The Croatian Football Federation and Croatia Airlines have agreed on the continuation of business cooperation, whereby the Croatian national airline remains the official airline of CFF and the Croatian national football team.
The agreement on the extension of cooperation for another two years was signed by CFF President Marijan Kustić and Croatia Airlines President Jasmin Bajić, and the signing was held in the cockpit of the first new Airbus A220 aircraft, whose inclusion in the fleet in July this year marked the beginning of the entire fleet renewal.
CFF and Croatia Airlines thus continue their successful business cooperation, which began in 2018 after the Croatian national football team returned to Croatia on a ceremonial flight by Croatia Airlines with the silver medal won at the World Cup in Russia. The cooperation so far was marked by two more exceptional successes of the Croatian football team, which won a bronze medal at the World Cup in Qatar in 2022 and a silver medal in the League of Nations in 2023.
“I thank the management of Croatia Airlines, led by Mr. Bajić, for the trust they have shown, and we look forward to the continuation of successful cooperation with our national airline. It is a nice idea that we are signing the contract in a new aircraft that symbolizes the renewal of the Croatia Airlines fleet, which is another similarity with our national team – sometimes refreshments, new players, or new aircraft are needed to continue with successes and good results. always have peaceful and pleasant, and sometimes celebratory flights together,” – said CFF president Marijan Kustić.
“During our cooperation with CFF so far, the greatest successes in the history of Croatian football have taken place. I believe that we will celebrate the great achievements of the Croatian A national team in the future. The extension of cooperation has additional symbolism because the process of successfully rejuvenating the national team is happening at the same time as the beginning of the reconstruction of the entire fleet of Croatia Airlines with new Airbus A220 aircraft, and we are looking forward to new joint flights in the most modern aircraft of the new generation,” said Jasmin Bajić, President of the Management Board of Croatia Airlines.
The tradition of transporting the Croatian football team from major competitions began 26 years ago, in July 1998, when the selected football team returned to their homeland on a Croatia Airlines plane with the bronze medal won at the World Cup in France.
