August 30, 2020 - The latest news from around Croatia’s airports for flights to Croatia with updates for Zagreb. A look at how Croatia Airlines reduces Zagreb services in September. 

Croatian Aviation reports that Croatia Airlines will continue to operate to Copenhagen, London, and Dublin in September, but the weekly traffic will be lower than in August.

Denmark and the United Kingdom have reintroduced strict measures for all travelers coming from Croatia. Such decisions result in the cancellation of direct flights. An example is certainly British Airways, which canceled three of its four flights to Croatia.

In August, it was possible to travel directly between London and Zagreb with two airlines - British Airways and Croatia Airlines. Both companies operated to Heathrow Airport. As we mentioned earlier, British Airways will cut off traffic on the route to Zagreb from September 6, and according to the latest information, Croatia Airlines will reduce the number of weekly departures on this route.

The Croatian national airline has so far operated three times a week between London and Zagreb, and from September 7, there will be only one flight a week on this route - every Monday. This is a big drop in the number of seats offered, with 10 direct flights a week in August to 1 flight a week in September!

Croatia Airlines has two other flights a week on sale (Wednesdays and Fridays) from September 16, but they should be taken into account with caution, given that their cancellation is still possible (it will depend solely on booking).

Zagreb - Dublin

Two days ago, we announced the cancellation of the Dublin - Split line by Aer Lingus, though direct flights from Dublin to the coast will continue to operate by Irish Ryanair. Changes are also taking place on the Zagreb-Dublin line.

In September, Croatia Airlines plans to operate on this route three times a week (Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays), but from September 10 to 24, flights were canceled on Thursdays. In the last week of September, three flights a week have been announced again, but their traffic will depend exclusively on the booking status for each individual flight, so further cancellations are also possible.

Zagreb - Copenhagen

Croatia Airlines launched the Zagreb - Copenhagen route on June 1, and it was, at that time, only the third international destination of the national airline after a complete "lockdown". Until now, the company has operated on this line on a daily basis.

Despite the introduced measures, Croatia Airlines will continue to operate on this route, but certain flights have also been canceled. From September 7 to 13, there will be six flights a week on the route (flight canceled on Saturday, September 12), while from September 14 to 20, two flights will be canceled (Wednesday, September 16 and Friday, September 18). Further cancellations are also possible.

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August 29, 2020 - Split-Dalmatia County has recorded excellent tourist results so far this season - and far more than expected. However, the latest increase in coronavirus cases and Croatia's inclusion on the red list of some countries, some extremely important markets, is a cause for concern. Split-Dalmatia County Tourist Board director Josko Stella believes that, despite everything, the situation can still be improved.

We still have time; the tourist season is not over yet.

"The situation is not good, it is very difficult now, but we still have time to fix it. It is a great pity because this end of August started very well and was better than we expected, but now it all depends on the period ahead, whether we will curb this situation and reduce the number of new infections. We need to take the situation seriously, discipline ourselves, listen to the Headquarters' recommendations, avoid gatherings and physical contacts," says Stella for Lokalni.Vecernji.hrokalni.Vecernji.hr.

Austria, Slovenia, and Italy put Croatia on the red list, and Germany placed Split-Dalmatia County on theirs. August is currently at 68% compared to last year. The most numerous guests in central Dalmatia are Poles, Germans, Croats, and Czechs, so putting Split-Dalmatia County on the red list in Germany could be the strongest blow so far. And after a dry May in which there was no tourism anywhere and a timid June when about 20% of last year’s result was achieved, things went well. According to data from the eVisitor system, in Split-Dalmatia County, 433,820 guests stayed in commercial accommodation in July, 47 percent of the tourist traffic of last July.

They realized 2,898,993 overnight stays or 54 percent of tourist overnight stays realized in the same month in 2019. There were 22,511 arrivals and 160,649 overnight stays in July, representing 50 percent in arrivals and 49 percent in overnight stays compared to the same month last year. He was pleased with the fact that the same number of German guests stayed in Central Dalmatia in July as last year, who had the same number of overnight stays as last year, which is an exceptional success in this turbulent business year.

