The operational loss of Croatia Airlines in the first half of the year amounts to 170.3 million kuna, while the net loss is 164.1 million kuna, despite a gradual recovery in demand and primarily due to the increase in fuel prices, CA announced on Friday.
CA emphasizes that in June of this year, the first positive monthly financial result was achieved since the onset of the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
In the period from January to June 2022, a total of 10,054 flights were operated, which is 85 percent more compared to the same period last year.
A total of 558,146 passengers were transported, which is 2.7 times more compared to the same period in 2021, but still 42 percent less than the 960,620 passengers transported in the same period in 2019.
In international regular traffic, 400,887 passengers were transported, almost three times more than in the same period last year, while in domestic regular traffic, 146,428 passengers were transported, which is double the number in the first half of 2021. In extraordinary (charter) traffic, 10,831 passengers were transported, which is 77 percent more compared to the same period in 2021.
Cargo transport increased by 14 percent, and the cabins were filled to 56.2 percent, 10.9 percentage points higher than the achievement in the first six months of 2021.
