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DESPITE NOT PROMISING PRE-SEASON TRAFFIC IN JUNE 2023 EXCEEDED THE PREVIOUS YEAR

05.07.2023



After 2 severe years of crisis at Rijeka Airport caused by the COVID
19 pandemic, which led to a drop in passenger traffic of a 86% in 2020 and 70%
in 2021 compared to the record 2019, at Rijeka Airport in 2022 a significant
recovery of air traffic was achieved. Traffic of 164,086 passengers was
achieved, but also a historically record profit of the company in the amount of
over HRK 3.6 million, which compared to the realized revenue of HRK 21.6
million gives a huge profit margin of almost 17%. Namely, after a number of
years of making business losses and receiving state subsidies, as well as
positive business since 2014. without government subsidies until the onset of
the pandemic, according to the achieved business result, in 2022 for Rijeka
Airport, it is significantly better than all the previous ones with almost 50%
higher realized profit compared to the previous record profit from 2018, and
the achievement of a positive result is expected until the end of 2023.



Namely, despite bad expectations at the beginning of the year due to
the cancellation of flights from Poland by the airline LOT Polish Airlines, as
well as a significant shortening of Ryanair's flight period on all routes
(Brusselsless Charleroi, London Stansted and Stockholm) due to insufficient
demand in the pre-season 2022 from the entire summer season (April-October) to
only  peak of the season
(June-September), the traffic at Rijeka Airport, after achieving only 72% of
the traffic in the first 5 months of 2023 compared to 2022 significantly
improved in June. During June, the traffic of Rijeka Airport was 26,702
passengers, which represents an increase of 3% compared to June 2022, i.e. 85%
of the traffic of the record 2019. At the same time, it is important to
emphasize that on June 24 2023 due to the strong wind bura 7 regular lines
(Lufthansa routes from Frankfurt and Munich, Eurowings routes from Hamburg,
Berlin and Cologne,Air Serbia's route from Belgrade, Ryanair's route from
Brussels Charleroi) were diverted to Pula and Zagreb airports, while the total
was lost traffic of over 1,200 passengers.



The above good result in June is the result of the fact that all
airlines that operated in 2022 continued to operate (with the exception of the
mentioned LOT Polish Airlines) and most of them slightly increased the number
of operations. Especially its traffic during 2023 plans to increase the airline
Eurowings on the routes to Berlin, Hamburg, Duesseldorf, Cologne and Stuttgart,
by a significant 25%. The biggest increase in traffic in June 2023 compared to
June 2022. recorded easyJet on the routes to London Gatwick and Berlin, by as
much as 626%, then Transavia by 90%, while Ryanair and Air Baltic recorded
almost 5% higher traffic in the mentioned period.



We are approaching the peak of the season, which according to
announcements should also be significantly better than last year, and as a
result of all the above, in 2023 it is planned to achieve a 2% higher traffic
than in 2022, to achieve a positive business result as well as further growth
and development of turnover.



2022-year of significant traffic recovery

19.04.2023



After 2 severe years of crisis at Rijeka Airport caused by the COVID 19
pandemic, which led to a drop in passenger traffic of 86% in 2020
and 70% in 2021 compared to the record 2019, at Rijeka Airport in 2022 a
significant recovery of air traffic was achieved. Total traffic of 164.086
passengers was handled, which is 82% of the pre-pandemic traffic. The same
represents an exceptional result, since compared to 2021 traffic increased by
an incredible 191% despite the significant problems and challenges that hit the
airline industry as a result of the pandemic. This refers to the lack of staff
at European airports and airlines, which caused numerous delays and
cancellations of flights in the Republic of Croatia as well. Faced with demand
significantly higher than planned after the COVID-19 pandemic, some European
airports, due to less manpower, limited the capacity of passengers they can
serve, which led to a decrease in the sales capacity of the airline's aircraft
and the cancellation of flights due to unprofitability, while others for the
same reason failed to serve on time passengers, which led to significant flight
delays. However, the problem of labor shortage was also significantly present
in airlines which, due to the lack of cabin crew and crews, failed to perform
the planned rotations, and especially in the case of delays when they were
forced to cancel flights due to the inability to replace crew whose duty-time
had expired. Rijeka Airport also suffered numerous flight cancellations caused
by the aforementioned problems at European airports, however there was no
manpower problem at the airport, in fact, at the beginning of the season, 15
new employees were hired, who are in symbiosis with the existing 20 previous
employees, forming a perfect team, handled all the traffic of the season
without any difficulties. This may not seem like a success, but when you take
into account that almost three times less traffic was handled by the same
number of employees in 2021, i.e. half of the employees from 2018, when the
same amount of traffic was handled, it is easy to conclude about the quality of
the airport team and their effectiveness.



 



The stated excellent result in 2022 is a result of the
work of the Rijeka Airport Management in cooperation with its co-owners (MMPI,
PGŽ, , the cities of Opatija, Krka, Crikvenica and the Municipality of
Omišalj), as well as a number of participants in the truist sector who, with
their joint efforts, managed to restore almost all regular international routes that operated before the pandemic, but also contracted new routes.



 



Ryanair, which canceled its operations to Rijeka in 2021,
returned with 3 international routes that operated throughout the summer IATA
season:

Stockholm, Brussels Cherleroi and London Stansted, and return of Condor Airlines
with 2 routes to Frankfurt and Duesseldorf, as well as Air Serbia to Belgrade,
which operated at Rijeka Airport before the pandemic. In addition to the
aforementioned "returnees", the key airline responsible for its
record traffic in 2006 and 2007 finally returned to Rijeka Airport after 15
years, one of the most significant low-cost airlines from the UK market: the
big EasyJet.



 



According to current announcements, in 2023 is expected that the
problem with the lack of staff at European airports will subside, as well is expected the continuation of the finally established year-round PSO line for Osijek,
Zadar, Split and Dubrovnik. But unfortunately also is planned reduction in the number of routes, and frequencies. According to current
announcements, LOT Polish Airlines is planning to cancel its flights to Rijeka
Airport for the summer season of 2023, and this represents a huge loss for the
future regional development of tourism, except that it is the legacy national
carrier for Poland, which represents one of the regional of the priority
tourist markets of Kvarner, also represents an important network carrier with
connections to the whole world via Warsaw. After the introduction of the line
to Warsaw at the height of the pandemic in 2020 thanks to the negotiations and
investments of Rijeka Airport in the advertising of LOT Polish Airlines, and
then the addition of 3 more lines in 2021 for Szczecin, Zielona Gora and
Olsztyn, 2022 the specified number of lines was reduced to 3 lines, so that in
the end the said airline would very likely completely withdraw in 2023.
However, in addition to cancellations, there are also increases of the number of
operations of certain airlines, especially Eurowings, which is why for the next
season 2023 traffic at the level of 2022 is planned.



 





Rijeka Airport ends peak season with excellent results!

05.09.2022



After 2 hard years of crisis at Rijeka Airport caused by
the COVID 19 pandemic, which led to a drop in passenger traffic of a whopping
86% in 2020 and 70% in 2021. compared to the record 2019, a significant
recovery of air traffic was achieved at Rijeka Airport in the current summer season.
Despite the predictions of all analysts in the industry that air traffic will
recover to pre-pandemic levels only in 2024, full recovery has almost already
been achieved at Rijeka Airport. The same is the result of the exceptional
effort of the Rijeka Airport Management in cooperation with its co-owners (Ministry, County , the Cities of Opatija, Krka, Crikvenica and the Municipality of
Omišalj), as well as the leaders of the Jadran Crikvenica and Hilton hotels
from Rijeka, as well as the tourist board system and a number of participants of the
truist sector who, through joint efforts, managed to restore almost all regular
international lines that operated before the pandemic.

