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BFS BHD
So is Katowice gone for Wizz Air or will it be Summer Only?
Will they stay to operate just to Vilnius?
Would they add another route?
Or could this be the end of them at BFS...?
Katowice has been axed completely, most likely due to the competition from easyJet and Ryanair on their route to Krakow, which is only an hour away from Katowice. It is worth noting that Wizz have already scrapped Belfast-Katowice once before - in 2008 - along with flights to Warsaw Chopin.
Vilnius seems to be performing quite well, though if Ryanair provide competition on the route I can see Wizz scrapping the route.
With regards to other routes, I would be surprised if Wizz went into direct competition with Ryanair on their Polish routes. Based on their routes from other UK airports, I believe that it's plausible that Wizz could start flights to Sofia, Bucharest and Budapest, though the clock is ticking for Wizz as Ryanair has a base at all three of these airports, and already flies to these cities from several other UK cities.