Birmingham: Wizz Air Flights, New Routes & Schedule Updates

[Ray Finkle]

As I'm bored I've had a quick look through the seat maps for this week.

Tomorrows Budapest, inbound 93%, outbound 84%

Fridays Warsaw, inbound 90%, outbound 82%

Fridays Poznan, inbound full, outbound 73%

Saturdays Budapest, inbound 82%, outbound 80%

 

[Brum X]

As I'm bored I've had a quick look through the seat maps for this week.

Tomorrows Budapest, inbound 93%, outbound 84%

Fridays Warsaw, inbound 90%, outbound 82%

Fridays Poznan, inbound full, outbound 73%

Saturdays Budapest, inbound 82%, outbound 80%

Thanks for the info Ray, i suppose the reason why loads are always higher inbound is becouse Wizz are more well known in these places than here in Birmingham but over time i would imagine it would even out to be the same both ways.

 

[IanFarquharson]

This morning's Warsaw had 179 pax inbound

 

[Daza]

Those loads look very much in line with Wizz load averages (see link below). The BHX routes have only been operating for a few months so this is a great sign that they will be successful. I'm sure if these loads continue that we will see capacity increases on some routes (WAW will increase to 3 x weekly from May 2016) and hopefully BHX will see some new routes too?
Daza :drinks:

https://wizzair.com/en-GB/about_us/news/wizzen378

 

[nwoody2001]

Obviously the Dec15 figures are not out, but we have the Nov15 figures to go on...

Wizz Average Load Factor = 87.9%

BHX - WAW = 78%
BHX - BUD = 86%

Dec15 figures will also have POZ to include but we need a few more people to use the service.

Interestingly, according to the link above, Dec15 saw the average Wizz LF be below average whish shocks me!

 

[Daza]

Wizz had only been operating from BHX for two full months in November and Poznan has not yet been operating for four weeks. As previously mentioned Wizz aren't particularly well known in Midlands inbound loads seem much stronger. Great loads initially and an airline that sees opportunities and takes them. It would be good to see the frequency of Budapest increased.
Daza

 

[Ray Finkle]

With Poland looking like it's doing well I'd like to see them start Lublin soon.

 

[Ray Finkle]

New route to Sofia starting March 28th, 2x weekly Monday and Friday.

W6 4371 SOF 18:25 BHX 19:55
W6 4372 BHX 20:25 SOF 01:45

 

[Daza]

Hi Ray
They just keep coming! They must be happy with loads/yield to keep adding destinations. This airline seems to take a chance when developing routes, a great addition to airlines operating at Birmingham well done Birmingham Airport marketing team. 😆
Daza

 

[thunderchild]

More great news from Wizz! They really are turning out to be a great addition to the BHX portfolio and I think there is probably more to come - Riga and Lublin look like the obvious choices.

 

[nwoody2001]

Great news, another capital city crossed off, and as others have said, our first ever scheduled service to Bulgaria????

I suspect this will be formally announced by Wizz either tomorrow or Monday. Obviously as ever this is on their mobile timetable. On their twitter accound they have just launched Budapest to Reyjavik, Ibiza and Liverpool.

Sofia should not have been a shock to be honest, its one of their fastest growing bases.... Cluj and Lublin are other fast growing bases which I think will be on BHX's radar!!!

I don't know if anyone has access to this dates, but Wizz have 22 Bases... does anyone have a list of the size of those bases and as such, which onces are currently served via BHX... could be an indication of where is next???

 

[nwoody2001]

So far we have:

Bucharest - 2x weekly
Budapest - 2x weekly
Poznan - 2x weekly
Sofia - 2x weekly
Warsaw - 3x weekly
Wroclaw - 2x weekly

With a schedule below:

Monday
• Sofia
• Wroclaw

Tuesday
• Poznan
• Warsaw

Wednesday
• Bucharest
• Budapest

Thursday
• Warsaw

Friday
• Sofia
• Wroclaw

Saturday
• Poznan
• Warsaw

Sunday
• Bucharest
• Budapest

Total of 13x weekly departures in summer 2016 so far.....

 

[nwoody2001]

Now bookable on the main website....

Prices are pretty high for Wizz... seats are already at £78 for the first flight, with most flights base fare starting at circa £35.. still not bad though...

I must admit loving the look of the route map, the BHX routes are starting to look pretty impressive for an airlines that's only been operating 4 months!

 

[Ray Finkle]

It's definitely a nice addition, as said, only previously available through charter flights and not another 'safe' Polish route :smile:

 

[Ray Finkle]

Wizz bases and destinations served, no idea of frequencies, sorry.

