IMHO, yes. No need to wait until March.
C210_Flyer wrote:
The question is can I leave Hungary as of Jan ’23 if I am flying to Brac since they are now fully part of the EU without having to clear Hungarian Immigration?
It depends on Hungarian side and you have to check with them. Officially, as per link I posted earlier in this thread, you can’t because March 26, 2023 is the date set by EU commission for all EU countries to apply Schengen regime towards Croatia in air traffic.
Reading the text, you are probably right. My thinking was that if the delay applied for air travel is due to Croatia still having to adjust airport infrastructure, etc., then it wouldn’t make sense to apply the same delay on the non-Croatian end of the flight…
But better to err on the side of caution for the moment. The 26th of March is near.
Thanks You’re correct March is near.
Emir’s report on LDLO in our airport database states
Immigration and police remain at the airport regardless joining Schengen, so good news for those arriving from outside the area after March 26 2023.
which is brilliant news!
Peter wrote:
Immigration and police remain at the airport regardless joining Schengen, so good news for those arriving from outside the area after March 26 2023.
Same applies for Brac LDSB. Which means that all Croatian airports that used to be international will keep this status with immigration and customs available AD HR after March 23 2023. This was to be expected for bigger ones because of lot of flights from non-Schengen countries, especially during summer season. LDLO and LDSB come as a bonus 
and those two are the most important for international GA.
I checked with Slovenian police whether they have any objections on landing directly from Croatia to e.g. LJBL without cleaning immigration at LJLJ. Their reply was as same the one from Croatian police: March 26, 2023 is the date set by EU commission for all EU countries to apply Schengen regime towards Croatia in air traffic, before that date everything remains as it is.
