The low-cost airline has announced new expansion plans for its base in Zagreb.

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary paid a visit to the base in the Croatian capital today. At the press conference, he leaked that two more aircraft are to be stationed in Zagreb next summer 2022. This would increase the number of planes on site to a total of five. The low-cost company has currently stationed two Lauda Europe A320 aircraft in the city. A third plane will join them at the end of the year. However, some routes would still be served by aircraft outside the base. That will change in the future, said O'Leary.  

The Ryanair boss does not reveal which new routes the company is aiming for. ““ We are certainly not concentrating on routes served by Croatia Airlines. Rather, we are targeting connections that are not served from Zagreb at all, ”said Michael O'Leary from the Ex-Yu-Aviation online portal.

At the same time, O'Leary criticized the slow development of Croatia Airlines in Zagreb. Although he admitted that the national carrier had good connections from the capital, he found that these were insufficient to meet the existing demand. The airline group chief said: “In the next six months, Ryanair will add 24 routes from Zagreb, while Croatia Airlines has introduced three in the last three years and has received twelve million euros in state aid. We, on the other hand, do not receive any subsidies from the state. "