I need to book a flight to Croatia for 2012!!
You're in luck! All airlines that fly to Croatia have announced their schedules for 2012!
Just one thing to note: Croatia Airlines have only announced their schedules up until the end of March 2012, with their flights for the summer to be announced around that time.
So what's new in 2012? Excitingly, a new airline
(new in terms of flying to Croatia!) has announced flights to Croatia for 2012. Monarch has annouced flights from London Gatwick, Birmingham and Manchester to Dubrovnik with a pretty decent frequency on all three routes.
Jet2.com have also done some great work in upping flights to Croatia by announcing two new routes: they will by flying once-a-week from Manchester to Pula and once-a-week from Newcastle to Dubrovnik. (The latter being an entirely new route to Croatia from any airline!)
Ryanair have also established a brand new route for 2012 - East Midlands to Zadar, which will operate during July and August.
Amongst the other few differences that we've noticed is that bmibaby have upped their East Midlands to Dubrovnik route from two to three times a week during the peak of summer (mid July to early September). This route will also start a whole month earlier in 2012 - it commences operation at the end of April. Thomsonflyhave also increased their Gatwick-Pula route to operate twice a week in 2012.Easyjet are to start their high season schedules earlier - their flights from London Gatwick and London Stansted to Split and Dubrovnik immediately start with their peak flight frequencies; this is about a month earlier than in 2011. During peak season - mid-July to beginning of September - they will be operating daily flights from London Gatwick to Dubrovnik, which is also new this year.
In terms of flights that won't operate in 2012: by all accounts, it looks like Ryanair have dropped their Dublin - Zadar route. London Stansted to Rijeka will be operating in 2012, but for a far shorter period of time.
Below is a current summary of the flights to Croatia for 2012: (text in italics show dates to/from operation, if applicable)
2012 Timetable Details correct as of 16th January 2012
Note: 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