In the first 8 months of 2022, passenger traffic grew by
almost 225% compared to the same period in 2021, i.e. almost 85% of the
pre-pandemic traffic from the record year 2019 was achieved. The months of July
and August, with a traffic of 78.434 passengers, are at the level of 90% of the
performance from 2019, when the traffic of 88.379 passengers was realized.


Our important partner Ryanair, which canceled its operations
to Rijeka in 2021, returned with 3 international routes: Stockholm, Brussels Cherleroi
and London Stansted, and Condor Airlines with 2 routes to Frankfurt and
Duesseldorf, as well as Air Serbia to Belgrade, which operated at Rijeka
Airport before the pandemic. In addition to the aforementioned
"returnees", the key airline responsible for its record traffic in
2006 and 2007 finally returned to Rijeka Airport after 15 years, one of the
most significant low-cost airlines from the UK market: the large easyJet with
two routes from London Gatwick and Berlin.

In addition to the mentioned "returnees" and new
airlines, all airlines that operated in 2021 continued to operate at Rijeka
Airport. Namely: Lufthansa (Frankfurt and Munich), Eurowings (Berlin, Hamburg,
Duesseldorf, Cologne, Stuttgart), Transavia (Eindhoven), Croatia Airlines
(Munich), Air Baltic (Riga), LOT Polish Airlines (lines to Warsaw, Zielena Goru
and a new one for Rzeszow).

Unfortunately, the
domestic regular PSO line to Osijek, Split and Dubrovnik, and the new line to
Zadar, which will be operated by the airline Trade Air in accordance
with the Ministry tender, which was supposed to operate throughout the year, is
currently not in service due to administrative barriers, but we hope that this
too will be resolved soon.


In addition to the aforementioned problem with the domestic
PSO line, air traffic in Europe has faced a new challenge due to the pandemic:
the lack of staff at European airports and airlines, which is causing numerous
delays and cancellations of flights in the Republic of Croatia as well. Faced
with demand significantly higher than planned after the COVID-19 pandemic, some
European airports due to labor shortages are limiting the capacity of
passengers they can serve, which leads to a reduction in the sales capacity of
airline aircraft and flight cancellations due to unprofitability, while others
fail to serve passengers in a timely manner for the same reason leading to
significant flight delays. However, the problem of labor shortage is
significantly present in airlines which, due to the lack of cabin crew and
crews, fail to perform the planned rotations, and especially in the case of
delays when they are forced to cancel flights due to the inability to replace
crew whose duty-time has expired. Like other airports in the Republic of
Croatia and Europe, Rijeka Airport is also suffering the consequences of the
aforementioned situation, and so far a total of 70 flights of regular carriers for
the summer season have been canceled, of which 40 refer to the newly introduced
easyJet line to London, which was supposed to operate until the end October,
but due to problems with the staff of the mentioned airline, as well as low
occupancy of the aircraft caused by insufficient promotion, it was canceled
from 16.7. onward.


Therefore, in accordance with all of the above, this year
Rijeka Airport planned a complete recovery of air traffic to the levels before
the COVID-19 pandemic, and the achievement of a record traffic of about 200,000
passengers, however, due to the sudden cancellation of about 10% of the total
planned international regular flights due to of the aforementioned, a somewhat
smaller realization is expected, i.e. around 180,000 passengers.

Arrival of Polish main tourist representatives and journaliats

25.05.2022
Big
day for Rijeka Airport and regional tourism! On 12.5.2022. Rijeka airport welcomed 160
representatives of Polish tourist sector and journaliats on special
charter flight from Warsaw with main goal to promote LOT Polish Airlines
routes to Rijeka in upcoming season from Warsaw and Zielona Gora. Among them were also main LOT's
Management Board members: Rafal Mielczarski, CEO and President, and
Michal Fijol, COO and member. Rijeka Airport's CEO and employees gave
them a warm welcome!

After 15 years easyJet is back to Rijeka Airport

05.05.2022



After 15 years, on 3.5.2022. at 10:05h Rijeka Airport again welcomed
easyJet's aircraft on flight EZY8111 from London Gatwick which will operate
each Tuesday and Saturday until 29.10.2022. As we already announced, after 15
long years, one of the key airlines responsible for Rijeka Airport's record
traffic in 2006 and 2007, EasyJet, finally returned to Rijeka Airport. An interesting
fact is that Rijeka Airport back then was the first airport in Croatia which
served this great carrier.



EasyJet is one of the most important European low-cost carriers,
especially from the Great Britain market. It has an impressive fleet of 126
aircrafts A319, 168 aircrafts A320CEO, 20 aircrafts A320NEO, and 4 aircrafts
A321NEO and operates on over 150 airports in 35 countries connecting almost
1.000 destinations.



After many years of negotiations between Rijeka Airport and easyJet,
thanks to the exceptional effort and commitment of Rijeka Airport Management,
finally mutual consensus has been made. Ministry of the sea, transport and
infrastructure, Primorsko-goranska County, City of Rijeka, Opatija, Krk,
Crikvenica, Omisalj, representatives of hotels Jadran Crikvenica and Hilton
Rijeka, and the Tourist Board sector with its participants assured support for
promotional activities needed for best positioning Kvarner region on the
British market, where it's still pretty unknown. So with mentioned marketing activities
region will further encourage the development of the British market in our
region, and increase the number of arrivals from this market, which currently
accounts for less than 1% of total overnights in Kvarner.



At the welcome reception of this new/old airline at Rijeka Airport, an
inauguration ceremony was held without the traditional water salute in respect
of easyJet's sustainability program and the passengers were welcomed with small
gifts from the local Omišalj Tourist Board. EasyJet's representative, Russ
Smith, Airport Operations Contract Manager-Outstations and Regional safety
advisor, together with Vedrana Čubranić, Business Development Manager of Rijeka
Airport, cut the ribbon which symbolizes the official start of this long-term
cooperation from which many new routes can be expected in years to come.



Except for London Gatwick, easyJet will also operate the route from
Berlin to Rijeka and vice versa, each Tuesday and Saturday for a period from
28.6. until 2.9.2022.



 



New easyJet
routes to and from Rijeka briefly:



 



• London Gatwick-Rijeka-London Gatwick twice-weekly (each Tuesday and
Saturday in period 3.5.2022.-



   29.10.2022.)



• Berlin-Rijeka-Berlin twice-weekly (each Tuesday and Saturday in
period 28.6.2022.-2.9.2022.)



• Aircraft type: A319 and A320

Preliminary seasonal flight schedule 2022

16.03.2022
Rijeka Airport publishes the preliminary seasonal summer flight schedule for 2022! It is based on currently confirmed flights and tickets on sale. Changes are possible depending on the needs of airlines. We are also waiting for the final confirmation of some partners ...

Rijeka Airport ltd in search for employees again

24.02.2022

RETURN OF EASYJET TO RIJEKA AIRPORT AFTER 15 YEARS!

