Zagreb, Tuesday, 30 July 2024 – Croatia Airlines is set to receive the first of 15 Airbus A220 aircraft ordered today. The aircraft will arrive directly from the Airbus factory in Mirabel, Canada, with a technical stop in Copenhagen. Departing from Montreal yesterday at 22:00 CET, the plane is expected to touch down in Zagreb at 09:55 today. The aircraft is operated by an Airbus crew, who will also hand over the aircraft.
The inaugural A220-300, bearing the registration number 9A-CAE and named “Zagreb,” first took to the skies on July 9, 2024, under the test registration number C-FPBE. The aircraft is scheduled for its first commercial flight on August 6, servicing the Zagreb-Split route.
For more details about the aircraft and the future of Croatia Airlines with its new fleet, please see below:
- Details about Croatia Airlines’ first A220
- Croatia Airlines new visual identity and aircraft livery
- Twenty new destinations and turboprop aircraft lease under consideration
- Croatia Airlines and Air France Industries KLM E&M agreed on cooperation
- Where will the Croatia Airlines A220 fly to?
LIVE: Photo Gallery of the ceremony celebrating the Arrival of Croatia Airlines’ First Airbus A220 (Foto © AvioRadar)
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