Getting to Croatia by Air:
The advice is to research all the options below for when you want to travel - as the demand increases market forces will no doubt prevail with new carriers coming on the scene all the time.
Wizz Air
Wizz Air flys from Zagreb and to Split.
http://wizzair.com/index.shtml
Ryanair
Ryanair started their London Stanstead to Pula service on the 31st October 2006. Flights are scheduled for every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
From April 23rd 2007 they also added Zadar flights on Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays.
Ryanair
Easyjet
Starting 29th May 2007 Bristol to Rijeka, when I checked returns were around the £80 mark
http://www.easyjet.com/en/book/index.asp
Flybe
Start flying from May 2007 From Birmingham to Split and Dubrovnik a return flight costs £89 if flying Tuesday or Thursday throughout the year
http://www.flybe.com/default.htm
Thompson Holidays
In 2007 from 2nd May-28th Oct Thompson are offering very good rates for Luton to Dubrovnik and direct from Manchester to Dubrovnik 4 times weekly
http://www.thomsonfly.com/en/index.html
The best site to check upto date budget airlines is:
http://www.flycheapo.com/flights/search/croatia/united-kingdom
Flight choice is best decided based on how quickly you wish to travel.
Booking more than 6 months in advance:
British Airways commenced flights from London Gatwick to Dubrovnik in March 2004. There are Outgoing and Inbound flights on Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday. The LGW-DBV leg is coded BA2882 and departs LGW at 10.30am arriving at DBV at 2.15pm. The DBV-LGW leg will be coded BA2883 and will depart DBV at 3.05pm arriving at LGW at 4.45pm.
Return tickets will be priced from £110 Including Tax, it appears there are 8 Economy price bands, the rest at approximately £172, £214, £264, £333, £426, £524 £648.
BA commenced flights to Split from Easter 2005.
There are no child discounts on British Airways flights to Croatia.
BA commence flights to Split from Easter 2005.
Also they start flying to Sarajevo from April 2007.
Ploce on the Croatian coast 2 hours away from the airport, from here you can get ferries to Trpanj on the Peljesac peninsula or drive south to Dubrovnik (90 minutes)
Croatia Airlines from London or Manchester to Pula, Split, Zagreb and Dubrovnik.
Croatia Airlines operates scheduled flights to Split, Dubrovnik,Zadar and Zagreb from both Gatwick and Manchester several times a week. It also flies from Heathrow to Split every Saturday. The cost of this flight varies between £210-£260 adult return, depending on availability. Children over two years of age get a 30% discount on full adult fares. Remember, the sooner your book your ticket, the cheaper it is going to work out. Booking and information office 020 8563 0022.
Booking less than 6 months in advance:
Budget Airlines:
Ryanair -Now fly direct to Pula in Istria and Zadar -see above.The second option is Trieste airport ,just an hour away from Istria but expect a driving time to Split of around five hours. If heading this far south much better to head further south in Italy and catch a ferry.Ryanair to Ancona on the Italian east coast, then an overnight ferry to Split (and Vis,Hvar or Zadar) (cabins cost from £30 per person), or to Trieste and then hire a car.
Or.... alternative Italian airports with budget flights from the UK are Venice Marco Polo (Go BA from Stanstead, East Midlands, Bristol and Luton, www.go-fly.com) and Venice Treviso (Ryanair from Stanstead), both with an extra two hours driving time; Ancona (Ryanair from Stanstead), with ferry www.jadrolinija.hr , and hydrofoil www.miatours.hr links to both Zadar and Split ports; Pescara (Ryanair from Stanstead) a short drive away from Ancona.
Easyjet
Cheapflights.co.uk
Sky Europe
Whilst you cannot fly direct from the UK to Croatia, if you can get to Budapest or Vienna (Easyjet /Sky Europe, etc) then can then connect to Dubrovnik, Split or Zadar. This is probably the cheapest year round flight option to airports in the south of Croatia.
Ireland to Croatia Flights
Concorde Travel (Dublin) operates weekly flights from Ireland to Croatia ( Dubrovnik, Split & Trieste) from March to November. Seat only prices start from €299 plus €25 tax for 7 or 14 nights.
Concorde Travel
47 Capel Street, Dublin 1, Ireland
Tel: 00 353 1 8727822,
Fax: 00 353 1 8725973
www.concordetravel.ie
hlx.com
Cheap flights from Cologne and Hanover to Rijeka
CharterFlightCentre
Germanwings
Budget Airlines Summary:
Getting to Istria and the north Ryanair to Pula,Trieste and Venice
Easyjet to Venice
Easyjet to Rijeka
Central Coastal Croatia
Ryanair to Zadar
Ryanair to Ancona and Pescara
Wizzair to Split
Flybe to Split
Southern Coastal Croatia
Ryanair to Bari
Flybe to Dubrovnik
Thompson to Dubrovnik
Zagreb
Wizzair to Zagreb
Ryanair to Pula, Graz
Easyjet to Ljubljana
Northeast Croatia
Ryanair to Graz
Eastern Croatia
Easyjet, Sky Europe and Airline to Budapest
Booking at the last minute
If you are flying between Easter and October half term there's a chance with all the above but mostly:


http://www.charterflights.co.uk/charter_flight.php
http://tinyurl.com/79d7y
http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/
If you are trying to fly in the off season you are back to BA and Croatia Airlines the listings above or using Ryanair and the ferries.
Airports:
Dubrovnik Airport
Split Airport
Zagreb Airport

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