Wizzair may be looking at other UK airports if this report in today's Bristol Evening Post is anything to go by.
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Bristol International Airport has unveiled plans for flights to Poland as it gears up to meet growing demand for travel to new EU member states. Poland was one of 10 new countries to join the EU at the beginning of May, creating new requirements for business and travel opportunities.
Bristol International Airport has unveiled plans to tap into the burgeoning market and is currently involved in negotiations with two Polish low-cost airlines.
They hope to eventually launch a new service between Bristol and an as yet undecided major Polish city.
Tony Hallwood, aviation development director, at Bristol International said its plans to introduce a new line had been prompted by Poland's accession to the European Union.
He said: "There are three things which have sparked Bristol's interest in introducing low cost flights to Poland.
"The first is its membership of the EU. Poland has a population of more than 38 million and is by far the largest new EU member state.
"Therefore it is going to generate leisure and business flights.
"The second is that we have been doing some digging around of our own and found that about 30,000 people from the South West travel to Heathrow and to the South East airports to fly to Poland each year.
"We want to make sure that people from the South West fly from the South West gateway, and that's us."
Mr Hallwood said the third factor had been a growing Polish presence in Bristol, including the decision by city bus operator First Group to recruit 32 Polish drivers and three engineers.
The firm has struggled to retain a full workforce over recent years and 14 of the drivers, together with the three engineers, will be based in Bristol.
Mr Hallwood said: "At the moment it appears there would be demand for flights from Warsaw and Krakow but also other regional gateways including Katowice and Posnan.
"There are two low-cost Polish airlines flying between the UK and Poland, Wizz Air which flies to Katowice and Air Polania which flies into Warsaw.
"We are currently in discussions with both and hope to commence flights to one of the Polish gateways in the near future."