Wizz air

[red dug]

I noticed they opened a new base in Prague and with all bad news here recently i think that could be a potential PIK route im not sure how well its served from Scotland these days

 

[SJM]

As far as I know, the only Scottish route to Prague at the moment is operated by Jet2 from Edinburgh.

 

[Aviador]

The route should work well then from Prestwick. Keep your fingures crossed!

 

[red dug]

Wizz still have a decent relationship at Prestwick so fingers are crossed

 

[red dug]

Wizz Air's Prague expansion is based largely on serving the need of Czechs. Add in the fact that the city break market seems to be declining and I cant see Wizz starting PIK-PRG anytime soon

I never said anytime soon and the person in charge of Prestwick has been quoted as saying there isnt any increase from operators in 2009, i just stated future potential

 

[Aviador]

Wizz Air has axed flights to Katowice and Poznan. The flights are no longer bookable on the airlines website. Flights to Warsaw have been reduced to three times a week operating on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday's.

 

[SJM]

Coming on top of Ryanair's savage Prestwick route cuts from the winter timetable, these reductions by Wizzair are the last thing PIK needs. The strange thing about the axing of the Katowice route is that one of Ryanair's many routes being axed from PIK is that to Krakow, which is not too far from Katowice geographically. You would have thought that the Katowice service would have seen an upturn in passengers with the axing of Ryanair's Krakow route.

 

[Aviador]

I think rather than the Ryanair excuse of excessive airport charges at Glasgow Prestwick it's more likely a case that the Polish workers have simply returned home in large numbers because of the recession. There's probably no longer the demand for air services to Poland that there were twelve to eighteen months ago. Consolidation of the weaker routes to concentrate on the Capital service to Warsaw seem the obvious thing to do at times like this. That's my assumed guess anyway. Hopefully the services can resume once the economy picks up but economic migration from Poland is unlikely to ever become as popular as it was before the recession.

 

[red dug]

Id like them to give us Budapest if FR dont want it

 

[Aviador]

Where else do they operate Budapest from is it Luton?

 

[red dug]

I was only going on the fact that FRs flight to BUD is busy and the only direct flight from Scotland

 

[red dug]

Major cut backs at Warsaw i hear from October including our route very sad

 

[Aviador]

Major cut backs at Warsaw i hear from October including our route very sad

Bad news if that's true. Do you think FR might operate the route instead?

 

[red dug]

It would be good but they have decided i think to concentrate on mostly bucket n spade routes after Globespan demise

 

[red dug]

I think WAW airport charges seems to be the problem

 

[TheLocalYokel]

dug,

I agree entirely.

easyJet pulled all their Warsaw routes two or three years ago, despite very high load factors on most. Ryanair don't fly to WAW for the same reason.

Wizzair recently pulled a proposed Bristol-Warsaw route only seven weeks after advertising it so it might be that the situation vis-a-vis them and the airport has deteriorated.

 

[red dug]

Major cut backs at Warsaw i hear from October including our route very sad

After a look at the Wizz site PIK to WAW is now on sale for winter :yahoo:

 

[Aviador]

That's good news. Lets hope they can see it through without cancelling it at the last minute.

 

[red dug]

Agree Aviador its down to twice weekly but at least its still there

 

[TheLocalYokel]

[textarea]Glasgow Airport poaches Polish flights from Prestwick

The European airline Wizz is switching two of its services from Gdansk and Warsaw from Prestwick to Glasgow Airport.

Wizz Air said the move to Glasgow would be more "convenient" for existing customers and was a "a step towards future passenger and route growth".

The carrier began operating flights between Scotland and Poland more than six years ago.

It leaves Ryanair as the only scheduled passenger airline using Prestwick.[/textarea]
Full report at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-s ... s-21228661