Wizz Air

[Nuffsaid]

LPA, FUE and a few ski flights could compliment the existing routes if there is room. Good news nevertheless. Wizz showing some commitment for the time being.

 

[Jerry]

Looking at the times for Alicante and Faro on Tuesdays and Saturdays it does appear as if they've been copied and pasted from the summer schedule. So I wonder if potentially Sharm el Sheikh could be moved instead to Sundays and Thursdays and another route similar in sector length to Mallorca operates Tuesday and Saturday mornings before Alicante.

 

[MrFenner]

Full W22/23 schedule now on sale up to end of March.

 

[geoff]

The WIZZ winter schedule should make a big difference to the CWL passenger figures, although WIZZ were seen by some people to be a replacement for Thomas Cook, they hadn't operated a winter schedule for several years.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

When is the first Wizz flight of the summer programme due to operate?

 

[MrFenner]

The first W9 flight of the new CWL base will be on Friday 8th April and it’ll be the 06:50 ACE, followed by the 16:40 TFS.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Many thanks.

 

[Jerry]

The WIZZ winter schedule should make a big difference to the CWL passenger figures, although WIZZ were seen by some people to be a replacement for Thomas Cook, they hadn't operated a winter schedule for several years.

In the winter they are probably going to be making up for the loss of Flybe and then some, it'll definitely make them the biggest airline seats wise in the winter at Cardiff.
Hopefully with Wales away to Italy in 2023 then we might see some Wizz flights to Rome for that game as well.

 

[Jerry]

14 days to go until Wizz Air start at Cardiff Airport!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1507358395124400128

 

[MrFenner]

Nice to see the airport have finally used their social media platform to promote W9 starting…

 

[Jerry]

I genuinely don't understand why Wizz have set the prices for their winter 2022/23 flights so high. Coming up as £106 one way for Alicante and Faro and £132 one way for Tenerife and Larnaca. Lanzarote and Sharm el Sheikh are half the price of the latter 2. Just concerned that this may put off anyone looking to book early.

 

[Jerry]

Nice to see the airport have finally used their social media platform to promote W9 starting…

Looks like there'll be a daily tweet with a countdown until they start now.

 

[Chris Gronow]

Cardiff half marathon has been hinting at a big announcement the last few days on social media. They are revealing it later but based on the hints they keep posting id stick my money on it being a sponsorship deal with Wizz.

 

[Tinkerman]

That would be a great little boost …

Perhaps to coincide with the launch of the Wizz Winter Schedule? Given it’s been on-sale for the best part of a week you’d expect there’d be some sort of announcement from the airport, with a view to also boosting upcoming Summer bookings - A very good marketing opportunity.

 

[Tinkerman]

Chris, you’ve nailed it in one.

Wizz Air are the new title sponsor of the Cardiff Half Marathon.

 

[MrFenner]

New era for Wizz Air Cardiff Half Marathon

Of course there is no CWL social media team anymore so this is likely to take a while to filter out…

 

[Jerry]

Only a bit of speculation but if Wizz was to introduce a new winter route at CWL what do people think they could go for? More winter sun? Eastern Europe? Ski? The winter schedule being onsale hasn't seemed to be announced yet so makes me wonder if it's not complete and we could see a new route for the winter.

 

[MrFenner]

GVA is a no brainier if you ask me!

 

[Jerry]

Geneva would be the most obvious ski destination but would it be viable from Cardiff on an A321/A320?

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Geneva would be the most obvious ski destination but would it be viable from Cardiff on an A321/A320?

I agree with Mr Fenner.