"In the first seven months, we realized 39% of overnight stays compared to 2019, but now our situation has become more complicated. After the dismissal from Great Britain, we will see what will happen to the Germans. Those blacklists are changeable, and I hope that we will be able to calm the situation and remove us from the lists. If this hadn't happened, we would have had a great September and October, bookings were great, but if it doesn't improve, I'm afraid of canceled reservations," says Stella.

The dismissals from Germany, however, have not yet begun. The County Tourist Board points out that tourist companies, hosts in family accommodation, marinas, and camps respect strict epidemiological measures and protection standards. The Croatian coast has so far proved to be the safest and most acceptable holiday destination in the Mediterranean this season. That this is the case is evidenced by the daily visits of world-famous people to Split-Dalmatia County and its attractive waters. This sent the best marketing message of our tourism to the world.

However, the deteriorating epidemiological situation has also raised concerns at Split Airport, which had 165 landings and take-offs of commercial aircraft on August's first weekend, carrying more than 30,000 passengers in both directions. Although this is a relatively large number, it was only 35 percent of passengers compared to the same weekend last year. In the first seven months of this year, Split airport, which is connected to 60 destinations worldwide, had a total turnover of 277,000 passengers, and in July alone, this airport had 171,815 passengers. The traffic of around 150,000 passengers was expected in August, which is now in question given the situation and the global pandemic.

In order to attract tourists to Central Dalmatia, the Split-Dalmatia County Tourist Board has proposed to the Civil Protection Headquarters to open a point where only tourists will be tested for coronavirus so that those who are obliged to take the test can do so faster and cheaper.

"We would finance part of the costs as the Tourist Board, hoteliers also expressed the will that they would also give a discount to guests who are being tested, and part of the guests would have to pay," says Stella. "In this way, we would meet guests' needs from countries looking for testing for COVID-19 on their return from Croatia. I fully support everything that is determined and implemented by the Headquarters. I call on the inspections and all other authorities to do everything they can so that we can put ourselves in order and save September," says Stella.

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August 29, 2020 - The latest news from around Croatia’s airports for flights to Croatia with updates for Zagreb, Split, Dubrovnik, Zadar, and Rijeka.

Croatian Aviation reports that Windrose Airlines planned to launch the Kyiv-Zagreb route at the beginning of the summer flight schedule, but this route was not established for objective reasons.

The company then postponed the date establishing traffic on this line and then canceled it completely for this year. But Windrose made another change and reopened sales, announcing the first flight for October this year.

The originally planned three flights a week (Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays) are no longer on sale, but the company plans to connect Zagreb and Kyiv twice a week, every Wednesday and Sunday. The first flight has been announced for October 4, and flights will run throughout the winter flight schedule (until the end of March 2021).

This will be the first completely new line for Zagreb Airport this year, which can certainly be considered a success in this crisis. A direct line has never connected the capitals of Ukraine and Croatia.

Windrose plans to use the E145 aircraft on the route to Zagreb, with a capacity of 48 seats. The plane will depart from Kyiv at 11:30 am, with the expected arrival in Zagreb at 12:40 pm. Departure from Zagreb is planned for 13:25, and arrival in Kyiv at 16:20.

Furthermore, Croatian Aviation reported that Poland would ban flights from 46 countries from September 2 this year, and Croatia is among the many countries, according to a draft law released on Thursday. LOT, however, previously announced numerous routes to Croatian airports for September this year.

The Polish national airline currently operates on regular routes from numerous Polish cities to as many as 5 Croatian airports: Zagreb, Rijeka, Zadar, Split, and Dubrovnik. Although many of these lines will stop operating at the end of this month, which is logical considering that the end of the summer season is approaching, the Polish company announced traffic on as many as 7 lines to Croatia through September:

Warsaw - Zagreb,

Warsaw - Rijeka,

Warsaw - Split,

Warsaw - Zadar,

Rzeszow - Zadar,

Warsaw - Dubrovnik,

Krakow - Dubrovnik.