Belgrade

Basel/Mulhouse, Beauvais, Dortmund, Eindhoven, Gothenburg, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden (begins 28 March 2016), Larnaca, London–Luton, Malmö, Memmingen, Stockholm–Skavsta

Bucharest

Alicante, Alghero, Barcelona, Bari, Basel/Mulhouse, Beauvais, Birmingham (begins 22 May 2016), Bergamo, Bologna, Catania, Charleroi, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dortmund, Dubai-Al Maktoum, Eindhoven, Geneva, Glasgow-International, Larnaca, London-Luton, Lübeck (begins 20 May 2016), Madrid, Málaga, Malmö, Malta, Milan-Malpensa, Naples, Nuremberg, Perugia, Pescara (suspended from 10 January 2016), Pisa, Rome-Ciampino, Sandefjord, Stockholm-Skavsta, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Treviso, Turin, Valencia, Verona, Zaragoza

Budapest

Alicante, Baku (resumes 27 March 2016)[46] Barcelona, Bari, Birmingham, Bologna, Catania, Charleroi, Dortmund, Dubai-Al Maktoum, Eindhoven, Glasgow-International, Gothenburg, Hahn, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökcen, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden (begins 11 March 2016), Kiev-Zhulyany, Kutaisi, Larnaca, Lisbon, Liverpool (begins 27 March 2016), London-Luton, Madrid, Málaga, Malmö, Malta, Milan-Malpensa, Moscow-Vnukovo, Naples, Nice (begins 11 March 2016), Rome-Fiumicino, Stockholm-Skavsta, Târgu Mureș, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Tenerife–South, Thessaloniki, Warsaw-Chopin
Seasonal: Alghero, Burgas, Corfu, Heraklion, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Zakynthos

Cluj- Napoca

Alicante (begins 24 July 2016), Barcelona, Bari, Basel/Mulhouse, Beauvais, Bergamo, Berlin-Schönefeld (begins 22 July 2016), Billund (begins 23 July 2016), Bologna, Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn, Doncaster/Sheffield (begins 22 July 2016), Dortmund, Dubai-Al Maktoum, Eindhoven, Geneva, London-Luton, Madrid, Malmö, Memmingen (begins 28 March 2016), Nuremberg, Rome-Ciampino, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Treviso, Valencia, Zaragoza
Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca

Craiova

Barcelona, Bergamo, Bologna, London-Luton, Rome-Ciampino

Debrecen

Beauvais, Bergamo, Charleroi, Eindhoven, London-Luton, Malmö

Gdansk

Aberdeen, Ålesund, Barcelona, Beauvais, Bergamo, Bergen, Billund, Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dortmund, Eindhoven, Glasgow, Gothenburg, Groningen, Hahn, Haugesund, Kristiansand, Liverpool, London-Luton, Lübeck, Malmö, Malta, Molde, Reykjavík-Keflavík, Sandefjord, Stavanger, Stockholm-Skavsta, Trondheim, Turku

Iași (from 1 July 2016)

Bergamo, Bologna (begins 2 July 2016), Catania (begins 3 July 2016), Larnaca (begins 1 July 2016), London-Luton, Rome-Ciampino (begins 3 July 2016), Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion (begins 2 July 2016), Treviso

Katowice

Barcelona, Beauvais, Belfast-International, Bergamo, Bergen, Bologna, Bristol, Cologne/Bonn, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dortmund, Eindhoven, Glasgow, Hahn, Kiev-Zhulyany, Larnaca, Liverpool, London-Luton, Maastricht/Aachen, Malmö, Naples, Rome-Ciampino, Rome-Fiumicino, Sandefjord, Stavanger, Stockholm-Skavsta, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion
Seasonal: Burgas, Kutaisi

Kosice

Bristol, Doncaster/Sheffield, London-Luton

Kyiv

Budapest, Cologne/Bonn, Dortmund, Katowice, Larnaca, Lübeck, London-Luton, Memmingen, Vilnius

Lublin

Doncaster/Sheffield, Eindhoven (begins 25 March 2016), Glasgow-International, London-Luton, Sandefjord, Stockholm-Skavsta

Poznan

Beauvais, Bergamo, Birmingham, Doncaster/Sheffield, Eindhoven, Glasgow, London–Luton, Malmö, Sandefjord, Stockholm–Skavsta
Seasonal: Barcelona

Prague

London–Luton, Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion, Bari, Bergamo, Bologna, Naples, Rome–Fiumicino, Treviso