02.02.2022



In addition to many positive news from
Rijeka Airport recently, one more great news for upcoming summer season just
arrived. After already published return of Ryanair, Condor Airlines and Air
Serbia, after 15 years one of key airlines responsible for record traffic in
2006 and 2007, EasyJet, announced its return to Rijeka Airport in May 2022! So
Rijeka Airport is expecting this year not only return of pre-COVID traffic, but
also new passenger traffic record.



 



Thanks to exceptional effort and commitment
of Rijeka Airport Management, after many years of negotiations between Rijeka
Airport and EasyJet, finally mutual consensus has been made. Ministry of the sea,
transport and infrasturcture, Primorsko-goranska County, City of Rijeka, Opatija,
Krk, Crikvenica, Omisalj, representatives of hotels Jadran Crikvenica and
Hilton Rijkea, and the Tourist Board sector with its participants assured
support for promotional activities needed for best positioning Kvarner region
on British market, where it's still pretty unknown. So with mentioned marketing
activities region will further encourage the development of the British market
in our region, and increase the number of arrivals from this market, which
currently accounts for less than 1% of total overnights in Kvarner.



 



Easyjet plans for start operating direct
route to London Gatwick in period from 3.5.2022. until 29.10.2022., two times
weekly, on Tuesday and Saturday. Tickets are still not on sale, and they expect
to be on sale on Friday, 4.2.2022.



 



Given the consensus between Rijeka Airport,
the Tourist Board and EasyJet for the long term, we believe that this is just
the beginning of a very successful collaboration, and that we can expect many
more new routes in the coming period from this prosperous old-new partner!



End of search for new employees!

19.01.2022

Rijeka Airport ltd on 5.1.2022. published tender for new employees which
ends today. So please don't send your applications untill further
notice as they won't be taken into consideration.

Rijeka airport searching for new employees

05.01.2022
Application info available at link.

Rijeka among TOP 20 safest destinations to travel this "unsafe" summer

02.06.2020

Popular web platform with goal to inform tourists around the world europeanbestdestinations.com pronounced Rijeka, together with zagreb and Cavtat, among Coronavirus safest destinations in Europe. Same was also published in famous american magazine Forbes.

Original articles can be found in following links:

European best destinations

Forbes


Rijeka Airport reaches record passenger traffic!

01.03.2020

On 28.11.2019.
Rijeka Airport Management organized press conference because it reached
passenger milestone – 200.000 passengers and Management signed Collective agreement
with the Union of Istria, Kvarner and Dalmatia after 3 years of turbulent
negotiations.



Record number
passenger, Stefan Kirchner, arrived on Croatia Airlines flight from Munich and was rewarded with gifts from Rijeka Airport, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and Croatia Airlines. Rijeka Airport reached record numbers of passenger traffic in each month in 2019, and t
his significant
passenger growth was achieved thanks in part to the activities, dedication and
financial assistance provided by the management of Rijeka Airport in
cooperation with the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, the Ministry for Sea,
Transport and Infrastructure, the Croatian National Tourist Board and the
Kvarner County Tourism Office, which supported the introduction of new routes
in 2019.

 

New routes in 2020: Warsaw and Vilnius!

01.03.2020
Rijeka Airport introduces two new destinations in the summer
season 2020: Warsaw and Vilnius. The Polish national carrier LOT Polish
Airlines will connect Rijeka with a direct flight to Warsaw once a week, on
Sundays in the period 6.6. to 27.9.2020. LOT Polish Airlines thus becomes a new
airline at Rijeka Airport, and Warsaw the only city in Poland which have a direct airline connection to Rijeka. Except from Warsaw, long-term partner of Rijeka Airport, Air Baltic, also introduces regular direct flight to the Lithuanian
capital, Vilnius. This will be second Air Baltic's route to Rijeka together with Riga, and it will operate in period 7.5.-22.10.2020. twice a
week, on Thursdays and Saturdays.

Prize contest Rijeka Airport and Air Serbia

19.09.2019

Prize contest is organized by Rijeka Airport and Air Serbia.

Prize contest "Let's all travel to Frankfurt, young, old and families!"

02.08.2019



In cooperation with Condor on August 2nd
2019 starts campaign "Let's all travel to Frankfurt, young, old and families!",
as part of which, through a total of 5 prize competitions, the most creative
and original works will receive 50 return tickets for Frankfurt.


Tickets for Frankfurt can be used
on Condor flights every Thursday and Saturday until October 26th
2019.


All the terms and conditions, as
well as the schedule for all prize competitions, can be found on our website at
the following link:


http://rijeka-airport.hr/pages/sub2/6/doc_hr/Pravilnik-za-nagradni-natjecaj-Putujmo-u-Frankfurt-svi,-mladi,-strai-i-obitelji!.pdf



New prize contest in cooperation with Air Serbia

04.07.2019



In cooperation with Air Serbia and partners from July 1st 2019 starts campaign "From the mouth of Sava to Dunav to the Adriatic Sea! Win a return flight tickets for Rijeka or Belgrade!".”.



We will play all of July and you will have the opportunity to win 14 return tickets for BEOGRAD from RIJEKA and vice versa.




You can fly with Air Serbia from Rijeka to Belgrade and vice versa every Tuesday and Friday all year long!




Campaign details "From the mouth of Sava to Dunav to the Adriatic Sea! Win a return flight tickets for Rijeka or Belgrade! " are located at the following link:

http://rijeka-airport.hr/pages/sub2/6/doc_hr/Pravilnik-za-nagradni-natjecaj-RIJEKA-BEOGRAD.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2Ehm234kJ-Waak2Ew4jPMtE0oiZ2hp6mwYY0P1DPdpj7D1xHMP3uETxNc



Last welcome ceremony with Volotea

10.06.2019





Volotea is an
airline focused on flights to small and middle European cities, it was welcomed
on Tuesday, June 5th 2019
with water fountain, local
folklore, ceremony of cutting ribbon and organized catering for
cheerful
travelers.



 



This is
permanent airline route for Marseille and from now on with
Boeing 717s you can fly every
Wednesday until October 2nd, you can buy tickets online at www.volotea.com
for prices available from only 9 €.





Since its establishing on April 2012, Volotea
has transported more than 22 million passengers across Europe and 6.6 million
in 2018. Volotea manages its network of 36 aircraft and fleet that includes
Boeing 717s and Airbus A319s.



After almost 30 years we welcomed Air Serbia

10.06.2019


On  june 4th 2019 Air Serbia airplane landed at
the Rijeka Airport and now, after almost 30 years, Rijeka and Belgrade are
connected with direct flights.


For this special occasion Air Serbia was welcomed with water fountain by aerodrome
firefighters, local folklore, ceremony of cutting ribbon and organized catering
for our first passengers.



 



The ceremony was attended by
representatives of Air Serbie; Chief Executive Officer Goran Grozdanić,
Marketing Director Maja Šotra, Regional Manager for Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia
and Herzegovina Damir Rigo and Area Controller in charge of Rijeka Airport
Zlatko Kuzmanović.


The ribbon was cut together by Air Serbia
representative Goran Grozdanić and our Planning and Development Manager Vedrana
Čubranić.






Flight from Rijeka to Belgrade
will take place twice a week, on tuesdays and fridays throughout the whole year.



