Croatian airline Trade Air has suspended domestic routes that were PSO-subsidized. The background is that the funding has expired and the new contract has not yet come into force.

Originally, the four-year contracts with Croatia Airlines and Trade Air would have expired at the end of March 2020. However, the Croatian government decided to continue this temporarily as part of an emergency award, as the corona pandemic made it impossible to carry out a tendering process.

In November 2021 the time had come: the 12 PSO routes were re-advertised. Actually, these should have been awarded for the period from May 1, 2022 to March 28, 2026. But there have been delays, which the Croatian government has not explained in detail. The consequence of this is that the operators discontinue the unprofitable routes due to a lack of subsidies. Trade Air recently deployed a Let L410 within the framework of a wet lease contract within Croatia.

Routes for which public service obligation (PSO) funding is envisaged: Dubrovnik - Zagreb - Dubrovnik, Split - Zagreb - Split, Zagreb - Zadar - Pula - Zadar - Zagreb, Zagreb - Brač - Zagreb, Osijek - Dubrovnik - Osijek, Osijek - Split - Osijek, Osijek - Zagreb - Osijek, Rijeka - Split - Dubrovnik - Split - Rijeka, Osijek - Pula - Split - Pula - Osijek, Rijeka - Zadar - Rijeka and Osijek - Zadar - Osijek.