Have you heard of Dubrovnik Airlines?

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 29 Dec 2004, 10:20

Croatia based Dubrovnik Airlines was formed recently and plans to commence operations around Easter 2005.

The airline it seems will initially use a fleet of 2 Douglas MD80s previously opereated by Alitalia.

Does anyone have more information?

Post by **sn26567** » 29 Dec 2004, 10:46

Nice touristic colours.

Mighty · Post by **Mighty** » 29 Dec 2004, 11:02

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW Croatia AIRLINE COMPANY "DUBROVNIK AIRLINES" - Atlanska plovidba, a Dubrovnik shipping company, and Zracna luka Dubrovnik established an airline company DUBROVNIK AIRLINES, which will handle charter air transport. As a start, the newly founded company will have two aircraft, each with 164 seats. In its five-year plan, the company intends to purchase seven more aircraft and to employ about seventy new employees. The start of business is expected in a few months – before the start of the tourist season in 2005.

AN124 · Post by **AN124** » 29 Dec 2004, 11:29

This is indeed a nice livery of they will paint the planes and those colours.

Any news about the routes they will operated?

Best Regards,
Yvo

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 29 Dec 2004, 11:48

My sources tell me that they will start regular services to Belgrade from the Croatian coast, around summer 2005.

Initially they will be Primary charters, as feeders for Atlantska Plovidba hotels.

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 29 Dec 2004, 11:51

INSIDE INFORMATION

Dubrovnik Airline is initiated by some former Air Adraitic staff, who were unsatisfied with the situation in their company. I also hear that a letter that was sent to all Air Adriatic's partners, capt. Zeno Senger (general manager of Dubrovnik Airline) had mentioned the bad financial situation in Air Adriatic, and that is very likely that Air Adriatic will stop flying before the next summer season.

Mighty · Post by **Mighty** » 29 Dec 2004, 12:06

The two MD-82 airplanes, which it plans to buy are from Alitalia. For USD$3.0 million each!

Mighty · Post by **Mighty** » 29 Dec 2004, 12:14

8O Some side-info about the Croatian coast!,

Dubrovnik, located on the southern coast of Croatia and known as

"the Pearl of the Adriatic",

has become a summer hotspot in recent years, regularly visited by celebrities like Microsoft mogul Bill Gates, Ivana Trump, Hollywood star Tom Cruise, Formula 1 owner Bernie Ecclestone and others.

sab319 · Post by **sab319** » 29 Dec 2004, 13:14

Nice colors

SicilianFalcon · Post by **SicilianFalcon** » 29 Dec 2004, 13:57

Yes it seems Alitalia are finally going to remove that huge md80 fleet they have in place. Was it not the biggest operator of md80's outside the USA?

2 others have gone to Albanian airlines if im not mistaken.

8) Forza!

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 29 Dec 2004, 16:44

No Sicilian Falcon, you are not.

Indeed the other two have gone to Albanian Airlines. But records at Albanian show only 1.
http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/?fil ... 20Airlines

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 29 Dec 2004, 18:32

That's indeed a very nice and original liverey.

Let's hope they make it.

Chris

SicilianFalcon · Post by **SicilianFalcon** » 29 Dec 2004, 18:51

MD Douglas MD82 cn49432 1378 LZ-LDK Albanian Airlines wet-lsd since 15dec04 from BUC, AZ tail cs, no titl [ex I-DAVK ]

DAVK was one of them now for the other

Ozzie1969 · Post by **Ozzie1969** » 30 Dec 2004, 00:14

That livery looks very promising indeed!

I'd like to see that in real life from up close.

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 30 Dec 2004, 09:22

http://www.csv.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/4D85 ... ovnik1.doc

I guess this is one of the primary reasons for the birth of this airline.

ehamspotter · Post by **ehamspotter** » 30 Dec 2004, 11:23

hello;

nice colors, i hope they will come at bru.

happy newyear regards: Jeroen

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 30 Dec 2004, 12:11

http://www.cardatabase.net/modifiedairl ... d=00003644

thomascookie · Post by **thomascookie** » 30 Dec 2004, 22:33

I go to Dubrovnik every year and it's indeed the most beautiful place of whole Croatia, it's very nice. We have many friends overthere and I even know a former Air Adriatic pilot who told me last time that Air Adriatic wasn't doing very well. So I hope Dubrovnik Airlines will be succesfull and I'm looking forward to spot that plane in DBV.

Bye
Happy newyear

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 31 Dec 2004, 09:28

That is nice to learn that you visit Dubrovnik every year Thomascookie.

Do get us some pictures the next time ur there both of the plane and yes the area.

Aerocroatia · Post by **Aerocroatia** » 15 Jan 2005, 23:05

I am the author of the picture on attached on this page. I made this picture according to the description in newspapers. :shiny:

Correctly the name of this company will be Dubrovnik Airline (without "s" at the end). Airline is esablished by two share holders:
"Atlantska plovidba" the biggest shipping company in Croatia
and Dubrovnik Airport.

Dubrovnik Airline has already some problems with establishing. Croatian Aviation authorities don't want to give AOC to the company if Dubrovnik Airport will be the shareholder.

Competitor Air Adriatic took up two MD-82s from Alitalia yesterday and is adding another one in February. Airline will have 6 MD-80s at the begining of summer season in its fleet.

A MD83 9A-CBE (ex-Swiss) is wet-leased to Soder Aviation now for domestic flights in Finland.

Aviation24.be

Have you heard of Dubrovnik Airlines?

Have you heard of Dubrovnik Airlines?

With due thanks to Jonny Cotex & Henrik Soderberg