Wizz Air

[Severn]

That is what i was thinking. Very tight turn around times though i suspect the crew ill be doing a 4 sector day for POZ and ALC flights.

Not sure what i make of the FAO flight times tbh. Little bit sh*t. I wish them well, but if that aircraft goes tech somewhere down route or diverts i suspect they'll start upsetting customers with cancellations etc.

To be fair, the turn around times on most days add up to 85-90 minutes (2x 45 minute turnarounds in DSA or a 55 & 30 minute turnaround).
This is identical to both Ryanair and easyJet.
For example the average turnaround times for Ryanair at LBA last summer added up to 70 minutes and at BHX 75 minutes.

 

[Silvercity]

To be fair, the turn around times on most days add up to 85-90 minutes (2x 45 minute turnarounds in DSA or a 55 & 30 minute turnaround).
This is identical to both Ryanair and easyJet.
For example the average turnaround times for Ryanair at LBA last summer added up to 70 minutes and at BHX 75 minutes.

Im sure Wizz know what they are doing with these respects.

 

[rollo]

They certainly know what they are doing probably like most if not all airlines they seem to "pad out" published flight times so to appear to arrive early and improve their on time performance which then potentially gives them a little extra time on the turn round and maintain departure times but obviously a one aircraft base has it dangers in the event of a technical problem.

 

[Seasider]

The way they timetable, there would still be problems if they had 2/3 aircraft base.

 

[Severn]

Wizz Air - Winter 2020 - updated 21 Aug 2020
With Wizz Air expanding in VNO and RIX, there will be an extra rotation to each this winter.
Therefore, this winter season will now see Wizz Air operate 46x weekly flights to 17x destinations from DSA.

Below are the weekly flights from DSA for a week in November 2020:

Poland - (19)
GDN - (3)
KTW - (3)
LUZ - (3)
POZ - (3)
WAW - (3)
KRK - (2)
WRO - (2)

Romania (9)
OTP - (5)
CLJ - (2)
SCV - (2)

Spain (5)
ALC - (3)
AGP - (2)

Lithuania (4)
VNO - (4)

Latvia (3)
RIX - (3)

Cyprus (2)
LCA (2)

Portugal (2)
FAO (2)

Slovakia (2)
KSC (2)

 

[stars&sids]

Doncaster Sheffield Airport -

Voted the UK's Best Airport by Which? magazine three years in a row.

flydsa.co.uk

 

[stars&sids]

Doncaster Sheffield Airport -

Voted the UK's Best Airport by Which? magazine three years in a row.

flydsa.co.uk

2nd based aircraft confirmed.

 

[Jerry]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1300735546755616768

 

[Rob c DSA]

The Canary Islands were to be expected it will be interesting to see how the non sun routes go Eindhoven and Lisbon those sort of routes will be the key for how far Wizz go with this DSA base success on those routes will equal more routes to destination's I honestly didn't expect tot see at DSA not so successful it will hamper how far Wizz can grow.

Hopefully the Wizz and TUI models complement each other nicely on the sun routes and the airport can see a nice increase in passenger numbers when all this Covid settles down.

 

[Jerry]

Eindhoven is essentially Amsterdam, I'm told it's not that far by road. Lisbon is the interesting one! It'll be interesting to see if that sticks!

 

[Severn]

Eindhoven is essentially Amsterdam, I'm told it's not that far by road. Lisbon is the interesting one! It'll be interesting to see if that sticks!

It's not quite as close as that...
AMS into central Amsterdam is 23mins by road and 13mins by train.
EIN into central Amsterdam is 1hr 30mins by road and 2 hours by train.

Eindhoven however is a well positioned airport with a number of major cities within a 1hr 30 drive - Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Dusseldorf, Cologne, Liege, Brussels & Antwerp.
It handles nearly 7 million passengers per year, and is a large Transavia base, along with being a focus city for Ryanair and Wizz. Hopefully it will be a success!

 

[Silvercity]

The Canary Islands were to be expected it will be interesting to see how the non sun routes go Eindhoven and Lisbon those sort of routes will be the key for how far Wizz go with this DSA base success on those routes will equal more routes to destination's I honestly didn't expect tot see at DSA not so successful it will hamper how far Wizz can grow.

Hopefully the Wizz and TUI models complement each other nicely on the sun routes and the airport can see a nice increase in passenger numbers when all this Covid settles down.

Great to hear Wizz is confident to add the second aircraft so quickly . Lisbon is a good addition to have.

 

[Jerry]

Bit of speculation about the possibility of a 3rd based aircraft as some days require 3 aircraft and there are gaps in the schedule.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1302526341548568578

 

[Rob c DSA]

Struggled to find this story again till now but maybe this sheds some light on things some routes there that have not been announced yet?

Wizz Air base at Sheffield Airport Provides Catalyst for Expansion

Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA) has been announced as the second UK full-based operation for Wizz Air, creating new routes

airlinergs.com

 

[Rob c DSA]

Good PR for the airport and Wizz though, oh by the way we are basing 3-4-5 aircraft but we will tell you one by one

 

[Jerry]

Good PR for the airport and Wizz though, oh by the way we are basing 3-4-5 aircraft but we will tell you one by one

Wizz have updated now and it looks like it'll be 2 but there's a gap i think on some days in the morning so maybe more frequency for 1 or 2 routes?

 

[Rob c DSA]

Yes this twitter guy jumps the gun a couple of gaps but nothing more however scope for extra

 

[Jerry]

Yes this twitter guy jumps the gun a couple of gaps but nothing more however scope for extra

Ah we all do that from time to time!

 

[Silvercity]

Speaking to some friends in the Algarve who are from East Yorkshire. They are already aware of Wizz's new DSA-FAO route.

 

[jason1-11]

I was reading that WIZZ's 239-seat A321neo aircraft will create 10% cost advantage over Ryanair's 197-seat 737 Max's (whenever they actually start flying), making them the lowest cost operator in Europe. Analysts are also foresting that WIZZ will emerge a clear winner from the COVID-19 pandemic and says it has more than a decade of structural growth still ahead

This should bode well for Doncaster, Luton and Liverpool etc .