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I would expect Wizzair to cancel some routes next (starting with NYO and BGY), if not withdraw totally from VNO.
The bloodbath will be to Rome, 6 weekly flights are too much, I would expect Wizz or Ryanair to withdraw.
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I would expect Wizzair to cancel some routes next (starting with NYO and BGY), if not withdraw totally from VNO.
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Russian and Lithuanian media reports that the Moscow-based "SkyExpress" acquired a permission from Russian authorities (Lithuanian still pending) to fly Moscow-Kaunas route. According to director of the airport the negotiations are still not over.
Such route would give Russians an additional alternative to fly to Western Europe using LCCs – Ryanair has a two-plane base in Kaunas.
SkyExpress operates B737-300 and B737-500 aircraft.
Such route would give Russians an additional alternative to fly to Western Europe using LCCs – Ryanair has a two-plane base in Kaunas.
SkyExpress operates B737-300 and B737-500 aircraft.
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Skyways back at VNO, now to TXL
Spotted on theairdb and checked on Skyways.se: Skyways are re-starting at VNO, a daily VNO-TXL, with onwards connections e.g. to GVA, daily except Sat, starting 7th June. Flight numbers and duration indicate it's their own and a direct flight (JZ0130, JZ0131). Another nice addition to VNO's recovering timetable. This means from next year, it won't be cramped and aging TXL anymore, but the great shinny new Willy-Brandt-Airport BER ! They also seem to do again the daily early-morning ARN flight. The onward-connection TXL-GVA is a code-share, probably ? But with whom, only EZY does that route, and it's from SXF (yes, GVA is quite under-served from BER), and they don't code-share of course.
About LT airports: The FR thread said that KUN-SXF would be back, but still not bookable again.
BTW, I've recently used the official 'Lithuanian Airlines' plane - which these days is the Wizzair A320 based at VNO with all-LT staff, to LTN. Nice, worked well, and well-filled (ok, got stuck at immigration at LTN, but that's not their fault).
About LT airports: The FR thread said that KUN-SXF would be back, but still not bookable again.
BTW, I've recently used the official 'Lithuanian Airlines' plane - which these days is the Wizzair A320 based at VNO with all-LT staff, to LTN. Nice, worked well, and well-filled (ok, got stuck at immigration at LTN, but that's not their fault).
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... and Estonian stop flying VNO-TXL from 30May. Now that was short-lived. FR still doesn't have KUN-SXF open for booking, so maybe was really just a rumour. Skyways' smaller aircraft (a F50 I presume) is a much better choice for this market. Will be interesting to see how the Wizzair vs. Ryanair fight at VNO develops, I'd think Wizz could consider e.g. DTM, CGN or FMM. We'll see.
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FR still doesn't have KUN-SXF open for booking, so maybe was really just a rumour.
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There are fresh rumors that Wizz is canceling the VNO-NYO and opening something new. The funny thing is that the call center still persuades the ticket owners that the flights would happen.
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Though it's not strictly VNO: Booking TXL-GVA on Skyways.se is not possible anymore, and also if you go to BT, they show it as >470 EUR for all of July, August. Typical sign of "This route will actually not be operating" (i.e. in case of BT, they will book you onto GVA-RIX-VNO instead). Was wondering how Skyways thought they could enter the BER-TXL market, surely LH has friends who wouldn't really like this. TXL-VNO is however still there. Is Skyways in more general trouble ? They seem quite erratic (reminds me of BaBoo). This is a bit annoying for me as I'm planning a BER-VNO, but now not sure Skyways will still fly this, while FR's SXF-KUN still not bookable.
For Wizz, sure, DTM is the obvious choice, just that every sensible immigrant (and German for that matter) is moving to the South (Stuttgart, Munich, Karlsruhe etc) for work, or Rhein-Main (Wiesbaden, Frankfurt, Mainz). DTM area is a bit poor.
--- Correction 1st June:
This Skyways TXL-GVA has appeared again ! Starting 29th August.
For Wizz, sure, DTM is the obvious choice, just that every sensible immigrant (and German for that matter) is moving to the South (Stuttgart, Munich, Karlsruhe etc) for work, or Rhein-Main (Wiesbaden, Frankfurt, Mainz). DTM area is a bit poor.
--- Correction 1st June:
This Skyways TXL-GVA has appeared again ! Starting 29th August.
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German summer charter into VNO
Just spotted that Hamburg Airways (the new name of the well-known Hamburg International HHI) has a few bi-weekly Wednesday flights from various German airports, e.g. on 27th July DUS-VNO-DUS, this is connected with the same into TLL a week earlier, so there are troops (excuse the pun) of 150 rich elderly German tourist transversing the Baltics in June and July. I see this has already been done last year. Good for them (and the Baltic economies). By contrast, with the GBP going a down the cliff, all the money moved by the immigrants from UK to LV and LT is worth much less 
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Interesting article on the Lithuania to Sweden market's recent evolution:
Sweden – Lithuania market grows by 700% in a year! | anna.aero
Sweden – Lithuania market grows by 700% in a year! | anna.aero
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What's going on at BT...
The spat between Mr. Flick and the LV government now even made it into airliners.de.
Flick: I am airBaltic?s guarantee of stability :: The Baltic Course | Baltic States news & analytics
Thanks for PPRUNE's search function, we do have a forum already for this:
http://www.pprune.org/nordic-forum/2...baltic-43.html
Which mentions this rather unflattering article:
Kampars: airBaltic is close to bankruptcy :: The Baltic Course | Baltic States news & analytics
LT has since moved-on from BT (near-monopoly to VNO for a while) to FR and WZZ, but we do still remember how BT helped to kill-of the national carrier. FR recently cancelled SXF-EDI, so maybe the slot is free again :-) BT has surely lost a _lot_ of VNO-via-RIX business recently to FR and WZZ (i.e. me). And opening-up TXL-GVA (with Skyways) will not go down well with the local forces at BER (LH, AB, EZY). Interesting times !
Flick: I am airBaltic?s guarantee of stability :: The Baltic Course | Baltic States news & analytics
Thanks for PPRUNE's search function, we do have a forum already for this:
http://www.pprune.org/nordic-forum/2...baltic-43.html
Which mentions this rather unflattering article:
Kampars: airBaltic is close to bankruptcy :: The Baltic Course | Baltic States news & analytics
LT has since moved-on from BT (near-monopoly to VNO for a while) to FR and WZZ, but we do still remember how BT helped to kill-of the national carrier. FR recently cancelled SXF-EDI, so maybe the slot is free again :-) BT has surely lost a _lot_ of VNO-via-RIX business recently to FR and WZZ (i.e. me). And opening-up TXL-GVA (with Skyways) will not go down well with the local forces at BER (LH, AB, EZY). Interesting times !