All these routes are still on sale on the LOT website, but the Polish national airline will likely be forced to cancel flights on these routes from the mentioned date (September 2). According to the announcements of the Polish authorities, with the ban on flights between Croatia and Poland, LOT has almost no other choice.

In addition to those who planned to travel directly between Polish and Croatian cities, this decision also affected many transfer passengers that LOT attracts, given the favorable prices.

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August 29, 2020 - A total of 13 countries have introduced specific mandatory restrictions for travel from Croatia, and three more - the Netherlands, Finland, and Denmark - have put Croatia on the orange list.

Slobodna Dalmacija reports that Slovakia is the newest European country to include Croatia on the red list. From September 2, everyone who wants to enter that country will have to self-isolate. Apart from Croatia, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Malta, and Belgium will also be on that list from the same date.

These are countries that have recorded many new coronavirus cases in the last 14 days: Croatia, which on Thursday reached an average of 80.7 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last two weeks, ranked in the high fifth place of the worst countries.

In front of Croatia are Spain, Malta, Luxembourg, and Romania.

Thus, everyone that was in Croatia and wants to enter Slovakia will have to undergo a 10-day quarantine. Slovakia, on the other hand, recorded 16.3 patients per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days, cumulatively, as of August 27.

Several states have set a limit on the cumulative number of patients in 14 days per 100,000 inhabitants, after which they will set restrictions on return from individual states. For example, Slovenia set that limit at 40 and introduced restrictions on the day Croatia crossed it.

And the growth of the cumulative number in Croatia was rapid: on Thursday, it exceeded 80, and on Assumption Day, August 15, it was less than 30.

A total of 13 countries have introduced certain mandatory restrictions for Croatia, and three more - the Netherlands, Finland, and Denmark - have put Croatia on the orange list, which means that recommendations have been issued not to travel to Croatia and to carry out quarantine, but it is not mandatory. 

The director of the CNIPH, Krunoslav Capak, said that Croatia was still mostly green.

"We have a high incidence, and it is expected that some countries will take some measures against us. However, I must say that most of Europe are still green towards us, and Croatian citizens can still travel to most European countries. We hope that now that the tourist season is waning, we will be able to reduce and improve our indicators, based on which they will then remove us from the red and orange lists," said the main state epidemiologist Capak. On Friday, Croatia came to 2560 active cases.

Among them, 212 patients are in hospital, of which 11 are on a ventilator. On Friday, in the past 24 hours, 2,065 people were tested. There are currently 8,770 people in self-isolation.

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August 28, 2020 - Croatia is not famous for efficient bureaucracy, but one Croatian border form has helped 4.6 million visitors in the first 3 months, saving an estimated 21.7 years of waiting time. 

It is one of the most impressive initiatives of 2020 in Croatia in my opinion, and yet very few people in Croatia know much about it. An initiative which was realised in just 10 days, and which has helped reduce waiting times at Croatia's borders, allowing tourists to have a much smoother arrival to their holidays here. 

And it has been a total hit. 

Today marks the three-month anniversary of the launch of the Enter Croatia online form by the Croatian border police. Although not mandatory to fill in prior to entry, about 70% of visitors are doing so, and in the first 3 months of operation, some 1,901,138 vehicles, carrying 4,660,426 people have benefited from a 30-second border screening process, rather than a much lengthier wait. 

The problem was simple, and well highlighted during a TCN visit to the main Bregana border with Slovenia on May 17.  Due to corona, it was necessary to document where arrivals were staying, as well as take their contact details so that they could be contacted in case of an outbreak of the virus. As we saw first hand, this was a very time-consuming process, with average time 5-8 minutes. While this was not a huge problem due to the light traffic in May, it would be catastrophic in peak season.