Riga

Barcelona, Bergen, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dortmund, Eindhoven, Liverpool, London-Luton, Lübeck, Sandefjord, Stavanger
Seasonal: Beauvais

Skopje

Barcelona, Basel/Mulhouse, Beauvais, Bergamo, Berlin-Schönefeld (begins 21 March 2016), Bratislava (begins 28 March 2016), Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn, Copenhagen (begins 22 March 2016), Dortmund, Eindhoven, Friedrichshafen, Gothenburg, Hahn, London–Luton, Lübeck, Malmö, Memmingen, Nuremberg, Sandefjord, Stockholm–Skavsta, Treviso

Sofia

Alicante (begins 27 March 2016), Barcelona, Bari, Beauvais, Bergamo, Birmingham (begins 28 March 2016), Bologna, Bristol (begins 11 January 2016), Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn, Dortmund, Dubai-Al Maktoum, Eindhoven, Geneva, Hahn, Larnaca, London-Luton, Lübeck (begins 27 March 2016), Madrid, Malmö, Malta, Memmingen, Naples, Rome-Ciampino (resumes 29 March 2016), Rome-Fiumicino (ends 26 March 2016), Sandefjord (begins 27 March 2016), Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Valencia

Târgu Mureș

Beauvais, Budapest, Dortmund, Hahn, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden (begins 23 March 2016), London-Luton, Madrid, Memmingen, Rome-Ciampino

Timișoara

Barcelona, Bari, Beauvais, Bergamo, Bologna, Brussels-Charleroi, Dortmund, Hahn, London-Luton, Madrid, Memmingen, Rome-Ciampino, Treviso, Valencia

Vilnius

Ålesund, Barcelona, Beauvais, Belfast-International, Bergamo, Bergen, Billund, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dortmund, Eindhoven, Hahn, Glasgow, Kiev-Zhuliany, Kutaisi, Larnaca, London-Luton, Malmö, Memmingen, Rome-Fiumicino, Sandefjord, Stavanger, Stockholm-Skavsta, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion
Seasonal: Corfu

Warsaw - Chopin

Aberdeen (begins 13 May 2016), Basel/Mulhouse, Barcelona, Bari (begins 13 May 2016), Beauvais, Bergamo, Bergen, Birmingham, Budapest, Bristol (begins 13 May 2016), Charleroi, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dortmund, Eindhoven, Geneva, Glasgow-International, Gothenburg, Kutaisi, Larnaca, Lisbon, Liverpool, London-Luton, Malmö, Rome-Fiumicino, Sandefjord, Stavanger, Stockholm-Skavsta, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion
Seasonal: Alicante, Bourgas, Catania, Corfu, Grenoble, Malta, Turin, Reykjavik-Keflavik (begins 13 May 2016), Verona

Wroclaw

Beauvais, Birmingham (begins 18 March 2016), Doncaster/Sheffield, Dortmund, Eindhoven, London-Luton, Sandefjord, Stockholm-Skavsta

 

[Ray Finkle]

Of those Riga and Vilnius stand out to me.

I think Lublin is only a matter of time and either Wizz or Blue Air may try Cluj at some point.

jfy makes a good point about Ryanair, as yet Wizz have avoided them despite Katowice and Gdansk being sizeable bases for them. They are going head to head with Ryanair on the Bristol - Warsaw route so maybe we'll see KTW or GDN in the future.

After that, Kosice? Debrecen? Iasi? If they want to get adventurous the likes of Kiev or Skopje could be interesting :smile:

 

[Brummiegem]

Another great addition from Wizzair.Our Eastern European network is certainly looking a lot more impressive now.I wonder how much further Wizz intend to go before saying,that's enough for now,we'll see how it goes.
It is an interesting point made by jfy1999 regarding Ryanair.I always thought Eastern Europe was their stronghold.RYR and BHX have had an up and down relationship over the years,but I would love to know what they think about the new kid on the block!

 

[thunderchild]

I don't think switching Kaunas for Vilnius not long after Wizz came on the scene was much of a coincidence.

 

[thunderchild]

After that, Kosice? Debrecen? Iasi? If they want to get adventurous the likes of Kiev or Skopje could be interesting :smile:

They also fly Luton-Ljubjana despite neither being a base. Ljubljana would be another nice one to have back on the departure boards.

 

[Brum X]

Another great new route for BHX and another capital city. We are already having a great start to 2016 with increased frequencies from Norweigan to both BCN and LPA and now this new route from Wizz. 11 million passengers anybody ?????? :good: