Hi Monty,
Can we return to the question of flights please, as Bosuncat did, I searched for the LHR to SPU direct flights with Croatia Airlines as Heathrow is preferable to Gatwick for me. Not finding any for our particular departure dates (I'm interested in June), I contacted the airline asking if they will be doing direct flights in June, the response:
"we will have direct flight from Heathrow to Split every Saturday in the summer timetable , at 10:50 a.m. and return the same day at 02:10 p.m"
The times match those you gave Bosuncat, but our departure days are Fridays. The only direct flights shown for Fridays are from Gatwick, 16:25 to 19:45 which fits with the "late arrival" mentioned.
Please can you get the flight team to give a definitive answer. People who plan ahead may have, on your previous answer, started booking travel, hotels, parking, lounges etc. for the wrong airport.
Sandy