More closed Routes:
http://www.ch-aviation.ch/news.php?s...ine=Wizz%20Air

Eg. MMX-KUN, ARAD-BGY and so on!

Thanks for your replies about W6's cut routes.

I can't yet get http://www.ch-aviation.ch/news.php?s...ine=Wizz%20Air to work on my computer, so I'll try again tomorrow.

Hot on the heels of EZY, Wizz will be charging for baggage from this winter.

Gatwick
 

Next airport in London! WizzAir will fly to London Gatwick from Katowice! The first flight is said to be 31th January 2008. It is the third London airport that WizzAir will be flying to from Katowice. Flights will be daily (in the evening). So from Katowice WizzAir will be operating 2x daily LTN (except Saturday evening), daily STN and daily LGW..

Anyone know how well, in terms of load factors the new wizzair routes to/from Coventry and Durham Tees Valley airport are doing? I have heard the new Bournemouth routes seem to be performing really well.

Thanks

Not got any precise figures to hand yet for the month of July for Coventry (route started on 13th July).

However, as a rough estimate, when looking on the wizzair site for the CVT-KTW flights, there are very very few times when more than 20 seats can be booked.

Therefore implying a booked load factor of above 85%, indeed this does backs up the comment made by Coventry Airport Managing director, Mr Chris Orphanou, that loads on the CVT-KTW-CVT route were over 85%.

Just as an aside, this route, and hopefully more CVT Wizzair routes to come (if any Wizzair people might be reading...;)), could help Coventry Airport appeal the terminal refusal decision...one of the reasons given for refusal was the probability that public transport would not be used much. Upon my return from Katowice a couple of weeks ago, approximately 40% of the passengers on the flight (the flight contained about 160 passengers) used the bus to transport them from the airport.

Unfortunately I do not have any indication about the loads from MME

Bournemouth 92% load
 

Yes Bournemouth doing very well - 92% average load factor in first month of operation!

Loads for July for the MME-WAW route (first month of ops, started 13th July) is 92%.

SeamusCVT,

The reason so many people arriving from KTW use the bus is because they're Polish nationals arriving on a one-way ticket to work in the UK.

I've worked the Polish flights at BHX and CVT and I'd say that about 90-95% of the inbound pax are Poles/Slovaks.





S78

Coventry - Katowice carried 2525 passengers in the start up (part) month of July (CAA figures) which I reckon is a load factor of just under 88%. So they must have good loads both ways.

Katowice delays 29/8/7
 

what is wrong with wizz at Katowice today?
other airlines seem fine.

PARIS W6 111 6:00 DELAYED 11H
LONDON - STANSTED W6 141 10:20 DELAYED 5H 20 MIN
COVENTRY W6 113 11:45 DELAYED 2H 55MIN
STOCKHOLM W6 125 14:40 ON TIME
CHANIA C0 423 15:20 ON TIME
DUSSELDORF LH 3299 15:25 ON TIME
FRANKFURT-HAHN W6 167 16:00 DELAYED 4H 25 MIN
DORTMUND W6 165 16:10 DELAYED 2H 45 MIN
WARSAW LO 3882 17:35
LONDON - LUTON W6 109 18:00 DELAYED 6H 15 MIN
FRANKFURT LH 3295 18:50
DONCASTER-SHEFFIELD W6 129 18:55 DELAYED 3H 35 MIN
MONACHIUM LO 373 19:30

who can read this?


29-08-2007 Informacja na temat opóżnień Wizz Air


Górnośląskie Towarzystwo Lotnicze S.A., spółka zarządzająca Międzynarodowym Portem Lotniczym Katowice w Pyrzowicach, informuje że wina za aktualne opóźnienia linii lotniczej WizzAir na trasach do i z Katowic nie leży po stronie portu.
Szczegółowe informacje o opoźnieniach samolotów Wizz Air można uzyskac pod numerem infolinii: +48 22 351 94 99

29-08-2007 Information about Wizz Air's delays.

Górnośląskie Towarzystwo Lotnicze S.A., a company managing the International Airport Katowice in Pyrzowice, informs that Wizz Air's delays on routes to and from Katowice are not caused by the airport.
For more information about Wizz Air's delays please call +48 22 351 94 99 (Wizz Air's call centre).


BTW, Wizz Air has wet-leased an aircraft from Travel Service Plus (737-800) - the same which was used at the beginning of this year.

All the delays take place because on plane is out of order. It is said to be because in Warsaw airport staff destroyed the plane by the stairs. There is also an option that 4 birdes flew into the engine while landing. Lack of one airplane causes these delays. What is more Girona filghts to Katowice have been cancelled untill the plane will be in service again.

The problems also affected some flights yesterday.
Despite the Bournemouth Airport website showing the Wizzair flight as cancelled :ugh: it did in fact operate to and from Katowice using the BOH based Titan B733

Any financial data about Wizzair available?
 

After their recent massive order for 50 A320 plus 25 options,I wonder how they will finance this deal ???
There is not balance-sheet available on Wizzair but I would apppreciate any data about revenue/profit/loss
thanks in advance

They are part owned by Indigo Partners, a US investment house. They have money to burn.

Financial websites are saying they've ordered an additional 50 A320s today.

That will make them a pretty substantial airline.

I'd like to see f.ex 20-30 A320 at Katowice :) /its main base/

50 + 25 options.

Takes them up to over 100 aircraft by 2016 if the options are exercised.

Wizz orders 50 additional A320's and 25options!
 

Central European budget carrier Wizz Air has placed an order for 50 additional Airbus A320s, increasing its firm commitments to 82 of the type.

Hungarian-headquartered Wizz Air, which currently operates 13 Airbus A320s, will use the additional aircraft to add frequencies and open new routes.

