Flydubai’s Ljubljana passenger performance, Q1 – Q3, 2023
Flydubai handled 45.611 passengers on its Zagreb route during the first nine months of the year, according to the European Union’s Statistical Office. The figure is up 23.9% on last year but down 55.2% on the pre-pandemic 2019. However, back then Flydubai operated the service during the winter months, while Emirates took over from late March with its widebody B777 aircraft. Flydubai’s average cabin load factor on the route during the first three quarters of this year stood at 76.3%, up 6.6 points on 2022 and an increase of twelve points on 2019. The carrier plans to boost its Zagreb frequencies next summer to daily, up from five weekly this peak travel season.
Flydubai’s Zagreb passenger performance, Q1 – Q3, 2023
Emirates discontinued flights to Zagreb in 2020 at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. However, the airline said that while it is recovering quickly from the pandemic and capacity should return to pre-Covid levels next year, no final decision has been made concerning its Zagreb flights. “We hope to restart our operations in Zagreb when it is commercially and operationally feasible to do so in the future, and we will make a formal announcement if there are any developments in this regard”, the airline said.