Wizz Air

[Nethercote2019]

As this is BHX & we are used to things not always going our way - but great news so far & hope more will come .... But we should realise that if they get Additional LGW slots Wizz Will prioritise these

 

[Coathanger16]

As this is BHX & we are used to things not always going our way - but great news so far & hope more will come .... But we should realise that if they get Additional LGW slots Wizz Will prioritise these

Entirely depends on what happens with slots. Wizz is pushing for the slot "use it or lose it" rule to be re-introduced ASAP so that other airlines get stripped of their slots so Wizz can move in.

Currently the alleviation ends at the start of W20/21, but the suggestion is IATA, ICAO or whoever decides, won't apply the rule for this winter, and depending on how things are next summer, maybe even then too.

If that happens, Wizz won't be able to pick up any meaningful amount of slots at Gatwick until W21/22, so they may look elsewhere in the meantime.

 

[Rob c DSA]

Aircraft will be retired however it's worth noting Wizz have an exceptionally young fleet they will focus on Gatwick when they get the chance and I expect a double digit base there eventually but with so many aircraft to be delivered expect two and three aircraft bases to be quite normal at the likes of BHX,DSA or Liverpool short to mid term that seems the way other new European bases are being built at present with the odd airport getting 5-6 aircraft but that seems more Eastern Europe based.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Anyone else wondering if Ryanair will now bring Vilnius back to compete?

 

[IanFarquharson]

Anyone else wondering if Ryanair will now bring Vilnius back to compete?

Did cross my mind - it is kind of thing they do !

 

[Ray Finkle]

Riga went on sale almost 3 weeks ago with Vilnius a few days after yet I can find absolutely nothing anywhere from BHX.

I'm not sure how difficult it is to get a simple press release put together but even a retweet of the Wizz releases would have been something.

They can manage it for Jet2, Aer Lingus, TUi, Blue Islands, Loganair.......?

 

[rollo]

I think the so called press department has been way ahead of the pack for ages its been practicing self isolation for years!

 

[jon01]

Budapest suspended after 5th September

Hungary is closing down borders due to the second wave

 

[Wrightfly73]

Well done to Doncaster securing yet more Wizz routes, do you think we could borrow their route development team for a month or so ??

https://twitter.com/x/status/1300740915980632066

 

[Ray Finkle]

Budapest suspended after 5th September

Next Wizz flight bookable is 3rd Oct. Jet2 currently have the next BUD as 18th Sept but obviously both are subject to change.

Well done to Doncaster securing yet more Wizz routes, do you think we could borrow their route development team for a month or so ??

Excellent stuff for DSA, they now have 23 routes from Wizz which is very healthy indeed.

As for BHX, even a few more away based destinations would be nice. Milan, Larnaca, Bacau and Varna for starters

 

[Ray Finkle]

Warsaw has a third weekly flight back on the website for winter although currently showing sold out.

Nothing in the app though so we'll see.

 

[nwoody2001]

Interesting that both BHX and LPL will be operating 8x routes and 18x weekly departures for next summer as things currently stand...

1. BHX-BUD 2X WKLY
2. BHX-CLJ 2X WKLY
3. BHX-KRK 2X WKLY
4. BHX-OTP 3X WKLY
5. BHX-RIX 2X WKLY NEW!
6. BHX-VNO 3X WKLY NEW!
7. BHX-WAW 2X WKLY
8. BHX-WRO 2X WKLY

TOTAL 18X WKLY

1. LPL-BCM 2X WKLY NEW!
2. LPL-BUD 2X WKLY
3. LPL-GDN 3X WKLY
4. LPL-IAS NOT BOOKABLE
5. LPL-KTW 2X WKLY
6. LPL-OTP 3X WKLY
7. LPL-VAR 2X WKLY
8. LPL-VNO 2X WKLY NEW!
9. LPL-WAW 2X WKLY

TOTAL 18X WEEKLY

 

[Severn]

Wizz Air at Birmingham - Winter 2020/21

The number of weekly flights scheduled this winter has increased from 13 to 19 over the last month or so (since the announcement of new routes to RIX & VNO). Changes also include WAW seeing an extra weekly flight (2>3x weekly).

8x destinations will now be served from BHX this winter and below is a list of weekly departures taken from a week in November:

3x weekly
OTP
VNO (+3) - NEW
WAW (+1)

2x weekly
BUD
CLJ
KRK
RIX (+3) - NEW
WRO

View attachment 17234

 

[IanFarquharson]

Hopefully BHX will see more Wizz soon

 

[KJAY 786]

There are some destinations that I would like Wizz Air to invest on operating from the midlands and will be busy: Tel Aviv and North America they will be very busy.

 

[IanFarquharson]

There are some destinations that I would like Wizz Air to invest on operating from the midlands and will be busy: Tel Aviv and North America they will be very busy.

More realistically Milan & Larnaca !

 

[Ray Finkle]

Krakow joins Warsaw with a winter increase going back up to 3x weekly.

 

[Ray Finkle]

The winter schedule as it stands, twenty rotations per week to eight destinations.


Mon

RIX - BHX 06:35
BHX - RIX 07:05

WRO - BHX 07:35
BHX - WRO 08:05

WAW - BHX 18:35
BHX - WAW 19:10

CLJ - BHX 21:05
BHX - CLJ 21:35

OTP - BHX 21:15
BHX - OTP 21:50

Tue

KRK - BHX 08:20
BHX - KRK 09:00

VNO - BHX 19:45
BHX - VNO 20:15

Wed

WAW - BHX 18:35
BHX - WAW 19:10

OTP - BHX 21:15
BHX - OTP 21:50

BUD - BHX 21:15
BHX - BUD 21:45

Thur

KRK - BHX 08:20
BHX - KRK 09:00

VNO - BHX 19:45
BHX - VNO 20:15

Fri

RIX - BHX 06:35
BHX - RIX 07:05

WRO - BHX 07:35
BHX - WRO 08:05

WAW - BHX 18:35
BHX - WAW 19:10

CLJ - BHX 21:05
BHX - CLJ 21:35

OTP - BHX 21:15
BHX - OTP 21:50

Sat

KRK - BHX 08:20
BHX - KRK 09:00

VNO - BHX 19:45
BHX - VNO 20:15

Sun

BUD - BHX 21:15
BHX - BUD 21:45

 

[Matt995]

Wizz Air delay Riga and Vilnius until 4th/5th December:-

(as reported by SeanM1997)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1309050389002702851

 

[Ray Finkle]

Wizz Air delay Riga and Vilnius until 4th/5th December:-

The frequency increases to Warsaw and Krakow have also been delayed.

Given the uncertainty we have at the moment it's totally understandable. I have a horrible feeling that it will be a bleak winter