Croatia Airlines’ first Airbus A220-300 international flight marks 35th birthday

Today, Croatia Airlines marked its 35th anniversary with the first international commercial flight of its new Airbus A220-300 on the Zagreb to Frankfurt route. This flight symbolically commemorated the founding of the Croatian airline on this date in 1989. The first international passengers on the new A220 flew the same route on which Croatia Airlines conducted its first international flight in 1992, marking the beginning of the company’s regular passenger service connecting Croatia with the world. Exactly three and a half decades ago, on 7 August 1989, Zagreb Airlines d.d. (Zagal) was registered in Zagreb as an air transport company, beginning operations in December of the same year with postal delivery services. About a year later, on 23 July 1990, Zagal changed its name to Croatia Airlines d.d., becoming the national airline for passenger, cargo, and mail transport. Croatia Airlines’ first passenger flight took place on 5 May 1991 on the Zagreb to Split route, establishing regular passenger traffic within Croatia. <br/>