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Croatia has eight major airports: Zagreb, Split, Dubrovnik, Pula, Rijeka (on the island of Krk), Zadar, Brac and Osijek. If you're flying into Croatia from elsewhere in Europe, you'll almost certainly be flying to one of the first five.

Flying to Croatia from the UK, Ireland or Europe
In the past few years, the number of airlines operating direct, scheduled flights to Croatia has grown and grown. Great news for travellers! Currently, eight airlines have direct, scheduled flights from the UK to Croatia: British Airways, Easyjet, Wizz Air, Ryanair, Thomsonfly , FlyGlobespan, FlyBe, Jet2.com and Croatia Airlines, whilst Aer Lingus have flights from Dublin to Dubrovnik. Note that some of these airlines only operate flights during summer - see the table below for details.

Try searching for British Airways flights to Dubrovnik below:

It is possible to book direct Croatia Airlines Flights with Expedia.co.uk.
(you can also book BA flights, and non-direct flights with other European airlines)

N.B. Croatia Airlines often offer very good value flights, somtimes even more so than "budget" airlines. You may not be able to fly direct to your final destination, but by flying via Zagreb you will be able to reach other Croatian airports on easy, connecting flights. Keep this in mind!

Below is a current summary of the flights to Croatia for 2009:
(text in italics show dates to/from operation, if applicable)

Details correct as of 12th June 2009
Airline From To

Frequency

Operating Dates
British Airways London Gatwick Dubrovnik Daily
(2 flights on Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun)
now til 24th Oct 09
  London Gatwick Dubrovnik Thu, Thur, Fri, Sun from 25th Oct 09
         
Croatia Airlines London Heathrow Zagreb Daily now
  London Heathrow Rijeka Weds now
  London Heathrow Split Sat now
  London Gatwick Zagreb Mon, Tues, Weds, Thurs, Fri, Sun now
  London Gatwick Pula Tues, Sun now
  London Gatwick Split Mon, Fri now
N.B. There are also more options for flying to some Croatian destinations (Pula, Split, Dubrovnik) with connecting flights via Zagreb on Croatia Airlines
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London Gatwick Split

Daily

now til 24th Sept 09
  London Gatwick Split Sat - additional evening flight now til 19th Sept 09
  Bristol Split Wed, Sat now
  Bristol Split as above + Mon & Tues from 23rd June (Tues flight), from 6th July 09 (Mon flight)
  London Gatwick Dubrovnik Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun now
  Liverpool Dubrovnik Tues, Fri, Sun now
  Liverpool Dubrovnik Sun - additional evening flight from 21st June til 4th Oct 09
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London Stansted Pula

Tues, Thurs, Sat

now
  London Stansted Zadar

Mon, Weds, Sat

now
  London Stansted Zadar Sun - additional flight July & August
  Edinburgh Zadar Weds, Sun now
  Dublin Zadar

Sat

now
         
London Luton
Zagreb
Mon, Weds, Fri, Sun
now
         
London Gatwick Pula
Tues
now til 22nd Sept 09
 
Birmingham
Pula
Tues
now til 29th Sept 09
  Manchester Pula Tues now til 6th Oct 09
  London Gatwick Dubrovnik
Sun
now til 25th Oct 09
  Manchester Dubrovnik Sun now til 25th Oct 09
         
Edinburgh Dubrovnik Wed
now til 28th Oct 09
         
Birmingham
Split

Sat

now
  Southampton Split Sat now
  Birmingham Dubrovnik Sun
now
  Southampton Dubrovnik Sun now
  Exeter Dubrovnik Sun
now
         
Jet2.com
(New routes
for 2009!)
Leeds Bradford
Dubrovnik
Sun

now til 4th Oct 09

  Newcastle Split Sat now til 26th Sept 09
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Aer Lingus
Dublin Dubrovnik Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun now

Most other major European airlines also have flights into Croatia, including Lufthansa, Alitalia, Austrian Airlines, Air France, CSA and LOT.

Some charter airlines operate seasonal services from the UK to coastal airports.

Do any low-cost airlines fly direct from the UK to Croatia?
Yes, after years of waiting, low cost airlines now fly to Croatia! Over the past few years of operation, the low cost carriers have changed their routes of operation and some routes - unfortunately - no longer exist. But for 2009, these routes have increased slightly in number over last year. This year we have Wizz Air fly from London Luton to Zagreb; Easyjet for London Gatwick and Bristol to Split and Dubrovnik, and Liverpool to Dubrovnik as well; Ryanair for London Stansted to Pula, and Stansted, Edinburgh and Dublin to Zadar. See the above table for full details.

Remember, you can still also fly to an airport in a country near Croatia (e.g. in Slovenia, Italy, Austria or Hungary) or get an indirect low-cost flight. Most of these flights involve a stopover in Germany. See our Getting There homepage for more details.

And a further reminder: if you book early enough, you can get great bargains with full-fare airlines! Budget airlines may give you great flight prices, but the extra travel costs (buses, trains, ferries etc.) in reaching your final destination can really add up.

Flying to Croatia from outside Europe
As you won't be able to fly into Croatia directly, the best idea is to first research which European city you can fly to reasonably easily and cheaply. London, Frankfurt and Rome are good cities to fly to in order to get connecting flights to Croatia, but you might also like to consider other alternatives to make use of budget airlines (see our Getting There homepage for options) or to perhaps get ferries across from Italy.

Croatian Airports' Websites
Brac Airport
Dubrovnik Airport
Osijek Airport
Pula Airport
Rijeka Airport
Split Airport
Zadar Airport
Zagreb Airport

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