Ryanair and Wizzair
Last week, Ryanair announced that they are binning HHN-Krakow, which competes to a large extent with Wizzair's HHN-KTW.
Today, Ryanair announced that NYO - Gdansk will be dropped. Wizzair have been operating the route since the end of 2005.
As far as I can remember, Ryanair are not in the habit of dropping routes with direct competition (as Easyjet, Aer Lingus, bmiBaby, TFly and many others will testify). So what is going on here?
Have Ryanair finally found a rival who can compete on price? (Although I imagine that Wizzair's labour costs may well be lower, surely the current cost of leasing and Ryanair's greater economies of scale must tip the balance in their favour)
Or, is there something more sinister afoot?