Traffic for this route will
be operated by ATR 72 which can accommodate 66 passengers and during the high
season A319 aircraft with a capacity of 144 seats.





You can buy tickets online at www.airserbia.com.



 



Instead of nearly six hours
that we've been driving from now on our passengers will be able to get to
Belgrade in just 80 minutes.





Air Serbia is a Serbian national airline and is flying
for total of 49 destinations in Europe and the Mediterranean, also has direct
lines for the Middle East and North America, with
Etihad Airways  they are
offering direct flights from Belgrade to international destinations in Asia,
Australia and Africa.



Lufthansa's inaugurational flight

04.06.2019


Today marks a
special historical moment as the first Lufthansa flight LH1698 has arrived in
Rijeka. This new connection offers direct flights every Saturday from Rijeka to
Lufthansa’s 5-Star hub in Munich, operated by a Bombardier CRJ900, seating up
to 90 passengers in both Economy Class and Business Class. 

 

“We are
extremely proud to be offering our customers this brand-new connection, as we
continue to expand our presence in this important market. Currently, the entire
Lufthansa Group is active in Croatia, offering 220 weekly connections from all
major airports in this market. We, at the Lufthansa Group want to continue offering
the best products and services to our customers and partners in Croatia. By being able to transport more
passengers to Croatia we are looking forward to supporting local tourism," said Peter Pullem, Senior
Director Sales, Central Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Lufthansa Group.

 

“After the record year 2018 with
a total turnover of 183,606 passengers, and achieved traffic growth of almost
30% compared to the previous year, Rijeka Airport is expecting to break another
passenger record of serving 200,000 passengers in 2019, thanks to the arrival
of new airlines, including the renowned Lufthansa. This new Munich - Rijeka
route is of great importance to Rijeka Airport, but also the whole region,
since Lufthansa, as the most important European airline with over 300
destinations and one of the largest fleets in the world. This is one of the key partners for further
positioning of Rijeka Airport and Kvarner as a touristic destination and we certainly hope that this is just the beginning of our long
and successful cooperation,” said Mrs. Vedrana Cubranic, Planning and development manager.

 

From
Munich, passengers will be able to connect directly to 140 destinations in 46
countries around the world. In additional to that, our passengers will be able to
take advantage of the vast Lufthansa Group network offering 13,267 weekly
frequencies to 318 destinations in 102 countries around the globe.

 

The
Lufthansa Group has continued to show positive growth for many years now. In
2018, we transported 142 million passengers within the Lufthansa Group, making
us the largest aviation Group in Europe.

 

 

The
route Rijeka (RJK) - Munich (MUC) at a glance:

 

• Once a week (every Saturday as of May 25, 2019)

• LH (1698): Munich 17:50 – 18:55
Rijeka

• LH (1699): Rijeka 19:30 – 20:40
Munich

• Distance: 408.43 km (220.3774 nautical miles)


Aircraft type: Bombardier CRJ 900

Ceremonial welcome for the first TUI group flight

29.05.2019
Rijeka Airport on 23.05.2019. from London Gatwick welcomed one of the world's largest charter companies: TUI Group! TUI group represents the world's most significant tourist group that owns six airline operators and nine tour operators. They fly to more than 150 destinations worldwide. They will connect Rijeka to London Gatwick with B737-800 aircraft with a capacity of 189 seats in the period from May 23 to October 17 every Thursday.

New game prize in cooperation with Croatia Airlines

29.05.2019
Did you now that each Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday you can fly directly from Munich to Rijeka with Croatia Airlines?Rijeka airport and Croatia Airlines organize contest again in which 10 lucky passengers can get return tickets for flight Munich-Rijeka and vice versa.Details can be found here: link

New summer season started!

01.04.2019
Clock change and summer time counting is a sign of beginning of the summer IATA flight season. The Summer Season at Rijeka airport will officially open on April 1 with Ryanair's flight from Stockholm, which represents the number 1 destination from Rijeka airport in the last 2 years.
After the record year of 2018, in which Rijeka airport broke all historical records, achieving a total turnover of 183,606 passengers (2006 record number of 169,250 passengers), 4,655,866 tons of cargo and 5,460 operations, Rijeka Airport has also excellent announcements for the upcoming summer season. There are 3 new regular air carriers: Volotea, Lufthansa and Air Serbia, which will fly to 2 new destinations: Marseille and Belgrade, and also one of the world's largest charter carriers - TUI Group arrives at Rijeka.
The TUI Group is the world's most significant tourist group, which has 6 air carriers and 9 tour operators flying to over 150 destinations worldwide. TUI will connect Rijeka with London Gatwick with B737-800 aircraft with 189 seats in the period from 23.5.2019. until 17.10.2019. every Thursday.
Volotea is one of the most significant low-cost airline companies which will also fly to Rijeka in 2019. connecting it with French Marseille in the period from 5.6.2019.until 2.10.2019. every Wednesday. This scheduled route is of utmost importance for our region as it represents a sort of precedent for the Rijeka Airport as the first regular line for France in recent history after last year's charter route for Paris.
Besides the aforementioned 2 air carriers, it is certainly of great importance and confirmation of the arrival of the renowned Lufthansa at the Rijeka Airport in the summer season of 2019, since the mentioned airline is the largest and most important European air carrier with over 200 destinations worldwide and has one of the largest fleets in the world. Lufthansa will fly on a regular basis for Munich, every Saturday in the period from 25.5.2019 by the end of October 2019.Along with the mentioned air carriers, the arrival of the fourth new air carrier, Air Serbia, is also confirmed. Air Serbia is a Serbian national airline flying to a total of 49 destinations in Europe and the Mediterranean, but has direct lines to the Middle East and North America, and offers Etihad Airways direct flights to international destinations in Asia, Australia and Africa. Rijeka is also on their destination map from this season. Direct Rijeka-Belgrade route will be operated with ATR Aircrafts with capacity of 66 seats and A319 with capacity of 144 seats every Tuesday and Friday in the period from 04.06. until 25.10.2019. It is also confirmed that this route will continue to operate in the winter, meaning that there will be a direct air link between Rijeka and Belgrade throughout the whole year. The introduction of the regular Rijeka-Belgrade line represents a very significant step forward for our region, since it was introduced after almost 30 years, when it was operated in the former country twice a day. Apart from the new routes, also remained last year's new air carriers: Condor for Frankfurt and Transavia for Eindhoven, which significantly increased the number of flights by as much as 350% compared to last year, and starts with flights in April 2019. In July and August even 4 times a week.
In accordance with the above mentioned increases in traffic, Rijeka Airport in 2019 expects increase in passenger traffic by approximately 10% compared to 2018, and the final turnover of over 200,000 passengers!

Forth new airline confirmed for Rijeka Airport in 2019:Air Serbia!

31.01.2019

After the record year 2018, more great news for upcoming
season. After already confirmed 3 new airliners for the summer season 2019:
Lufthansa, Volote and TUI, it was just confirmed the arrival of forth new
airline: Air Serbia! Air Serbia is a Serbian national airline flying to a total
of 49 destinations in Europe and the Mediterranean,and also the Middle East and
North America, but in connection with Etihad Airways offers also direct flights
to international destinations in Asia, Australia and Africa. Rijeka is also on
their destination map from 23.1.2019. On that date started ticket sale for the
direct Rijeka-Belgrade route, which will be operated with ATR Aircraft with
capacity of 66 seats and A319 with capacity of 144 seats every Tuesday and
Friday in the period from 04.06. until 25.10.2019. It is also confirmed that
this route will continue to operate in the winter, which means that there will
be direct air connection between Rijeka and Belgrade throughout the whole year.
The introduction of the regular route Rijeka-Belgrade represents a very
significant step forward for our region, since it was introduced after almost
30 years, when it was operating in the former state twice a day.

Win tickets to Munich!

31.01.2019

Did you know that you can fly with Croatia Airlines directly from Rijeka to Munich every week each Thursday and Sunday during winter season?
Spread your wings and fly to the World Handball Championship IN MUNICH because Rijeka Airport and Croatia Airlines reward you!
Let's get together for the best team in the world who plays their match against Spain on January 17th!
If you want to be part of this game, follow us on our Facebook page and Facebook page of our partner AvioRadar because at the beginning of the next week we will reward you with 4 return flights on the direct line of RIJEKA-MUNICH!

Regulations and conditions can be found on following link



Review at 2018 year at Rijeka Airport!

31.01.2019

Rijeka Airport year 2018 marked as the year in which all historical records were broken, reaching a total turnover of 183.606 passengers (the previous record was 169.250 passengers from 2006.), 4.655.866 tons of cargo and 5.460 operations. A special day for the Rijeka Airport was 11.10.2018. when a record 170.000 passenger arrived. The jubilee was Percinić Marija from the island of Rab, and was recorded on the regular international flight of Eurowings EW2963 Rijeka-Stuttgart.
In addition to scrapping the entire yearly traffic record in all segments, Rijeka Airport also achieved record passenger traffic at the level of each month in 2018, and for the first time over 40.000 passengers were transported for the first time in 2 consecutive months (July and August).
This significant increase in passenger traffic is, amongst other things, the result of many activities, efforts and financial resources that the Rijeka Airport Management, in cooperation with the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure, the Ministry of Tourism, Croatian National Tourist Board and County Tourist Board of Kvarner, invested in the introduction of new routes, as well as extending the operations of existing ones.

In accordance with the stated record of growth in traffic, Rijeka Airport also had record financial results. In 2018. total revenue of almost HRK 29 million was achieved, which is almost 50% higher than in 2017, with a record profit of almost 2.3 million kuna.
In addition to growth in turnover and revenues, Rijek Airport also recorded growth of employees. In the peak of the season in 2018 there were almost 100 employees, and for the first time in history, Rijeka Airport retained 50% of new workers over the winter to save them for the next season, in which is expected a minimum 10% increase in traffic.

As far as infrastructure and other investments are concerned, in 2018. Rijeka Airport has acquired the necessary equipment to increase its security and traffic standards from its own resources (over HRK 6 million) and recources from capital assistance of the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure (HRK 12 million) and Primorsko-goranska County (HRK 0.5 million). Also many investments were made: construction of semaphore at the intersection of the DC-103 and DC-102 roads, reconstruction of the passenger terminal building involving the installation of new joinery and façades, which represents the final phase of the reconstruction of the building which started in 2012. In the last 7 years, Rijeka Airport has invested over HRK 35 million in infrastructural investments, of which the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure invested 90%, and Primorje-Gorski Kotar County 10%.


After a record season and a turnover growth of almost 30% compared to last year, which represents the highest percentage increase in traffic from all airports in Croatia, Rijeka Airport for the next season has also confirmed 3 new air carriers: TUI, Volotea and Lufthansa who will fly to 3 new destinations: London Gatwick, Manchester and Marseille. The TUI Group is the world's most significant tourist group, which has 6 air carriers and 9 tour operators flying to over 150 destinations worldwide. TUI will connect Rijeka with London and Manchester with B737-800 aircraft with 189 seats in the period from 23.5.2019. until 17.10.2019. every Thursday. Volotea is one of the most important low-cost carriers which will connect Rijeka with Marseille in the period from 5.6.2019. until 28.8.2019. every Wednesday. This route has high importance to our region as it represents a sort of precedent for the Rijeka Airport as the first regular line for France in recent history, following this year's charter route from Paris. Besides the aforementioned 2 air carriers, it is certainly of great importance and confirmation of the arrival of the renowned Lufthansa to the Rijeka Airport in the summer season of 2019, since the mentioned airline is the largest and most important European air carrier with over 200 destinations worldwide and one of the largest fleets in the world. Lufthansa will fly on a regular basis for Munchen, every Saturday in the period of May 25, by the end of October 2019. Along with the aforementioned new airlines, next season will also remain this year's new carriers: Condor for Frankfurt and Transavia for Eindhoven, which significantly increased the number of flights by as much as 300% in 2019 and starts with flights in April 2019.

Therefore, it can be concluded that year 2019 will for sure brake new records for Rijeka Airport, but 2018 will definitely remain recorded as one of the most successful in the history of Rijeka Airport!

5 reasons to visit Rijeka Advent

22.01.2019
This year Rijeka has the biggest Advent ever and it's surely worth visiting!
Time Out Croatia brings 5 perfect reasons why it's worth visiting Rijeka advent, and video can be seen on the following link

Santa Claus landed at Rijeka Airport

16.12.2018
On 30.11.2018. Santa Claus landed at Rijeka Airport to start with his Christmas activities in Omisalj. He was welcomed by many kids who received lots of presents.

Eurowings aircraft painted in Kvarner colours!

16.12.2018
Eurowings aircraft Airbus A320 with registration D-AEWK from 14.11.2018. is painted in Kvarner colours.
Rijeka Airprot in cooperation with Kvarner Tourist Board invests a large amount of funds into the region marketing. In 2018 Rijeka Airport has invested almost 3 million kuna of own funds into promotional activities through airlines channels. The best example of these activities are these stickers placed on Eurowings aircraft, which will promote the region in many destinations where will land in next 1 year period.
This Kvarner aircraft was welcomed at Rijeka Airport on 22.11.2018. with water salute as it operates also on the route Rijeka-Düsseldorf which operates each thursday and sunday whole winter period.

New airlines at Rijeka Airport

13.11.2018
After the record summer season 2018 there are also many great announcements for the summer of 2019!
Currently 3 new air carriers confirmed their services at Rijeka Airport: TUI for destinations Manchester and London, Volotea for Marseille, and Lufthansa for Munich!
In addition to new air carriers at the Rijeka Airport, new carriers in 2018 will also remain in 2019: Condor and Transavia. And Transavia announced significant increase for Eindhoven (an increase of over 300%)!

Rijeka Airport welcomed record passenger!

