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Croatia Airlines

Aegean and Air Nostrum Bid for Croatia Airlines Stake

2019-12-27 by Argophilia Travel News

Croatia Airlines

Aegean Airlines and Spain’s Air Nostrum have submitted non-binding bids for the acquisition of Croatia Airlines.

Tags: Aegean, Aegean Airlines, Air Nostrum, airlines, Balkans travel, Croatia, Croatia Airlines, Croatia tourism, Croatia travel, Europe airlines, Greek airlines

European Coastal Airlines to Serve up Croatian Islands

2014-05-16 by Aleksandr Shatskih

European Coastal Airlines CEO

Croatia has a new airline connectivity service, European Coastal Airlines is starting the first ever hydroplane service in the country. Destined to connect summer beach goers with the country’s wonderful Adriatic destinations, the German-Malaysian owned carrier also announcer online bookings.

Tags: Adriatic travel, Croatia Airlines, Croatia travel, European Coastal Airlines, island transportation, Jelsa, Korčula, Rab

Croatia Airlines Strike Partially Over: Planes Almost Aloft

2013-05-22 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Croatia Airlines

On Tuesday Croatia Airlines management and the CA pilots’ union mutually agreed on a collective agreement dispute we previously reported on. While pilots may now go back to flying, the airline authorities and flight attendants still are at odds over their issues. The bottom line is, Croatia Airlines has fliers now, but no support on board for passengers, planes will probably remain grounded.

Tags: airlines, Croatia Airlines, Croatia tourism, EU

Croatia Flux: Airline Strikes, Railway Disenchantment, and Smugglers, Etc.

2013-05-17 by Phil Butler

Župan Hajdaš Dončić

As the Croatia Airlines strike heads into its fourth day Croatia’s Minister of Transport, Sinisa Hajdas Doncic (below) has said the carrier may go bankrupt if a restructuring plan set in motion is off the table. Meanwhile some 200 Railway Workers Union members protested outside government offices in St. Mark’s Square in Zagreb on Wednesday. By the looks of things Croatia is headed to EU membership carry some unclaimed transportation luggage.

Tags: Catherine Ashton, Croatia Airlines, Croatia concerns, Croatia railways, Croatia strikes, EU membership, Former Yugoslavia, human trafficking, Ivo Josipovic, Sinisa Hajdas Doncic

Croatia Airlines Strike: Day Two Cancellations

2013-05-15 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Despite assertions partner carriers would take up their slack in the even of a general strike, Croatia Airlines cancelled 22 flights on account of aircrew and pilots walking out. Today is the second day of a strike versus the airline over layoffs and pay cuts strikers say they cannot overcome.

Tags: airline strike, budget airlines, Croatia, Croatia Airlines, Croatia travel, EU airlines

Croatia Airlines Strike Seems Imminent

2013-05-13 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Croatia Airlines

On Friday 3 unions connected with Croatia Airlines (CA) said a general strike by the national air carrier’s employees will start tomorrow if demands are not met. According to the news the employees are just trying to get benefits of an agreement already struck last year in a collective bargaining agreement.

Tags: airline strikes, Balkans airlines, Croatia Airlines, Europe airlines, Zoran Bilic

Croatia Airlines Gets Speedy Government Aid before EU Entry

2012-11-27 by Aleksandr Shatskih

National carrier Croatia Airlines has just received a capital boost of EUR 106 million from the local government. The funds injection has been approved just before the Easter European’s country would join the European Union as a means to avoid strict competition regulations. The funds will be given to Croatia Airlines as a capital increase […]

Tags: Croatia, Croatia Airlines, EU, state aid

EX-YU Aviation Woes Continue

2012-08-24 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Croatia Airlines

With Summer nearing an end the EX-YU aviation industry faces some tough decisions ahead. Former Yugoslavian carriers, now fragmented toward their own regional goals, may have to deal alone with insurmountable financial troubles.

Tags: airlines, Balkans airlines, Bosnia airlines, Croatia Airlines, Europe aircarriers, EX-YU Aviation, Kresimir Kucko, Montenegro Airlines, Serbia airlines

Croatia Airlines Eyes Adria Merger

2012-05-29 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Croatia Airlines

In news from the Balkans, it seems likely there may be a merger in the offing, with reports suggesting that Croatia’s national air carrier Croatia Airlines are set to hold talks with their Slovenian counterparts Adria Airways to form a new pan-Balkan carrier.

Tags: Adria Airways, Airbus A319, Balkans, Croatia Airlines, Jat Airways, Kresimir Kucko, Montenegro Airlines, Sinisa Hajdas Doncic, Zoran Djurišić

Former Yugoslavia Air Carriers to Meet

2012-04-24 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Montenegro Airlines

Amid accusations Montenegro Airlines desires some kind of monopoly on the Balkans country’s airspace, CEO of the company, Zoran Djurišić, announced his invitation to executives of three of the former Yugoslavia’s biggest carriers, Croatia Airlines, Jat Airways, and Adria Airways, to a sort of summit on the Budva Riviera.

Tags: acquisitions, Adria Airways, airlines, Balkans airlines, Budva Riviera, Croatia Airlines, Dusan Bajic, Jat Airways, Klemen Boštjančič, mergers, Montenegro Airlines, Montenegro travel, regional airlines, Srećko Šimunović

Croatia Airlines Opens New Dubrovnik-Belgrade Route

2011-06-22 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Croatia Airlines

Croatia Airlines has started a new route that connects Dubrovnik and Belgrade on Monday.

Tags: Croatia Airlines, Dubrovnik-Belgrade Route

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