The Croatian border police reaction was superb - the creation of an online form, now in 10 languages, where tourists could pre-announce their arrival, filling in all the data that needed to be collected, so that when they arrived at the border, everything was already in the system. The passport was swiped, and they were free to go. Total border formalities time - less than 30 seconds. Marina Mandic, the Croatian police spokesperson explained a little more:

EnterCroatia is a system that was established on 28.5.2020 and its purpose is for foreigners, through previous applications to this system, to shorten the time of border control and take other information we need to implement subsequent epidemiological measures.

Foreigners, our guests, but also others who wanted to enter the Republic of Croatia for economic reasons, reluctantly accepted such a system.
There are several reasons, this system is operational, simple, available in ten different languages and works in practice.

the system was established from idea to realization in just 14 days by the Ministry of the Interior's development engineers, and that there are no system errors or difficulties in functioning. It is operational not only in the field through the work of police officers but also in a digital sense.

Special EnterCroatia lanes were set up at some borders (see lead photo), enabling those who had registered to join shorter queues with shorter waits. It has proved to be an extremely efficient system, and the Croatian police deserve much credit in the way that they have facilitated traffic flow and information flow during this pandemic. Indeed, some crude calculations of these numbers give some kind of perspective. 

The average time to deal with the border formalities prior to the Croatian border form was 5-8 minutes, or 6.5 minutes. For those using the form, that wait is now less than 30 seconds, so a 6-minute saving per pre-registered vehicle. With almost 2 million vehicles successfully using the system, that equates to an incredible 21.7 YEARS of waiting time which has been eradicated. In just 3 months. 

Imagine how much more efficient Croatia could be if we could replicate initiatives like these into other parts of our daily lives. 

The Croatian police have been the unsung heroes in recent months in my opinion, and their efficiency and organisation, as well as transparent sharing of information has been appreciated by many. They even found themselves having to answer all the tourist enquiries for some reason, this in a country with a national tourist board, 20 regional tourist boards, 319 local tourist boards, a ministry of tourism, and a dedicated tourism department in the Chamber of Economy. The response and effectiveness of the Ministry of the Interior and the official tourism sector could not have been starker, with many tourists complaining that official tourist information was almost impossible to find regarding the latest travel advice. It was one of the reasons we started the Total Croatia Travel INFO Viber community and associated chatbot which now has over 21,000 users.  Such was the lack of presence of the official tourism bodies that ABC News came through our Viber community for help during their recent 6-part series on Dubrovnik, the first of which was broadcast to 12.5 million people on Good Morning America. 

Apart from facilitiating entry into the country, the EnterCroatia form has proved invaluable in helping travellers trying to get Croatia. With so many unknowns, trying to board flights to transit to Croatia has been a very stressful experience for many. A print out of acknowledgement of the form has been enough to convince many flight check-in clerks to let the passenger proceed. 

All in all, an outstanding effort, and congratulations to all involved. It feels nice to be writing articles of praise about Croatian bureaucracy, and I would be happy to do so again. 

So what's next in the Croatian Bureaucracy 2.0 revolution?

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August 28, 2020 - Croatia has been placed on Slovakia's red list and Denmark's orange list due to the spike in coronavirus cases.

Index.hr reports that Slovakia has expanded the list of countries on the red list, i.e., countries at high risk due to a rise in coronavirus cases. Croatia is on the red list, and the restrictions take effect on September 1.

As of September 2, the countries on the red list for coronavirus are Croatia, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Malta, Slovak Pravda reports.

They add that it is not recommended to travel to Greece, which is also high-risk.

Denmark put Croatia on the orange, "quarantine" list of countries for COVID-19 on Thursday, the foreign ministry said, warning not to travel to Croatia unless necessary.

"This week, France and Croatia have been added to the list of countries to which any unnecessary travel is discouraged due to the increased number of infections. The SSI (Institut Statens Serum) numbers show that the infection rate is 31.3 for France and 32 for Croatia. Thus, these countries are above the national criterion on the infection rate of 30," according to the ministry's website.

