Editing Croatia Airlines (section)

===Development since 2000===
In 2000, two more Airbus planes arrived and an automated ticketing system was inaugurated. In 2001, the airline received maintenance and technical performing certificates from the [[Germany|German]] aviation authority [[Luftfahrt-Bundesamt]]. On 18 November 2004, Croatia Airlines joined [[Star Alliance]].{{cn|date=January 2025}}

[[Airbus]] and Croatia Airlines announced on 22 October 2008 the order of four additional 132-seat A319 aircraft, to be delivered from 2013.<ref>[http://www.airbus.com/en/presscentre/pressreleases/pressreleases_items/08_10_22_a320_croatia_airlines.html Croatia Airlines to acquire four additional A320 family aircraft] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081027132559/http://www.airbus.com/en/presscentre/pressreleases/pressreleases_items/08_10_22_a320_croatia_airlines.html |date=2008-10-27 }} 22 October 2008</ref> 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|Bombardier Dash 8 Q400]]s, the first of which was delivered in May 2008.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

The airline carried its 20,000,000th passenger in July 2009,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/novosti/biznis/clanak/id/60792/croatia-airlines-20-milijunti-putnik |title=Croatia Airlines: 20-milijunti putnik |date=24 July 2009 |work=[[Slobodna Dalmacija]] |language=hr |access-date=12 April 2017 }}</ref> and has carried well over 1 million passengers annually from 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://exyuaviation.blogspot.com/2009/07/20-million-for-croatia-airlines.html |title=20 million for Croatia Airlines |date=July 28, 2009 |work=Blogspot |publisher=Exyuaviation }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.balkans.com/open-news.php?uniquenumber=106152 |website=Balkans.com |title=Croatia Airlines to Introduce Lufthasa's Recaro seats |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402132156/http://www.balkans.com/open-news.php?uniquenumber=106152 |archive-date=2015-04-02 |date=23 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.balkans.com/open-news.php?uniquenumber=139574 |website=Balkans.com |title=Croatia Airlines presents new economy class cabin |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402225024/http://www.balkans.com/open-news.php?uniquenumber=139574 |archive-date=2015-04-02 |date=20 March 2012}}</ref>

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.<ref name="friedlnews">{{cite web|title= Croatia Pushing Ahead With Croatia Airlines Restructuring|url=http://www.friedlnews.com/article/croatia-pushing-ahead-with-croatia-airlines-restructuring|access-date= 27 May 2013}}</ref>

In February 2020, Croatia Airlines announced two new seasonal flights to [[Podgorica Airport|Podgorica]] and [[Sofia Airport|Sofia]] operated by [[Bombardier Dash-8|Bombardier Dash 8 Q400]].<ref name="CA">{{cite web|title= Croatia Airlines uvodi letove iz Zagreba u Sofiju i Podgoricu|url= https://www.croatiaairlines.com/hr/O-nama/Mediji/press/2618/Croatia-Airlines-uvodi-letove-iz-Zagreba-u-Sofiju-i-Podgoricu|access-date= 11 February 2020}}{{Dead link|date=September 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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|SundAir]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 April 2024 |title=Croatia Airlines je uzela u najam još jedan zrakoplov tipa Airbus A319 |trans-title=Croatia Airlines leased another Airbus A319 aircraft |url=https://croatianaviation.com/croatia-airlines-je-uzela-u-najam-jos-jedan-zrakoplov-tipa-airbus-a319/ |access-date=12 May 2024 |website=Croatian aviation |language=hr}}</ref>