub Hub
Future destinations
Seasonal
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Terminated Destinations
City Country IATA ICAO Airport
Budapest Hungary BUD LHBP Budapest International Airport (suspended)
Milan Italy MXP LIMC Malpensa Airport (suspended)
Prague Czech Republic PRG LKPR Václav Havel Airport Prague (suspended)
Rome Italy FCO LIRF Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (suspended)
Zagreb Croatia ZAG LDZA Zagreb International Airport base

Fleet

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As of May 2015, the Air Croatia fleet consists of the following aircraft:[1]

Air Croatia Fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
Total

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Air Croatia on ch-aviation".
  2. ^ http://www.aircroatia.eu (Air Croatia Ltd - Penhurst House - SW11 3BY London - UK)
  3. ^ a b c d "Air Croatia delays launch for a third time, to use Denim ATR42".
  4. ^ "Air Croatia available in major GDS under H1 code". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  5. ^ "Air Croatia". Airliner World: 7. February 2015.
  6. ^ "Air Croatia launches operations".
  7. ^ "Air Croatia suspends operations until June".
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