The Ministry tells those who are already on holiday in Croatia that they can stay until the previously planned date, but that they should minimize the risk of infection and should be tested when they return home, although they do not have to stay in isolation for 2 weeks.

If they decide to visit Croatia in the future, then they are invited to spend 14 days in quarantine on their return to Denmark.

As of midnight on August 29, Croats, as well as citizens of other "quarantine" countries such as Belgium, France, Romania, or Spain, will need to state the reason for their visit to enter Denmark.

The Croatian embassy in Copenhagen warned Croatian citizens on its Facebook page that it would be in the orange category of travel recommendations from midnight on August 29, and asked that they are informed in more detail about the conditions for entering Denmark.

The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs updates its list of travel recommendations every week, based on data from the Statens Serum Institute.

In an interview with RTL, Capak commented on the measures that other countries are implementing against Croatia.

"Our incidence is high. We have more than 60 per 100,000 inhabitants in 14 days. We have a high rate, and it is expected that some countries will take some measures against us. But I must say that most of Europe is still green towards the citizens of Croatia and us. I can still travel to most European countries. We hope that now that the tourist season is waning, we will be able to reduce it and improve our indicators, based on which they will then remove us from the red and orange lists," Capak said.

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August 27, 2020 - The latest news from around Croatia’s airports for flights to Croatia with updates for Split.

Croatian Aviation reports that this summer, Aer Lingus launched only one direct line to Croatia, while before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, four were announced.

The company introduced the Dublin - Split line only on July 20 this year, at the same time canceling the lines from Dublin to Pula and Dubrovnik, as well as the Cork - Dubrovnik line for this summer season.

Aer Lingus aircraft operated three times a week on a direct route to Split (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays), but currently, the number of weekly flights has been reduced and flights on Wednesdays are excluded from the schedule. The company will continue to operate between Split and Dublin twice a week (Mondays and Fridays) until September 11, after which Aer Lingus will conclude this summer season and traffic to Croatia.

Direct flights of other airlines

Travelers still have several options for direct travel between Ireland and Croatia. The well-known low-cost airline, Ryanair, will operate throughout September on two routes from Dublin to Croatia:

Dublin - Split line continues to operate twice a week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays,

Dublin - Dubrovnik line continues to operate twice a week, on Wednesdays and Sundays.

The Croatian national airline will also continue to operate on the route Zagreb - Dublin, three flights a week have been announced, every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, with an A319 aircraft with a capacity of 144 seats.

This news comes one day after popular low-cost airline easyJet announced it would not operate on 20 international routes to four Croatian airports in September. The company will thus suspend certain lines earlier than planned, solely due to weak demand.

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August 27, 2020 - A coordination meeting of the Croatian Tourist Board was held with the tourist boards of Lika-Senj and Karlovac counties at the Jezero Hotel in Plitvice Lakes.

Along with the director of the CNTB Kristjan Stanicic, the coordination meeting was attended by the director of the Lika-Senj County Tourist Board Ivan Radosevic and the director of the Karlovac County Tourist Board Dina Begic and 17 representatives of tourist boards of cities and municipalities from these two counties. The meeting was also attended by Tomislav Kovacevic, director of the Plitvice Lakes National Park, announced HTZ.hr.

The meeting was opened by Ivan Radosevic, who emphasized that the situation in Lika-Senj County is very good, especially if the initial projections from the beginning of the year are taken into account.

"In August, we achieved an excellent 67 percent of last year's result in the same period, and in terms of the cumulative period, i.e., from the beginning of the year until today, we are at about 54 percent of last year's result in the same period," said Radosevic. At the moment, there are guests, mostly from the markets of Germany, Croatia, and Poland. Dina Begic pointed out that at the moment, they are achieving 30 percent of last year's tourist results and that this year they are recording an increase in domestic guests who have a share of 30 percent in the total tourist traffic of Karlovac County.

CNTB Director Kristjan Stanicic said that the tourist results achieved so far, with a favorable epidemiological picture on the basis of which Croatia opened its borders to tourists in May, are a consequence of focused marketing and information campaigns conducted in key European markets, which ultimately generated the largest tourist traffic.

