Croatia Airlines to restructure

As part of its post-pandemic strategy, Croatia Airlines has announced a restructuring that would see the airline return to profitability in three years. The new strategy has been created by outside consultants from the Boston Consultancy Group.

Although details have not officially been made public about the new strategy, some information has leaked. Part of the plan is to streamline the fleet around one single aircraft type smaller than its current A319s and A320s, but larger than its DHC-8-400s. Currently, the fleet consists of six DHC-8-400s, five A319s and two A320s. With the Airbuses being over twenty years old on average, they are in need of replacement and the airline actually has an outstanding order for four A320neos with Airbus.

Croatia Airlines is, however, in negotiations with the aircraft manufacturer to cancel this order as the type is now deemed too large and the airline financially struggling. As a potential alternative, and probably not a coincidence, Airbus is set to demonstrate the A220 to all Croatian airlines later this month at Zagreb. Looking at seat-numbers, a fleet based around the A220 could indeed make sense for the national airline.

Photo by Croatian Airlines.