The aircraft will be configured in a 180-seat, all-economy layout.


Wizz Air CEO Jozsef Varadi says: “Wizz Air has demonstrated its ability for sustainable growth, where cost efficiency is the key to generate market and win competition. Our choice of aircraft plays a big part in this cost efficiency.

“The A320 continues to deliver low operating costs, high operational reliability and customer satisfaction whilst enabling us to remain environmentally conscious. The new aircraft order will make Wizz Air the largest fleet operator in the region.”

An Airbus spokeswoman says Wizz Air is yet to disclose its engine selection, but the airline’s existing A320s are all International Aero Engines V2500-powered.

Airbus says: “The contract represents the largest ever order in the region for a single Airbus type, and will enable Wizz Air to become one of the biggest airlines in central and Eastern Europe within the next decade. Wizz Air has already ordered 32 new A320s from Airbus, and operates several additional A320s on lease.”

Wizz Air placed an order for 12 A320s plus 12 options in 2005 and signed a follow-on deal for 20 of the type in 2006. The status of the 12 options is not immediately clear following the announcement on 10 October.

Since beginning operations in 2003, it has taken delivery of nine leased A320s and four aircraft from the 2005 direct-purchase deal. The airline has US aviation investment house Indigo Partners as a major shareholder, but has been talking about a possible London flotation.
SOURCE:Flightglobal.com

Looks like the new Ryanair of the east!

And indeed Wizz is a winner here - at present much stronger than its rival Sky Europe (the latter one is atually retreating from CE Europe).
Concerning Ryanair, their competition has been fierce, but on some routes Wizz has survived better (it applies mostly to the destinations outside of the UK/Ireland). For example, Wizz Air has been dominant on the routes from the eastern EU to Germany, Scandinavia, France, Benelux (not a single route operated by FR yet/ any more). Not to mention that FR didn't manage to create even a single base to the East from the Stockholm-Hamburg-Frankfurt-Milan BGY line. Nevertheless, I doubt in their peaceful co-existance in this area for the years to come.

Hopefully this will mean more routes to Durham Tees Valley :)

WIZZ at Newcastle
 

More likely to operate and extend through Newcastle..this is the big rumour up there amongst the huge Polish community!!!
Maybe this was discussed at the recent routes conference. Did we hear anything about new routes from DTV BTW ??

Remember Wizz are cutting flights through DTV,I know for a short period..but if they were broken..why not try and fix it?

Hmm, we'll see, let's get back on point...Wizz order 50 A320...

where else could they expand from? new airports in easter europe maybe prague and other places?

I'd expect them to look at secondary airports in Eastern Europe, places like Kosice and Balaton. Also outside the capitals, international aviation in Romania and Bulgaria is open to substantial future expansion; Wizz could be a major beneficiary there.

Great notice!

Specially for those who are waiting the call for start with Wizz :D

For Tirgu Mures read Cluj
 

Wizz have announced that all of their Transylvania flights will operate from Cluj, rather than Tirgu Mures, with effect from 13th November 2007. The reason is cited as frequent adverse weather conditions at TM, affecting reliability.

Wizzair to open the 2nd base in Romania
 

It seems Wizzair will open a new base in Cluj-Napoca, after Bucharest.Any lights from wizz pilots?

Wizz are to fly from Cluj to Dortmund I believe. This was a route that was originally announced at Tirgu Mures to Dortmund. How this fits into their schedules and whether there are to be other routes, I do not know.

Very interesting, but why not stick to the rules and use the Wizzair thread, which already has 6 pages?

Hi

This is just a change of airport for Wizz - flights originally operating or due to operate from Tirgu Mures will now operate from this airport. Wizz Air has operated out of Tirgu Mures since July 2006.

Wizz will operate all of its flights serving Transylvania in Romania from Cluj-Napoca International Airport and would cease flying from Tirgu Mures Airport at the same time. The effective move of the current Tirgu Mures flights to Cluj to and from Budapest, Rome and Barcelona as well as the new London Luton route will take place on 13 November 2007. The already announced Tirgu Mures-Dortmund service will be launched from Cluj on 28 February as planned.

Wizz Air started flying from Tirgu Mures in July 2006 and since then severe weather conditions combined with the airport's inability to improve low visibility operations has been continuously jeopardizing the airline's on-time performance causing delays and forced cancellations. On the contrary Cluj Airport has already got more advanced operational capabilities as well as adequate development plans in place to accommodate Wizz Air's growth by ensuring a smooth operating environment.

No, this is a change of airport and the announcement of a base at that newly-transfered-to airport.

All of Cluj-Napoca's Christmas' have come at once, while Tirgu Mures must be really kicking themselves for having lost Wizz.

Wizzair domestic flights
 

Is it true Wizzair will operate domestic flights within Romania?

At the moment just one route - Bucharest-Cluj

Ok, long shot here because of commercial sensitivity et al.

Could anyone "in the know" please give an idea as to when the full WizzAir Summer 2008 programme will be released? The drop downs on the booking engine do include Summer 2008 months, however when I have looked on the timetable or tried to book flights I can only book until 30 March...this includes the popular LTN-KTW route

I appreciate that some routes may have already been released for Summer 2008.

Alternatively, what is the likelihood of CVT-KTW and CVT-GDN continuing through Summer 2008, or even a third route as has been rumoured on the Coventry thread (Budapest? Warsaw? Poznan?)?

Regards

Wizz at Coventry
 

Wizz are doing really well at CVT and I understand Poznan will be next.

BHX5DME

How are they doing at MME? Rumour a while ago was the route is very successful but they've somehow got it into their heads that most of the pax are from the Newcastle area (which is complete b:mad:cks), which in turn started a rumour that the flights might be moved up there.