"Given the circumstances, we are extremely satisfied with the summer part of the tourist year, where only in August we recorded 67 percent of tourist traffic compared to last August. We have prepared campaigns for the post-season where we have put continental tourism, nautical, but also eno-gastronomy in the foreground, and we will focus on the markets in our immediate surroundings. In the domestic market, in October, we plan to implement the project 'A Week's Vacation is Worth It'. At the same time, we are preparing a plan for the next tourist year, which we know will be extremely demanding and in which we will rely on enhanced marketing and PR activities in selected markets and especially on advertising on digital communication channels," said director of the Croatian National Tourist Board Kristjan Stanicic, adding that in this tourist year, we will surely have two more months of tourist traffic if we adhere to the prescribed measures and recommendations and if the epidemiological picture in the country is stable.

Stanicic also presented future activities that will, among other things, refer to the adoption of new bylaws and regulations that will further improve and regulate tourism processes. The Ordinance on Underdeveloped Areas and the Ordinance on Associated Tourist Boards were discussed, as well as the future of the country's tourist board system, given the new circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and reduced revenues, but also the new law on tourist boards and the promotion of Croatian tourism, which came into force in early 2020. Topics included the further development of the tourist board system with an emphasis on the tasks and roles of tourist boards at the local and regional levels.

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August 26, 2020 - The Split-Dalmatia County Civil Protection Headquarters held a press conference in Split on Wednesday about the new record number of coronavirus cases. 

"It's not good. The average age of new patients is 35 years. There are five more newly ill health workers. Most are infected in Split, and many in Imotski. We have located hotspots in certain fitness centers, we still have data related to holding some family wedding gatherings," said Zeljka Karin, director of the Split-Dalmatia County Headquarters. 

The local headquarters proposes that restrictive measures be introduced for 14 days. Increased control of civil protection is also required.

The measures are as follows:

- Protective masks are mandtory in all enclosed spaces where there are more than three people; in all catering facilities while there is no consumption of food and beverages. There must also be an increased implementation of epidemiological measures. The mask is not used when consuming drinks and food, but when someone gets up from the table, they must wear a mask.
- Holding weddings and wedding ceremonies up to a maximum of 50 people
- Family gatherings for up to 20 people
- Holding a funeral for up to 50 people, without expressing condolences
- No grief gatherings 
- Exhibitions, religious gatherings, social gatherings, events, manifestations and similar events must respect the obligatory wearing of protective masks and a distance of 2 meters and the use of disinfectants.
- Increased control over the implementation of measures by city and municipal civil protection headquarters, as well as event organizers
- It is proposed to close the work of gyms, fitness centers, as well as organized sports recreation
- Holding sports competitions without the presence of spectators
- It is forbidden for residents to leave nursing homes and other facilities that provide social services
- Organization of shift work wherever possible
- City and municipal headquarters are tasked with strengthening control over the implementation of epidemiological measures

"During the day, we will receive a response to our proposals. We propose a mandatory mask for 14 days indoors and in restaurants.

Restricting weddings to 50 people, funerals to 50 people without expressing condolences, without gatherings, family gatherings of up to 20 people; it is mandatory to wear masks at gatherings," said Luka Brcic.

Mandatory wearing of masks in catering facilities refers to the time spent until food and drink are consumed.

It is proposed to close gyms and sports halls. A ban on visits to nursing homes is also sought.

"The facilities where the infected were detected are being closed. We demand that all events planned indoors be canceled, and that they can be held indoors, but with all these measures," said Nino Vela.

Zeljka Karin explained that the younger population brought the coronavirus to fitness centers.

Asked if the infected people from Sinj were connected to Alka, Karin answered:

"We have data for certain infected people, there have been family contacts and younger people. We cannot say with certainty that they are from the Alka. We do not have any information that anyone became infected who was at the Alka."

