Wizz Air

[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

 

[Scott]

Glad to hear it! A very interesting airline, glad to see they are moving up to Glasgow, will make things a bit more colourful :good:

 

[Ray Finkle]

New route to Budapest from mid June.

eff 13JUN15 Budapest – Glasgow 2 weekly

W62223 BUD0720 – 0920GLA 320 26
W62224 GLA0950 – 1345BUD 320 26

http://airlineroute.net/2015/04/01/w6-bud-jun15/

 

[Ray Finkle]

Another new route, Lublin 2x weekly from September.

 

[Aviador]

Not so great news for Glasgow Prestwick.

 

[GeorgeNTravels]

NEW WIZZ AIR TIMES FROM GLASGOW FOR Q1 2024

Monday

2235-0415 GLA-OTP (was 1835-0015)
1950-2200 OTP-GLA (was 1550-1800)

Tuesday

0940-1340 GLA-BUD (was 0840-1240)
0650-0905 BUD-GLA (was 0550-0805)

Friday
2230-0410 GLA-OTP (was 1835-0015)
1950-2200 OTP-GLA (was 1550-1800)

Saturday

1640-2040 GLA-BUD (was 0840-1240)
1350-1605 BUD-GLA (was 0550-0805)

 

[Seasider]

Obviously not aimed at Scottish tourists.

 

[GeorgeNTravels]

Obviously not aimed at Scottish tourists.

I would say Budapest has improved slightly with the Tuesday return not being pre 6 am anymore.

Bucharest is awful for a Scottish person going for a weekend break

 

[Aviador]

I would say Budapest has improved slightly with the Tuesday return not being pre 6 am anymore.

Bucharest is awful for a Scottish person going for a weekend break

I'm not sure Wizz Air target is the weekend break msrket. Its more likely they are aiming the flights at Eastern Europeans who reside in the UK.

 

[GeorgeNTravels]

Both Budapest and Bucharest are on sale for W24/25, still at 2x week.

Only notable change is Bucharest changes from Monday and Friday to Wednesday and Sunday

 

[GeorgeNTravels]

Changes filed this morning for Summer 2024 with the addition of a Thursday flight to Budapest, with some pretty horrid flight times. I have outlined the WIZZ Schedule for the first week of July below.

Tuesday

1605-1815 BUD-GLA
1850-2250 GLA-BUD

Wednesday

1555-1800 OTP-GLA
1835-0015 GLA-OTP

Thursday

0500-0710 BUD-GLA
0745-1145 GLA-BUD

Saturday

1520-1730 BUD-GLA
1805-2205 GLA-BUD

Sunday

1630-1835 OTP-GLA
1910-0050 GLA-OTP

 

[GeorgeNTravels]

I have been aware of this since yesterday, but the news was confirmed by Glasgow Airport this afternoon.

Bucharest will be "suspended from mid June until the end of S24. I do not have an official reason for this, but WIZZ is experiencing major aircraft issues and is already using multiple leased units in OTP. The route was scheduled to have a timetable change from the date of the suspension, which makes me think that operational reasons will be the official reason provided.

Budapest will increase from 2 to 3 weekly as planned on June 20th.

In W24/25 both BUD and OTP will operate 2x week, both operating Tuesday and Saturday.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1785117618434707780

 

[GeorgeNTravels]

Budapest is on sale 2x week for S25 still operating on Tuesday and Saturday

 

[GeorgeNTravels]

January-March 2025 will see BUD increase from 2x week to 3x week, similar to this summer with the extra flight operating on Thursdays.

Tuesday

1810-2035 BUD-GLA W62223 A321N
2110-0105 GLA-BUD W62224 A321N

Thursday

0600-0825 BUD-GLA W62223 A321N
0900-1255 GLA-BUD W62224 A321N

Saturday

1810-2035 BUD-GLA W62223 A321N
2110-0105 GLA-BUD W62224 A321N

Still no official word on Bucharest which is still showing as a destination from Glasgow on both the app and website.

 

[Jerry]

WizzAir to add Milan and Rome

https://twitter.com/x/status/1955931298205503758

https://twitter.com/x/status/1955931900737913318

 

[Silvercity]

Nice to see Wizz expanding in UK again.

 

[Jerry]

Nice to see Wizz expanding in UK again.

Yes it is. Nice also to see some good news for Glasgow Airport as well.

 

[Silvercity]

Yes it is. Nice also to see some good news for Glasgow Airport as well.

A few years ago Wizz announced Liverpool to Rome. Suddenly Ryanair announced the same, and affectively destroyed Wizz's new route before it had chance to get off the ground. I hope Ryanair don't do this here. Its not unusual that once they get rid of a rival, they then drop the route themselves. Not helping that airport or city at all.

 

[GeorgeNTravels]

Milan and Glasgow were each others largest unserved markets in Western Europe so the data seems positive, and with Jet2 moving FCO to Thu, Sun next summer it means 5 weekly FCO flights on 5 different days which should help as well, especially with LS being pricey.

Lets hope the good news continues