During the first nine months of 2021, Croatia Airlines handled 556.514 passengers, representing a decrease of 4.3% on the same period last year. “Only during the third quarter did we see a more notable improvement on 2020, but this is still far from the result achieved during the pre-pandemic 2019”, the Croatian carrier said. The airline welcomed 168.518 travellers on domestic flights, up 18%, while 373.242 passengers flew on the airline’s international operations, a decrease of 3%. The remaining 14.739 travellers were carried on charter services, which accounted for just 3% of total operations. The average cabin load factor stood at 50.7%, which is the same as last year. On domestic routes, the average loads amounted to 45.4%, down 5.1 points, while the average cabin occupancy on international services improved by 1.4 points to 52.5%.
Croatia Airlines noted that the number of bookings made for the second half of the year are lower than that of 2020. “An increase…