(30/07/24) Croatia Airways, a member of Star Alliance, has taken supply of its first
Airbus A220-300.
The plane, which options the airline’s new
livery, is the primary to be delivered of the
13 A220-300s and two A220-100s on order.
Supply of the second plane is predicted by the
finish of 2024, while the subsequent six are scheduled for supply in
2025, 4 in 2026, and three plane in 2027.
The supply is an element
of the renewal of the airline’s complete fleet with new-generation
plane, the largest challenge within the firm’s historical past which
is celebrating its thirty fifth anniversary this 12 months.
Croatia Airways A220-300. Image: Airbus
“Our new visible identification communicates with our
passengers and the general public much more merely and simply. The primary
impression that Croatia will depart will now be even stronger,”
mentioned Slaven Žabo, Industrial Division Director at Croatia
Airways. “In addition to flying in new and considerably quieter
plane, our passengers can have the comfort of a extra
snug passenger cabin that includes wider seats and bigger
home windows, extra carry-on baggage area, and high-speed inflight
Wi-Fi.”
Throughout this 12 months’s summer time season, Croatia Airways
is connecting Cut up Airport (SPU) with the next 22
worldwide airports: Amsterdam, Athens, Vienna, Berlin,
Bucharest, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Copenhagen,
London Gatwick, London Heathrow, Lyon, Milan, Munich, Oslo, Paris,
Prague, Rome, Skopje, Stockholm, and Zurich.
Through the upcoming winter season, the flag
provider is planning to attach Croatia with 29 European airports,
working flights on 50 worldwide routes.
The A220
gives higher effectivity with 25% decrease gas burn and CO2
emissions per seat, in addition to a 50% decreased noise
footprint when in comparison with earlier era plane, and round
40% decrease NOx emissions than business requirements.
“We’re witnessing a brand new historic step ahead and
into a greater future for Croatia Airways, in addition to for all of
us, who will fly Croatia’s flag provider as businessmen, vacationers
and passengers,” mentioned Tomislav Mihotić, State Secretary on the
Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure of the
Republic of Croatia. “Within the 35 years of its existence and
provision of transportation companies, Croatia Airways has been
connecting Croatia’s cities with key European locations, and,
in collaboration with accomplice airways, the entire world. As such,
Croatia Airways is of immense help for us all.”
The A220 is purpose-built for
the 100-150 seat market and powered by Pratt & Whitney’s
latest-generation GTF engines can fly continuous as much as 3,600
nautical miles (6,700 kilometres).
As with all Airbus plane, the A220 is already
capable of function with as much as 50% sustainable aviation gas (SAF)
with the corporate aiming for all its plane to be able to
working with as much as 100% SAF by 2030.
As of the top of June 2024, round 30 clients
have ordered greater than 9 hundred A220 plane. Over 340 Airbus
A220s are
presently flying on greater than 1,400 routes and greater than 440
locations worldwide. Up to now, greater than 100 million passengers
have flown on the A220.
