CROATIA AIRLINES, the national airline and a member of Star Alliance, and Jadrolinija, the leading Croatian sea shipping company, have signed a business collaboration agreement. Based on the agreement and joining their forces, they will try to additionally improve the Croatian tourism offer in the upcoming period.
The goal of the abovementioned collaboration is to use the advantages that both companies indisputably have as important participants of the Croatian transport scene and thus offer integrated services in the future to Croatian citizens and tourists, which will make Croatia and its destinations more available and accessible in a simple and effective way.
Croatia Airlines and Jadrolinija will together develop a platform through which the passengers will be offered an intermodal travel service, i.e., the combination of air and maritime transport, namely for travels from the European airports to the Croatian island destinations.
The operations of both companies are seasonal and highly connected to tourism, so any additional openings for the companies and the entire Croatian economy and tourism are more than welcome,” they stated from Croatia Airlines and Jadrolinija.
“Croatia will be more attractive and more accessible”
Upon signing the agreement, the Croatia Airlines CEO Jasmin Bajic pointed out:
“The challenging time in which we do business and everything that additionally has been affecting the overall Croatian and global economy in the last couple of months put new challenges ahead of us, to which we should readily and strategically respond in order to create competitive advantages in the future. That’s why we decided to join forces with Jadrolinija, the leading sea shipping company in Croatia, whose fleet greatly complements our air fleet.
Croatia Airlines connects Croatia with the world by air, Jadrolinija by sea, and together we can create additional advantages for travelers during their journey. We believe that our collaboration will achieve the expected goals and thus create even more satisfied travelers and tourists, making Croatia additionally attractive and accessible.”
“Jadrolinija is particularly pleased to have joined the business collaboration with Croatia Airlines in order to bring Croatian islands closer to the passengers coming to Croatia by plane. The number of passengers transported by our ships, which in the record 2019 amounted to 12.5 million passengers, surely represents a great potential for both companies in terms of offering new trips. The collaboration, which is based on mutual advertising, for now, will soon enable passengers to purchase a unified ticket, i.e., the passenger will be able to buy one ticket which can be used for the services of both Croatia Airlines and Jadrolinija. We believe that the partnership between Jadrolinija and Croatia Airlines, the sea and air forces of Croatia, will soon contribute to mutually successful business results,” added the Jadrolinija CEO David Sopta.