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Last updated: 15th February 2010

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.

Flights to Croatia from the UK and Ireland
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 , Flybe , Jet2.com and Croatia Airlines, whilst Aer Lingus have flights from Dublin to Dubrovnik. bmibaby will introduce a new, twice-weekly East Midlands to Dubrovnik service this summer. Palmair are a charter airline that operate a service from Bournemouth to Dubrovnik in May and June.

FlyGlobespan were due to operate a Aberdeen to Dubrovnik route for summer 2010, but went into administration on 16th December 2009, with all services cancelled with immediate effect. See details from BBC News.

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!

Which airlines fly year-round to Croatia?
Croatia Airlines, British Airways and Wizz Air have year round services to Croatia. (British Airways only flies to Dubrovnik, Wizz Air only to Zagreb.)

Current Flight Sales - February 2010
Please see our Holiday in Croatia - Special Offers for information on flight sales.

Below is a current summary of the flights to Croatia for 2010:
(text in italics show dates to/from operation, if applicable)

2010 Timetable
Details correct as of 15th February 2010
Airline From To

Frequency

Operating Dates
British Airways London Gatwick Dubrovnik Thurs, Sun
now to
20th Feb 2010
  London Gatwick Dubrovnik Tues, Thurs,
Fri, Sun
from 21st Feb 2010
London Gatwick Dubrovnik Daily from 28th Mar 2010
         
Croatia Airlines London Heathrow Zagreb Daily now to
28th Mar 2010
  London Heathrow Split Weds, Sat now to
27th Mar 2010
  London Gatwick Zagreb Mon, Fri, Sun now to
28th Mar 2010
Note 1: Summer schedule TBC, though likely to be more flights per week from Gatwick to Zagreb, as well as direct flights from Gatwick to Pula, Split and Dubrovnik
Note 2: There are also far more options for flying to other Croatian destinations (Pula, Zadar, Split, Dubrovnik) year round with connecting flights via Zagreb on Croatia Airlines
         
London Luton
Zagreb
Tues, Thurs, Sat

now to
22nd May 2010

 
London Luton
Zagreb
Mon, Weds, Fri, Sun from 23rd May 2010
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London Gatwick Split

Mon, Thurs, Fri

from 19th Apr 2010 to 30th Apr 2010
  London Gatwick Split

Mon, Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun

from 1st May 2010
London Gatwick Split

Daily

from 7th June 2010
London Stansted Split Mon, Weds, Fri, Sun from 14th May 2010 to 13th Sept 2010
Bristol Split Tues, Weds, Sat from 22nd May 2010
London Gatwick Dubrovnik Mon, Tues, Fri, Sat, Sun from 26th Apr 2010 to 2nd May 2010
London Gatwick Dubrovnik Mon, Tues, Weds, Fri, Sat, Sun from 3rd May 2010
London Stansted Dubrovnik Tues, Thurs, Sat from 15th May 2010 to 14th Sept 2010
Liverpool Dubrovnik Tues, Thurs, Sun from 28th Mar 2010
.
 
London Stansted Pula

Tues, Thurs, Sat

from 30th Mar 2010
  London Stansted Zadar

Mon, Weds, Sat, Sun

from 2nd June 2010
  Dublin Zadar

Weds, Sat

from 31st Mar 2010
         
London Gatwick Pula
Tues
4th May 2010 to
28th Sept 2010
 
Birmingham
Pula
Tues
4th May 2010 to
28th Sept 2010
Manchester Pula Tues 4th May 2010 to
5th Oct 2010
London Gatwick Dubrovnik
Sun
2nd May 2010 to
31st Oct 2010
Manchester Dubrovnik Sun 2nd May 2010 to
31st Oct 2010
         
Birmingham
Split

Sat

22nd May 2010 to 25th Sept 2010
Southampton Split Sat 22nd May 2010 to 25th Sept 2010
Birmingham Dubrovnik Sun 23rd May 2010 to 26th Sept 2010
Southampton Dubrovnik Sun 23rd May 2010 to 26th Sept 2010
Exeter Dubrovnik Sun 23rd May 2010 to 26th Sept 2010
         
Leeds Bradford Dubrovnik
Sun

26th Apr 2010 to
3rd Oct 2010

Manchester Split Sun 3rd May to 11th July & 20th Sept to 3rd Oct 2010
Manchester Split Tues, Sun 12th July 2010 to
19th Sept 2010
Manchester Dubrovnik Thurs, Sun 26th April 2010 to
10th October 2010
Manchester Dubrovnik Sun 11th Oct 2010 to 31st Oct 2010
Newcastle Split Sat 26th Apr 2010 to
26th Sept 2010
Edinburgh Dubrovnik Sun 26th Apr 2010 to
3rd Oct 2010
Belfast Dubrovnik Sun 26th Apr 2010 to
26th Sept 2010
         
bmibaby
(New carrier for 2010!)
East Midlands Dubrovnik Thurs, Sun 30th May 2010 to
26th September 2010
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Palmair Bournemouth Dubrovnik Mon 3rd May 2010 to 28th June 2010
  Jersey Dubrovnik Mon only one flight on 28th June 2010!
         
Aer Lingus
Dublin Dubrovnik Tues, Thurs, Sat 28th Mar 2010 to 29th Apr 2010
      Mon, Weds, Fri, Sun 2nd May 2010 to
23rd Sept 2010

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. Generally, all routes that operated in 2009 remain in 2010, though we now also have a new airline, bmibaby, operating an East Midlands to Dubrovnik route. Jet2.com have increased their routes, and Easyjet will start flights from London Stansted to Split and Dubrovnik as well as their existing flights from London Gatwick.

For a full listing of the various low-cost airlines that operate direct flights from the UK to Croatia use this little search widget here (click on your departing airport, then select the appropriate destination in Croatia):

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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