CROATIA AIRLINES INTRODUCES WINTER FLIGHT SCHEDULE

ZAGREB, Oct 24 (Hina) - The summer season of 2001 was the most successful in the history of Croatia Airlines, the director of the airline company, Ivan Misetic, said at a press conference on Wednesday introducing the winter's flight schedule. The company expects nearly 1.11 million passengers to fly with Croatia Airlines counting from the beginning of 2001 until the end of the summer schedule on October 27. This is a 17 percent increase in the number of passengers who flew with Croatia Airlines in the same period in 2000, and a five percent increase than was planned for this year. Croatia Airlines expects around 1.22 million of passengers to fly with the company this year, or 14 percent more than last year. It is expected that over 1.26 million passengers will travel with Croatia Airlines, that is between 40 and 50 thousand passengers more than planned. Revenues from overseas passengers with Croatia Airlines will decrease by 15 to 20 percent due to the recent terrorist attacks in the US in September. The company has removed the Zagreb-Tel-Aviv flight from its winter schedule as the route is planned exclusively for the summer season. (hina) np