13.11.2018
On 11.10.018. Rijeka Airport has welcomed its record 170,000 passenger! The jubilee passenger is Percinić Marija from the island of Rab, and was recorded on the regular international flight of Eurowings EW2963 Rijeka-Stuttgart.
The traffic of 170,000 passengers in one year is accomplished for the first time in the history of Rijeka Airport. Previous record was 169,250 passengers in 2006.
In commemoration of the jubilee in the system, Zlatko Komadina, Mayor of Primorje-Gorski Kotar county, and his Deputy Marko Boras-Mandić, CEO of Kvarner Tourist Board, Irena Peršić Živadinov, together with the CEO of the Rijeka Airport, Tomislav Palalić, donated to the jubilee passenger a gift voucher of the Eurowings and the gift package of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and Rijeka Airport.
However, before the scrapping of the entire yearly traffic record, Rijeka Airport has also achieved record passenger traffic at the level of all months of this year. In all the months of 2018, record passenger traffic was recorded, and for the first time in history for 2 consecutive months (July and August) this year over 40,000 passengers were transported per month.
This significant increase in passenger traffic, among other things, is the result of many activities, efforts and financial resources that Rijeka Airport in cooperation with the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure, the Ministry of Tourism, CNTB and Kvarner Tourist Board, invested in the introduction of new airlines in 2018. (regular lines for Frankfur with Condor and Ryanair, Eindhoven withTransavia and Berlin with Laudamotion, and charter line for Paris with Enter Air), as well as extending the flight season for existing routes. And of course, this fantastic result was definitely contributed to the introduction of a regular all-year international line for Cologne with Eurowings, which also operated whole winter in 2008 twice a week, with the A319 aircraft with a capacity of 144 seats.
In the upcoming winter, also two international routes are confirmed: Dusseldorf with Eurowings and Munich with Croatia Airlines. There will also operate a constant domestic line for Osijek, Split and Dubrovnik with Trade Air.
There are currently negotiations for the introduction of additional routes next season 2019, but for now are confirmed 2 new charter lines for London and Manchester with TUI, and a significant extension of this year's new route for Eindhoven throughout the whole season (from April to October), which represents an increase in operations for over 300%.
Therefore it can be concluded that 2019 will be new record year for Rijeka Airport, but 2018 will remain recorded as one of the most successful in the history since more than 180,000 passengers are expected by the end of this year. This represents an increase of almost 30% compared to 2017, and this growth represents the highest percentage growth among all airports in the Republic of Croatia in 2018.

All monthly record passenger traffic numbers broken by the end of September!!

04.10.2018
By the end of September Rijeka Airport broke one more passenger traffic record with over 20% passengers more than in 2017. All months in 2018 have been concluded with record numbers of passengers and for the first time in the history at Rijeka Airport for two months in a row passenger traffic was over 40.000 passengers.
Next week Rijeka Airport expects 170.000 passenger who will break whole year passenger traffic record of all times.
By the end of this year Rijeka Airport expects 180.000 passengers which presents increase of 27% compared to 2017. This increase ratio is the biggest increase rate of all airports in Croatia in 2018!

Last year's passenger traffic achieved

11.09.2018
On 8.9.2018. at Rijeka Airport last year's passenger traffic (142.111 passengers) is achieved. This confirms great announcements of expected this year's historical record number of passenger traffic. By the end of 2018 over 180.000 passengers is expected which is 30% more than last year, and 6,5% more than historical record from 2006 (169.250 passengers).
All these great figures are result of Rijeka Airport's significant efforts into extension of present routes and introduction of new ones.

03.09.2018

Historical passenger traffic at Rijeka airport!!

01.08.2018
Rijeka Airport is according to current traffic results for period of first 7 months in 2018 exceeded the traffic from record year 2006. This further confirms the announcement that 2018 will beat the of the record of annual passenger traffic.
In the first 7 months of 2018, nearly 25,000 passengers more passed than last year at the Rijeka Airport, and a total of 93,889 passengers were transported, representing an increase of nearly 34% compared to the same period in 2017! The figure of 100,000 passengers is expected to be achieved on Monday 6.8. which is earlier than ever before in the history of this airport.
The aforementioned fantastic figures are the result of numerous activities, efforts and financial resources made by the Rijeka Airport to introduce new air routes (regular lines for Frankfurt, Condor, Eindhoven, Transavia and Berlin, Laudamotion, and Paris charter lines Enter Air), as well as extending the flying season of existing airlines. And of course this fantastic result was certainly contributed with the introduction of a regular international winter line for Koln from Eurowings company, which operated all winter, twice a week, with the A319 144-seater capacity.
These excellent results for the first 7 months of 2018 are therefore a good introduction to the upcoming record season, which is expected to transport over 180,000 passengers which makes a total increase of passenger traffic by 30% compared to 2017, ie a rise of 6,5% compared to the record 2006 when passenger traffic amounted to 169,250.

Special innauguration for the first Transavia flight from Eindhoven

01.08.2018
On 5.7.2018. the first Transavia aircraft B738 landed from Eindhoven, which was officially inaugurated by the water arch. In addition to the water arch, the first Dutch travelers, 166 of them, were welcomed by local instruments: sopile and local specialties: fritule and pogače.
This route will operate every Thursday and Sunday until September 2nd.

Summer award tender: 100 tickets prize

03.07.2018

Decoration of interior with artworks of famous artist from Rijeka: Mirna Sišul

03.07.2018
For even better atmosphere at Rijeka airport, interior is decorated with artworks of famous artist from Rijeka: Mirna Sišul!

Certificate of appreciation for Rijeka airport!

03.07.2018
Air Baltic confirmed excellent cooperation with Rijeka airport by sending Certificate of appreciation. This certificate is given for an outstanding performance in year 2017 with ground handling punctuality at 100%!

Arrival of first seasonal flight from Tallinn!

03.07.2018
9.6.2018. at 7:40AM arrived first seasonal flight from Tallinn!
Fly to this beautiful city in Estonia each Saturday and Tuesday at 8:15h untill 29.9.2018! Tickets can be bought on following link https://www.nordica.ee/en/home/

Official inauguration of first Laudamotion aircraft!

03.07.2018
On 2.6.2018. new airline Laudamotion landed his first Boeing 737-800 at Rijeka airport from Berlin. It was officially inaugurated by the water arch.The Berlin route will be operated twice weekly, on Thursdays and Saturdays until October 27, and tickets can be purchased on their partner website Ryanair:
www.ryanair.com
Video can be found on our facebook page.

Eurowings increases operations to Dusseldorf!

03.07.2018
German low-cost carrier Eurowings on 20.5.2018. had the first arrival on the season line from Dusseldorf to Rijeka.
At the same time, with the arrival of the first airplane from Dusseldorf, Eurowings announced a boost on the aforementioned line in the summer season. Instead of flying just twice a week on Fridays and Sundays, one more rotation is added on Saturday starting from July 7, 2018.

Avioradar.hr team visited Rijeka Airport

03.07.2018
9.5.2018. Avioradar.hr team visited Rijeka Airport: Nenad Sredojević, president of association, Vjekoslav Kolarec and Bruno Habaš.
Article from their visit in croatian language is available at:
https://avioradar.hr/index.php/on-board/1010-posjetili-smo-zracna-luka-rijeka

Arrival of first flight from Hannover

03.07.2018
17.5.2018. at 11:10PM we welcomed our first seasonal flight from Hannover!
Fly from Hannover to Rijeka each Thursday for only 19,99€ untill 25.10.2018! ✈️😁
Tickets can be bought on www.eurowings.com

With direct flight from Rijeka to many European destinations for only 9,99€!

