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[pabely]

I suspect the EU will force some sort of slot release at Madrid & Barcelona.
If that occurs how would they be allocated/purchased. I'm sure Lufthansa, KLM/Air France, Ryanair, Easyjet would love to scoop some up. Wizzair might not want to enter such a war but with plenty of XLRs arriving over the coming years who knows!

[toledoashley]

Originally Posted by pabely

I suspect the EU will force some sort of slot release at Madrid & Barcelona.
If that occurs how would they be allocated/purchased. I'm sure Lufthansa, KLM/Air France, Ryanair, Easyjet would love to scoop some up. Wizzair might not want to enter such a war but with plenty of XLRs arriving over the coming years who knows!

Wasn’t there an agreement to divest slots to Volotea?

[davidjohnson6]

Flights to/from Moldova to be suspended from 14 March, i.e. 2 weeks and a day from today. Some routes will see increased frequency to Iasi in Romania, just over the border
https://boardingpass.ro/wizz-air-sus...4-martie-2023/

[BA318]

Originally Posted by davidjohnson6

Flights to/from Moldova to be suspended from 14 March, i.e. 2 weeks and a day from today. Some routes will see increased frequency to Iasi in Romania, just over the border
https://boardingpass.ro/wizz-air-sus...4-martie-2023/

I wonder if this is due to fears about the conflict spreading to Moldova. Their Gov keeps mentioning the Russian threat and Wizz ended up with planes trapped in Ukraine and maybe doesn’t want the same mistake again.

[pabely]

In English https://www.reuters.com/business/aer...ty-2023-02-27/

[LGS6753]

It was recently suggested that Moldovan airspace would be closed for security reasons.
There has also been political upheaval in Moldova in recent weeks, added to the dangers of activity from the widely-anticipated Russian spring offensive spilling over from Ukraine. I think Putin has threatened Moldova too.

[pabely]

Meddling via Transnistria comes to mind.

[Pain in the R's]

Originally Posted by pabely

Not defending their behaviour but wasn't that Nov/Dec news, I'm sure I read it was said they had settled 91% of all known claims now but their was also a bottleneck in the UK courts system of advising all parties of their decisions which did not help anyone.
I think the CAA review these things quarterly so an updated situation should be published soon.

I have listened to a damming report on the BBC You and Yours radio 4 programme. The segment was in relation to what is happening at Wizz regarding compensation claims that they are still not paying and the fact that Wizzair has more complaints against them per million passengers than any other airline. The programme interviewed people who took trips last year and are owned £1000’s due to cancelled and delayed flights. They claimed that no help is being provided by call centres who don’t deal with compensation claims and emails are going unanswered.

According to the report, Wizz have failed to meet the latest CAA deadlines and that the airline is still loss making. The airline also refused to be interviewed.

[Opsbeatch]

I've had a claim going on with them for about 6 months, latest is that I need to write it down on a piece of paper and have it signed by the passenger...but no instructions on where to send it or if they want it scanned.

Just readying the pigeon just in case...!

OB

[ATNotts]

Originally Posted by Pain in the R's

They are acting like a failing airline that won’t be around too long. The CAA should give the airline a notice of closure to focus the attention of this shabby airline. Seems well suited though as Luton’s biggest airline.

If the airline, any airline, is failing to comply with the law, and then failing to comply with court judgments/ CCJs then the regulator should be down on them like the proverbial ton of bricks.

If the CAA fails to do so then, aside of their safety remit they have little purpose.

[davidjohnson6]

Originally Posted by davidjohnson6

Flights to/from Moldova to be suspended from 14 March, i.e. 2 weeks and a day from today. Some routes will see increased frequency to Iasi in Romania, just over the border
https://boardingpass.ro/wizz-air-sus...4-martie-2023/

Wizzair is not the only airline cancelling flights to/from Moldova. Air Moldova seems to be finding some of its leased aircraft are (seemingly at short notice), no longer available for use. I am inclined to give Wizz the benefit of the doubt on their decision to suspend Chisinau from mid March.
https://boardingpass.ro/air-moldova-...ii-avioanelor/
Apologies for using an article in Romanian rather than English, but the website has proven pretty reliable in the past, and I'm reluctant to quote English language articles on Russia-based sites when talking about Moldova

[Seljuk22]

New routes and a 9th A321neo for AUH
https://wizzair.com/en-gb/informatio...ope-and-africa

[pabely]

Originally Posted by davidjohnson6

Wizzair is not the only airline cancelling flights to/from Moldova. Air Moldova seems to be finding some of its leased aircraft are (seemingly at short notice), no longer available for use. I am inclined to give Wizz the benefit of the doubt on their decision to suspend Chisinau from mid March.
https://boardingpass.ro/air-moldova-...ii-avioanelor/
Apologies for using an article in Romanian rather than English, but the website has proven pretty reliable in the past, and I'm reluctant to quote English language articles on Russia-based sites when talking about Moldova

Will FlyOne continue into Luton once Wizzair stop? With Air Moldova not running into STN very often (other than a Aerro Direkt) they must be happy, assuming they do not get hit by any loss in insurance cover/lessor of aircraft as well.
HiSky & SkyUp will be watching.

[Buster the Bear]

Having had airframes stuck in Ukraine, I would imagine Wizz insurers are a bit jumpy about Moldova?

[Spanish eyes]

So the CAA intervention regarding Wizz is having no affect. CCJ’s up from 533 to now 960 with 865 unsatisfied.

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/...mers-case.html

I commented at the time that I was not optimistic. I had found 533 CCJs against Wizz Air UK, with 478 listed as unsatisfied. So is the picture any better now? No, it is worse.

When I checked court records a few days ago, I found 960 CCJs against the airline, with 865 shown as unsatisfied. The most recent cases show debts of £2,105, £1,621, and £1,550.

Time for the watchdog CAA to step in again, I think, and to bark even louder this time.

[davidjohnson6]

New airport - Cairo Sphinx (no, not the main Cairo airport) about 25 miles west of Cairo. Should work nicely once the Grand Egyptian museum finally opens
First route is to Milan Malpensa, but I can see this expanding to other routes. Condor are opening a route to Germany.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphinx_International_Airport

[pabely]

Had to come, exactly what the airport was built for.

[TBSC]

Originally Posted by pabely

Had to come, exactly what the airport was built for.

To be the local version of Charleroi, Bergamo, Modlin, Beauvais, Torp or Hahn?

[compton3bravo]

If that is your thinking TBSC you could say Gatwick, Luton, Stansted, Southend and London City.

[pabely]

Originally Posted by TBSC

To be the local version of Charleroi, Bergamo, Modlin, Beauvais, Torp or Hahn?

Why do you fly from Sharm for the day to see Sphinx & Great Pyramid from them as well?
Cario International's domestic terminal makes Luton look like a Palace!