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Croatia Airlines Ltd. is the flag carrier of Croatia. Its headquarters are in the Zagreb neighborhood of Buzin and operates domestic and international services mainly to European destinations. Its main hub is Zagreb International Airport with focus cities being Dubrovnik, Split Airport, and Zadar Airport.Flight International 3 April 2007 Since November 2004, the airline has been a member of Star Alliance.
In 1993, two new ATR 42s and two more 737s joined the fleet and representative offices were opened in several European cities and the company bought the travel agency Obzor to organize travel packages for groups and individuals. By 1994, Croatia Airlines had welcomed its millionth passenger. Later that year, Pope John Paul II flew the airline on a trip to Croatia.
In 1995, another ATR 42 was welcomed, as was the two millionth passenger. In 1996, Croatia Airlines became the first airline to fly to Sarajevo after the Bosnian War. In 1997, the airline's first Airbus A320 arrived and was named Rijeka. In 1998, another first plane of a new type arrived when the airline's first Airbus A319 joined the fleet. This airplane was named Zadar. In the same year, Croatia Airlines became a member of the Association of European Airlines (AEA). By 1999, two more Airbus jets had arrived and Croatia Airlines started selling the Boeing part of their fleet. The airline flew its five millionth passenger.
Airbus and Croatia Airlines announced on 22 October 2008 the order of four additional 132-seat A319 aircraft, to be delivered from 2013. Croatia Airlines to acquire four additional A320 family aircraft 22 October 2008 By March 2009, the airline also retired its fleet of three ATR 42 short-haul aircraft, after operating the type since 1993, and replaced it with a fleet of six Bombardier Dash 8 Q400s, the first of which was delivered in May 2008.
The airline carried its 20,000,000th passenger in July 2009, and has carried well over 1 million passengers annually from 2000.
Croatia Airlines and maintenance partner Lufthansa announced on 23 May 2011 the introduction of new slim-line Recaro economy seats to be retrofitted into certain A320 Family aircraft from summer 2012, increasing seating capacity by two rows.
Losses have been made for several years; in November 2012, the government announced that it would provide HRK 800m ($ 136m) for Croatia Airlines to become cost-effective from 2013 on. The government is seeking to restructure the airline, which includes plans to cut its workforce by ten percent within two years and it is also looking for a strategic investor.
In February 2020, Croatia Airlines announced two new seasonal flights to Podgorica and Sofia Airport operated by Bombardier Dash 8 Q400.
In April 2024, Croatia Airlines concluded an agreement on the lease of an Airbus A319 aircraft with the Croatian airline Fly Air41, which is otherwise a sister company to Sundair.
In September 2023, Croatia Airlines sold and leased back its entire Airbus fleet from lessor World Star Aviation. Four Airbus A319 and one Airbus A320 were sold prior to the Airbus A220 delivery. In November 2023, Croatia Airlines has started retiring aircraft prior to its first Airbus A220 deliveries with the first aircraft to leave the fleet being an Airbus A319-100. The arrival of the first aircraft was confirmed for July 2024, while the second new A220 was expected at the end of the same year. The following six aircraft would be delivered in 2025, then four in 2026, and the last three in 2027. On 30 July 2024, first airplane named Zagreb, landed on Zagreb Airport. Second airplane arrived on 20 December 2024 and it was named Split. Third airplane arrived on 14 May 2025 and it was named Vukovar. Sixth airplane arrived on 30 August 2025, named Zadar.
| Republic of Croatia | 91,610,821 | 99.16% |
| Zagreb Airport | 477,121 | 0.52% |
| Hrvatska poštanska banka for the Republic of Croatia | 173,768 | 0.19% |
| JANAF | 22,000 | 0.02% |
| Others | 104,243 | 0.11% |
| Airbus A220-100 | 1 | 1 | 127 | Deliveries since July 2024. |
| Airbus A220-300 | 6 | 7 | 149 | |
| Airbus A319-100 | 4 | — | 144 | To be retired and replaced by Airbus A220. |
| Airbus A320-200 | 2 | — | 174 | |
| 4 | — | 76 | ||
| + Croatia Airlines historical fleet | ||||
| ATR 42-300QC | 3 | 1993 | 2009 | |
| BAe 146-200 | 2 | 2000 | 2002 | |
| Boeing 737-200 | 5 | 1992 | 1999 | |
| Fokker 100 | 1 | 2001 | 2005 | |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | 2 | 1990 | 1991 |
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