European Coastal Airlines brochure CRO/ENG

Ponovno otkrijte Hrvatsku: Hidroavioni su

da otkrijete Hrvatsku

Rediscover Croatia: With seaplanes 1.200 islands are within minutes of reach.

We cordially invite you to discover Croatia from an entirely new perspective.

European Coastal Airlines d.o.o. (ECA), a German-Croatian joint venture, is developing an unique and innovative infrastructure and transport project in Croatia, that will introduce fast connections from the Croatian mainland to the many islands ECA will launch the project with his partners, Aqua Project Group/Berlin, lehel Industrie Group / Munich RUAG Aviation / Switzerland.

With the Twin-Otter, a 19 seat amphibious aircraft, there Dubrovnik,Split, Zadar, Rijeka and Pula to the Croatian islands.

The sea-planes of ECA can take-off and land from an airport and the sea surface. A paramount advantage is the fast and

TOURISM AS ECONOMIC FACTOR Many of these islands are developing to “HotSpots” in the European and international tourism.

Just recently the well established US travel magazine “Conde Nast” titled the Croatian Islands as the new European Riviera. The island Hvar is illustrated on rank 4 of the worlds most sought after and worth while islands to be seen.

The German ADAC has expressed interest to integrate ECA into its network. In addition several Ministries have requested ECA to offer several state duties such as: Search and Rescue, medical

ITALY WITHIN CLOSE REACH Croatian structure a network across the Adriatic to Italy will follow.

A volume of 145.000 passengers from and to Italy to the Croatian islands has already been requested from 2014 to 2019 by an Italian tour operator.

Zagreb Rijeka

IN FUTURE LENGTHY JOURNEYS WILL BELONG TO THE PAST Pula

take only 10 minutes. The ferry needs 3 to 4 hours for the journey.

A transfer from “Down-Town” Split or Dubrovnik to the island Korcula will only take 20 minutes and cost ¤ 48,-.

Rab

Mali Losinj

Zadar

In future there will be an ECA amphibious seaplane standing ready at an international airport. After landing a guest can transfer to a few minutes, a timesaving of up to 8 hours for the individual guest.

Split

Hvar Korcula

Lastovo

Dubrovnik

CROATIA WILL BE INTEGRATED IN THE EUROPEAN TOURISM. Croatia lively part in the European tourism – a continuously growing market is now open to connections. Due to the market proposition of

Positive side effects are the integration of peripheral regions, the environmental friendly development of the national route structures passenger and cargo transport and the essential structural support for the regional economy and social well-being. All of this will help to further integrate and develop European standards.

WITH FAST, REGULAR FLIGHT CONNECTIONS THE ISLANDS WILL GAIN IN ATTRACTIVENESS. introduce a „Seaport“ to every city harbor travel age-cy, merchandising shop and a coffee bar. The seaport pontoons will be anchored downtown in the ports.

Through this structure ECA can offer genuine “Down-Town to Down-Town“ passenger service.

EASY AND QUICK CONNECTIONS WILL EXTEND THE SEASON AND OFFER UNIQUE TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES. Short and rigged, mostly time restricted tourist seasons will not be applicable to ECA. Spontaneous trips for a weekend can easily be accomplished. Quick travel times will produce a vast amount of routes, also in the low season. Requests from several Croatian tour operators and holiday makers to the neighboring European countries are already on hand.

Pogled s morske obale.

View from the sea side.

View from land side towards sea with jetty as connection to land.

Vanjska terasa s baldahinom.

Outside terrace with sun sail.

Piers with expandable event areas, roof deck with view of the city or landscape

At night the wing can be illuminated in different colours.

From the restaurant area the access to the Display elements show details of actual The screens can in addition also be used to display other TV scenes.

Lounge and roof terrace are directly accessible from the restaurant.

Patio with sun-sails View of city and waterfront from both sides of the patio/deck.

Lounge area with view of the pier and center wing module.

Lounge and roof decks are accessible from the restaurant.

Structure 1: Restaurant with circumferential terrace area 18 x 12 m Structure 2: Air shuttle area with access through restaurant/ entrance area 10 x 9 m Terrace/restaurant area 220 m², extendable event area on pontoon Extendable lounge and event area on docking side Prva struktura: metara

Unique roof terrace area Airport lounge, shop and waiting area Additional docking area for seaplane shuttle Transparent in the main visible axis from land and from the seaside terrace

Odr탑avanje

Maintenance At European Coastal Airlines, besides our guest the safety

aviation maintenance company, has long standing experience in maintaining the aircraft type, that is utilized Daily maintenance and checks are performed in the evening and during the night, hence guaranteeing the availability of aircraft in superb technical condition the following day.

All maintenance is performed giving due respect to all international legal requirements and with the precision of a Swiss-Watch.

Maintenance routine duties are for example Pre-Flight Checks on site, Daily Maintenance, Line Maintenance and Base Maintenance.Additionally, preventive maintenance is performed on the aircraft rendering consideration to the special requirements of the maritime environment.

Aqua Project Group/Berlin is responsible for the Well knowen Architekts are responsible for the architecture and design of the foating solutions.

Leisureworkgroup is one of the leading full-service agencies for travel concepts in Germany and creates new leisure locations for people.

By building locations such as science centers, tropical gardens, seaparks, and museums, these Architekts have developed a vast knowledge of the business.

We bring people to new places, create event locations and adventure worlds. For those who want to experience something special Intense and personal. Develop new destinations, fascinate people – in a unique way: leisureworkgroup.

In addition to the design of leisure locations we develop marketing concepts in cooperation with the local authorities. This way the project will either blend into the existing infrastructure or create an entirely new tourist attraction.

If needed, we offer to take care of the operational or interim management of the business.