The 2025/26 winter season begins tomorrow and runs until March 28, with the region’s two largest flag carriers set to offer the highest number of scheduled winter flights and capacity in their history.
Air Serbia has placed 2.048.030 seats on sale for the upcoming five-month winter period, an increase of 5.9% compared to last year. It marks the first time the airline will surpass two million seats on scheduled services during the winter season. This growth comes despite the replacement of wet-leased Airbus A320s from GetJet Airlines, used last winter, with smaller A220 aircraft from airBaltic. However, offsetting this reduction, Air Serbia has doubled the size of its wet-leased Embraer E190 fleet from two to four aircraft. The airline plans 18.338 scheduled flights over the winter, up 9.5% year-on-year. Moscow, Paris, Podgorica and Zurich will offer the most capacity and flights across the network during the season.
Croatia Airlines will grow its winter capacity as it advances its transition to an all-Airbus A220 fleet. The carrier plans to offer 1.173.768 seats over the 2025/26 winter season, up 20.7% on the previous year. It will also mark the first time in seventeen years, since the 2008/09 winter, that the airline exceeds one million seats during the season. A total of 9.658 flights are scheduled, an increase of 6%. The strong capacity growth is being driven by the ongoing fleet renewal. Croatia Airlines currently operates seven A220s, with further deliveries to follow. The airline will retire its last remaining A320 in February next year and continue phasing out its Dash 8 Q400 turboprops as part of its fleet transition strategy. This winter, Croatia Airlines will offer the most international capacity and flights on services to Frankfurt, Munich, Brussels and Skopje.