21.05.2018
Finally it's time for a spring city break or summer retreat from traffic jams! Flights from Rijeka Airport by direct flight to many European destinations from just 9,99€ in one direction! Currently you can find very cheap low cost airline tickets for sale at the moment, and we will list them below.
For only 9,99€ you can easily get to Berlin in June with new airline Laudmotion. This route operates in cooperation with Ryanair every Thursday and Saturday until 27.10.2018. (link: www.ryanair.com)
In May, for just 14.99€ in one direction, you can go to Frankfurt with Condor, which connects Rijeka to Frankfurt every Thursday and Sunday until 21.10.2018. (link: www.condor.com) For the same price with Ryanair you can fly to Stockholm every Friday and Monday until 26.10.2018 (link: www.ryanair.com)
On 17.5.2018. start direct flight to Hannover, with Eurowings, and tickets for this beautifully greenest German city are currently on sale for only 19.99 €! This route will run every Thursday until 25.10.2018. (link: www.eurowings.com)
For only € 21.99 in July, you can travel every Tuesday and Saturday with Ryanair to the Belgian capital: Brussels (link: www.ryanair.com)
This year's sensational news about the arrival of the Dutch low cost airline Transavia at the Rijeka Airport has enabled all fans of this tulip country to visit Eindhoven by direct flight from Rijeka on Thursdays and Sundays in July from 29.00 €! (link: www.transavia.com)
For just € 34.67 you can also fly to London in July, every Monday and Friday with Ryanair (link: www.ryanair.com)
Germany's metropolis Dusseldorf, Koln and Stuttgart can be visited for only € 39.99 (link: www.eurowings.com) in May, and for a couple of euros more, or € 45.83 in June, you can also get to Oslo by Norwegian Air Shuttle (www.norwegian.com)

Official inauguration of first Condor aircraft!

29.04.2018
On Sunday 29.4.2018. Condor landed his first A320 at Rijeka airport from Frankfurt. It was officially inaugurated by the water arch. On the same route, Condor already operated for 5 years until 2016 and this season was re-introduced. The Frankfurt route will be operated twice weekly, on Thursdays and Sundays until October 21, and tickets can be purchased on their website for only € 15!

First flight from Paris

29.04.2018
On 27.4.2018. exactly at 14:10 at Rijeka Airport Rijeka arrived first charter flight from Paris, which represents the first direct link between Rijeka and France in the last 10 years! So the first passengers were welcomed with traditional water arch, or so called "showering" of the aircraft.
On this route every Friday until 5.10. will fly the Polish airline Enter Air, with aircraft B738, orginised by the French charter agency Thalasso No.1. So all additional information on the aforementioned route can be found on their official website.

Representatives of Rijeka Airport participated at the Routes Europe 2018

29.04.2018
Representatives of Rijeka Airport participated at the Routes Europe 2018 conference, which took place in Bilbao, from 22 to 24 April 2018. At Routes they held numerous meetings with the most important airline companies for the purpose of negotiating and introduction of new routes in 2019.

29.04.2018
Rijeka Airport team attended AERO EXPO - one of the largest and most visited general aviation global show. It took place in Germany's Friedrichshafen from 18 untill 21 April with over 600 exhibitors from 35 countries and 33,000 visitors. Rijeka Airport team presented at their stand services and specialities of Rijeka Airport to interested visitors. Except from that, they also organised lot of prize games daily, which further stimulated the interest of numerous visitors.
Therefore, Rijeka Airport in the upcoming season, besides the increase in regular air traffic, is expected to increase also general aviation numbers.

Rijeka airport from 4.4.2018. open for 24h!

04.04.2018
Result of start of works on runway at the International Airport in Zagreb, which will take place at night and will cause the airport closure for all traffic from 22:35 to 6:35 hours, and Monday and Friday from 0:00 to 6:35 hours is decision of Minister of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure, Oleg Butković, to make Rijeka airport open for 24h.
During the planned 2-month period, while the works at Franjo Tuđman Airport will last, from 0 to 24 hours all days will be open Rijeka Airport, which will receive aircrafts that can not land at the airport Franjo Tuđman because of the closure.

New route for Berlin from Rijek a airport!

02.04.2018
Laudamotion, new airline in cooperation with Ryanair introduced new route which Rijeka airport connects with Berlin Tegel. Tickets are sold by Ryanair and it will be operated by A320, two times weekly, on Thursdays and Saturdays from 2.6.2018. till 27.10.2018.

Summer flight season started!

02.04.2018
On 25.3.2018. with the summer time calculation, the IATA flight summer season also started. So the opening hours of the Rijeka Airport are extended on all days of the week from 8:00 to 18: 00h.
On 26.3.2018.Rijeka Airport welcomed its first flight of the season: Ryanair from Stockholm and on 27.3.2018. its first flight from Frankfurt arrived, which represents a new destination on the map of Rijeka Airport.

Rijeka Airport starts campaign "YOUR airport with a soul!"

09.03.2018
After many years of investing all the funds exclusively in the projects necessary for the basic functioning of the airport,, Rijeka Airport has finally provided funds for marketing investments and the promotion of the airport. Starting from the point of very low knowledge that local population has on the offer of Rijeka Airport, the focus of this campaign are precisely the citizens and local residents of the Rijeka Airports County. The researchs have shown that the majority of locals in the travel organization use nearby larger airports such as Zagreb, Venice and Trieste, and are not aware that from Rijeka Airport they can be in desired European destination for only one hour and a half to two hours! Therefore, apart from the significant time travel savings, departure from Rijeka Airport makes traveling much less stressful, and individual approach of the Airport staff to each traveler turns a tiring journey into a real pleasure. So all mentioned brought to the name of the campaign: "Rijeka Airport - YOUR airport with a soul"
The campaign itself started on March 5, 2018. with official announcement on the Facebook page of Rijeka Airport, and it will last intensively untill the beginning of July. The main partners of the Rijeka Airport in this campaign are Radio Korzo and Kanal Ri,. So during following months all listeners of Radio Korzo, viewers of Kanal Ri and followers of Rijeka Airport offical Facebook page can expect numerous news, as well as award quizzes with over 20 tickets for multiple destinations from Rijeka Airport.

Interesting analysis about (dis)connection of smaller airports in Croatia

21.02.2018
Portal avioradar.hr published an interesting analysis about the (dis) connections of smaller airports in Croatia, in which also participated Rijeka Airport.
Rijeka Airport statement from the article:
"Rijeka Airport has been working very intensively in the last few years to introduce new destinations, and lot of resources have been invested to bring new airlines to Kvarner. This is possible on several annual conferences (Routes, Connect), where airport representatives meet with airline representatives, and negotiate possibilities for increasing their operations and introducing new destinations. As in every industry, in the aviation industry, the laws of supply and demand are applicable, so before the introduction of any new destination, the airlines are carrying out numerous route performance analysis. They continue to operate on the routes that bring them the greatest profit or introduce new ones if the analyzes show that they'll bring significant profits in the future. It is important to point out that when introducing new destinations the airline's risk is the highest and it depends largely on the recognizability of this new destination in the distant markets that need to be connected by airline. In the case of famous destinations for which travelers are aware of, or have already formed a specific demand for, there is no need for additional investment in marketing. In that case the risk of airline reduces to minimum. However, in cases where the destination is unknown in distant markets which needs airline connections, and there is still no specific demand for that destination among airline passengers, airline risk is much higher and additional funding is needed (in the form of a discount on airport services or in terms of marketing funds). This is precisely the case of Rijeka and Kvarner, which has a very high third place in the number of arrivals in Croatia, is well positioned and well known in the neighboring countries, more suitable for cars and bus passengers, while in further markets it still insufficiently recognized. Therefore, in terms of additional support to air carriers, Rijeka Airport has invested nearly 3 million € of its own funds in the last 3 years (1.5 million € in terms of discount, 1.5 million € in terms of advertising). In addition to that in last 3 years also 1,25 million € of joint funds by regional and local units and tourist boards was invested for the purpose of investing in airline development. However, not even these very significant funds (Rijeka Airport's own funds invested in the development of new lines represents almost 45% of its TOTAL BUDGET!), did not lead to an increase in the number of passengers which are accomplished in other Croatian well known markets.
Therefore, it can be concluded that airports, with all their efforts and investments, can not significantly influence the airlines decisions on the viability of introducing a new destination. The crucial factor of their decision is ultimately the degree of development of the destination, its offer, brand, the demand for travelers to visit them, and the recognition of the destination and its reputation. Ultimately, travelers do not come to a destination for the airport, but for the destination itself!"

