Friedrichshafen to Zadar: Ryanair's new route from 3 May 2027

Ryanair will fly from Friedrichshafen, the airport on Lake Constance in southern Germany, to Zadar from Monday 3 May 2027. Flights run twice a week, on Mondays and Fridays. Ryanair's marketing chief Marcel Pouchain Meyer presented the route in Friedrichshafen on Thursday 29 October. Ryanair says fares start at 29.99 euros one way (Schwäbische Zeitung). For travellers from the Lake Constance area, Upper Swabia, Vorarlberg in Austria and eastern Switzerland, it is a direct link to the northern Dalmatian coast.

The route at a glance

The first flight is on 3 May and the last on Friday 29 October 2027. According to the aviation site Croatian Aviation, the route uses an Airbus A320 operated by Lauda Europe, an airline of the Ryanair group. The plan covers 52 rotations with 180 seats each, about 18,720 seats in both directions. The site notes that the schedule may still change before the start (Croatian Aviation).

Besides Zadar, Ryanair will fly from Friedrichshafen to Palma de Mallorca, Alicante, Porto and Bari in summer 2027, which makes Zadar the airline's fifth destination there (Schwäbische Zeitung). Ryanair announced Porto and Bari in mid October for late March 2027 (Vol.at). Airport chief Jochen Krumm confirmed the partnership with Ryanair at the presentation.

What it means for visitors

The Monday and Friday flight days set the length of a trip. These stays are possible:

• Friday to Monday: 3 nights, a long weekend in Zadar.
• Monday to Friday: 4 nights midweek.
• Friday to Friday or Monday to Monday: 7 nights.
• Friday to the Monday of the following week: 10 nights. Monday to the Friday of the following week: 11 nights.

Zadar Airport is at Zemunik, about 8 km east of the city. A shuttle bus meets the flights and runs to the bus station and the old town, and a taxi takes about 20 minutes. What to see in the city is in our Zadar tips.

Several day trips are close to Zadar. The Plitvice Lakes are about 130 km from the airport, roughly 1 hour 45 minutes by car from Zadar (Plitvice Lakes). Biograd na Moru is about 25 minutes from the airport. Our guide Krka or Plitvice compares the two big national parks. Without a hire car, passenger line 409 takes you to Preko on the island of Ugljan (Ugljan without a car).

More new routes to Croatia for summer 2027

Other airlines are also adding Croatia routes for 2027. The table lists the new direct routes announced so far, as of 30 October 2026.

The Warsaw Modlin to Dubrovnik route starts on the first day of the summer schedule, with a Boeing 737-800 (Croatian Aviation). Air Canada flies a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Departures from Montreal are at 18:15, arriving in Dubrovnik at 8:30 the next morning (Avioradar). Jet2 links Pula with Edinburgh every Sunday. According to Pula Airport, it is Jet2's sixth destination from Pula (Croatia Week).

Which Croatian airport is closest to which resort is in our overview Which airport for which destination. Everything about the city is on our Zadar page.