Diana Nonkovic, head of the epidemiological service of Split-Dalmatia County, said that they had large gatherings in the county such as Alka and Gospa, where there were a lot of people from all counties, and mentioned nightclubs. That is why it is not surprising that the number of new patients has increased, she added.

"We have ideas on how to reduce it, which we will present to the minister," Nonkovic added.

Namely, 138 newly infected people are positive for coronavirus today, 63 from Split, 12 from Sinj, 10 from Imotski, 8 from Makarska, 8 from Solin, 4 from Podbablje and Prološac, 3 from Kaštela, Omiš, Trogir and Otok, two each from Vrgorac, Marina, Podstrana and Zmijavec and one person each from Hvar, Dugi Rat, Jelsa, Klis, Podgora, Runović, Šestanovac, Tučepi and Zagvozd.

For the first time, Sinj is behind Split with as many as 12 new patients. Recall, four cases of infection were recorded yesterday, and today it is three times more. There is a possibility that a bigger wave of infection could start in Sinj after the feast of the Assumption was celebrated 11 days ago when many did not adhere to the measures in the church.

Source: Index.hr

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August 26, 2020 - The latest news from around Croatia’s airports for flights to Croatia with updates for Split Dubrovnik, Zadar, and Pula. 

Croatian Aviation reports that popular low-cost airline easyJet will not operate on 20 international routes to four Croatian airports in September. The company will suspend certain lines earlier than planned, solely due to weak demand.

In August, easyJet operated on as many as 38 international routes to and from Croatia, from Pula, Zadar, Split and Dubrovnik. The company will operate on 21 routes to these airports from the beginning of September, while 19 lines will end operations this year. 

Pula Airport

easyJet will operate on four lines in September, while four will be discontinued. 

Pula - Bristol (until September 26),

Pula - London Gatwick (until September 26),

Pula - London Luton (until September 12),

Pula - London Southend (until September 30).

The following lines are canceled:

Pula - Amsterdam (last flight on August 26),

Pula - Basel (last flight on August 29),

Pula - Berlin (last flight on August 29),

Pula - Liverpool (last flight on August 30).

Zadar Airport

Zadar will have three lines in September, while two will be canceled. 

Zadar - London Gatwick (until September 12),

Zadar - London Luton (until September 19).

The following lines are canceled:

Zadar - Amsterdam (last flight on August 30),

Zadar - Basel (last flight on August 29),

Zadar - Berlin (last flight on August 29).

Split Airport

Split Airport will have the most flights in September. easyJet plans to continue operating on as many as nine lines, while six will be discontinued. 

Split - Amsterdam,

Split - Basel,

Split - Belfast (until September 26),

Split - Bristol,

Split - Geneva,

Split - Glasgow,

Split - London Gatwick,

Split - London Luton,

Split - Manchester.

The following lines are canceled:

Split - London Stansted (last flight on 30 August),

Split - Lyon (last flight on 30 August),

Split - Milan (last flight on August 30),

Split - Naples (last flight on August 28),

Split - Paris CDG (last flight on August 29),

Split - Orly (last flight on August 30).

Dubrovnik Airport

Of the 12 active lines in August, there will be half as many in September, six of them. The company will continue to operate towards Dubrovnik on the following lines:

Dubrovnik - Bristol (until September 27),

Dubrovnik - Edinburgh (until September 26),

Dubrovnik - Geneva (until September 26),

Dubrovnik - London Gatwick,

Dubrovnik - London Luton (until September 12),

Dubrovnik - Manchester.

The following lines are canceled:

Dubrovnik - Amsterdam (last flight on August 30),

Dubrovnik - Basel (last flight on August 30),

Dubrovnik - Belfast (last flight on 30 August),

Dubrovnik - London Stansted (last flight on August 30),

Dubrovnik - Naples (last flight on August 29),

Dubrovnik - Orly (last flight on August 30).

In conclusion, easyJet will operate on 21 international routes to four Croatian airports in September, while as many as 19 will stop operating by the end of August. Further reductions are also possible.

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