The whole article in croatian language is available in the following link:
https://avioradar.hr/index.php/opcenito/885-analiza-ne-povezanost-manjih-zracnih-luka-u-hrvatskoj

Rijeka Airport - certified aerodrome for indefinite period!

19.04.2018
On 29.12.2017. Rijeka Airport received an official confirmation of airport certification for indefinite period! Croatian Civil Aviation Agency, which is authorized to monitor and implement the international standards necessary to fulfill the State's responsibility for air traffic safety control, awarded Rijeka airport with Aerodrome certificate and Aerodrome operator certificate, which confirms the compliance of the airport with all regulations and international standards.
Rijeka Airpot had from 15.12.2014. until now only Temporary aerodrome certificate, based on which it was necessary to carry out certain adjustments to the EU regulations in order to receive the Certificate for an indefinite period. Therefore, this Certificate is a proof of successful implementation of numerous projects and harmonization with international regulations in the last 3 years.

Dutch low-cost airline, Transavia, arrives to Rijeka airport!

04.01.2018
For the first time in history the famous Dutch low-cost airline Transavia announced new schedule flight to Rijeka Airport: Rijeka-Eindhoven. On 21.12.2017. started tickets sale for this route, which will finally connect residents of the Rijeka region with the Netherlands.
Eindhoven is one of the largest cities in the Netherlands, located only 111km from Amsterdam. It is a famous tourist and business center with many tourist attractions, most notably the Philips Museum since the world-famous brand was born in this city.
Flights to visit this interesting city will be operated with B737-800 189 seats, 2 times a week on Thursdays and Sundays, from 5.7.2018. untill 2.9.2018.
Transavia is a Dutch low-cost airline, part of the AIR FRANCE KLM group, which has been in the market for more than 50 years. The main base of Transavie is located at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, and currently has ground planes at airports in Rotterdam, Eindhoven, Paris, Lyon, Nantes, and since 2015 Munich.
You can buy the Rijeka-Eindhoven tickets now via the official Transavie website: www.transavia.com from only € 39 in one way!

Condor airline returns to Rijeka airport!

07.12.2017
After 2 years from withdrawal of Condor from RIjeka airport, in upcoming summer season 2018 this airline returns on route RIjeka-Frankfurt. Franfurt airport is 4th Europe busiest airport with over 60 million passenger per year and connections to almost all destinations on all continets.
Flights to Frankfurt from Rijeka with Condor will operate 2 times weekly, on Thursdays and Sundays, in period from May untill October 2018. In addition to already announced flights to Frankfurt with Ryanair, on Tuesday and Saturday, this means that route Rijeka-Frankfurt will be operated in total 4 times weekly!
With over 7 million passengers and about 80 destinations in Europe, Asia, Africa and America, Condor is one of the world's leading leisure travel airline. The Condor fleet consists of over 30 aircraft served by the experienced organization of GMO Group Thomas Cook Airlines, which ensures the highest quality in maintenance and servicing. The main base of the Condor is located in Frankfurt, but it also has bases is in Berlin, Munich, Düsseldorf, Koln, Hanover, Leipzig, Stuttgart and Hamburg in Germany.

Santa Claus visited Rijeka airport!

07.12.2017
1.12.2017. Santa landed at Rijeka airport with direct flight from Laponia bringing joy to all children who welcomed him!
Video from this event can be seen here:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=noWfgFAXwuw

Santa Claus is coming to Rijeka Airport

27.11.2017
For upcoming holidays Santa decided to come to Rijeka Airport and present seasonal programme of Omisalj. All kids will recieve gifts so all are invated to come and give him a warm welcome!

Minister of the sea, transport and infrastructure and Minister of tourism visited Rijeka Airport!

27.11.2017
On 10.11.2017. Minister of the sea, transport and infrastructure Oleg Butkovic and Minister of tourism Gari Capelli visited Rijeka Airport and announced big investment in infrastructure and joint advertising in 2018.

Flights Rijeka-Köln from 19,99€!

11.07.2017
After announcement of all-year round flights from Rijeka to Köln Eurowings brings more great news!
Tickets for this flights cen be purcahsed already from 19,99€!
So hurry to bok your ticket on Eurowings web site, as they are in limited number!

World on the palm of your hands throughout whole year!

10.07.2017
Based on the increasing results and the constant increase in the number of passengers at Rijeka Airport, Eurowings management has decided to introduce a regular winter line that connects Rijeka with Cologne throughout the whole year. After the introduction of full-year regular domestic flights (Split, Dubrovnik, Osijek) since winter 2016/17 the upcoming winter will introduce a new year-long international route. That is sensational news for Rijeka Airport and its entire environment, since in recent history Airport Rijeka has not provided its passengers and users with international routes throughout the year, but mostly only during the summer months. The introduction of winter routes represents a significant positive step for the entire county, its economy, residents, and especially all tourism-related subjects, and besides that it creates a habit among passengers of having easier and faster transfers throughout the whole year.
This is the result of the great efforts that the Rijeka Airport Management in cooperation with its co-owners: the County, the City of Rijeka, the local municipality of Omišalj and the associated tourist communities, invests in the promotion and sustainability of the Rijeka Airport, and represents only the initial step in its further growth and development .
The official sale of tickets for this flights began on 5 July 2017, and can be purchased on Eurowing website: www.eurowings.com. The first flight from Cologne to Rijeka runs on 10.11.2017. At 12: 35h, returning from Rijeka to Cologne the same day at 14: 40h. During the whole winter period (10.11.2017 - 21.3.2018), the route will be operated twice a week, on Sundays and Fridays (10.11.2017 - 1.12.2017 and 12.1.2018 - 16.2.2018), and on Sundays and Wednesdays (6.12.2017 - 3.1.2018 and 21.2.2018 - 21.3.2018)

Rijeka airport visited by over 1.000 kids in 2017

10.07.2017
Rijeka Airport is kids friendly airport and through its organized tours all children can be acquainted with all aspects of the operation of the international airport and its services on educational, professional and fun way. In 2017 more than 1.000 children from elementary schools from the islands of Krk and Rab, Rijeka, Crikvenica, Gorski Kotar and even Lika visited Rijeka Airport.

First flight from Hannover welcomed with water shower!

10.07.2017
On 22.6.2017. at Rijeka Airport Rijeka landed the first flight from Hannover which was welcomed with a water shower!
Flights Hannover - Rijeka - Hannover every Thursday will be operated until 26.10.2017. Check the prices and availability of the tickets on the Eurowings website.
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