CAA data will show you, but always published a month or so in arrears.

Quite some airports thought the same. Poznan, Tirgu Mures, Kosice, Riga, Lublin, Prague, Oslo, Bergen, Dortmund, Trondheim, just to mention the ones which were bases.

And you could produce a similar list for every other LCC

May be a silly question but what happened with these bases?.
I note some are also covered by air Baltic which is expanding , even as it leases aircraft , to cover routes temporarily ( in their view) , lost due to the conflict .
But with many having Air baltic , and Ryanair , if Wizzair have not fulfilled promises , is that down to other Airlines, competing on the same routes ?.

Exactly. That's why you shouldn't put all your eggs in the same basked and chase even the odd Ryanair route.

Prague: poor commercial performance for strong competition.
Oslo, Trondheim: those cheeky norwegians demanded fair employment practices;
Tirgu Mures: got shafted in favor of the nearby Cluj;
Dortmund: not suitable to be a base (short runway - A320 only, no A321 + night curfew without exemptions, they close the airport on
the hour even if you are already lined up for take-off). Every operator abandoned it as a base, Wizz said hold my beer. Suprise: failure.
Lublin, Kosice: only god knows, Wizz was more or less the main operator (DSA beware);
Riga, Poznan: god knows why again, long existing, established bases closed after years of extensive operations with 2-3 aircraft (ditto).

Wizz only need an airport as long as another one offers more money or they need the capacity to be moved to the next visionary project.
See Coventry, Southend, Stansted, Prestwick, Teesside, Bournemouth, Cork and the likes.

Looks like Wizz have been having a rough time with on time performance recently.
Seems like everyday it’s a constant shuffle of Luton and Gatwick based cabin crews getting taxied up and down to make up the numbers, which inevitably leads to delays.

They are having a huge issue recruiting for the Doncaster base.


What I find strange is Wizz have no more recruitment days planned for Doncaster.

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Not a great situation.

Something will have to give somewhere. Surprised that looking at the Wizz website, there are no more recruitment days planned for Doncaster, but there are for the other UK bases.

I take it you arent recruiting (or involved in a role) for filling vacancies currently? The past six months has been a nightmare for all industries and I include myself as someone with vacancies to fill. Wages have gone up 30-50% and still can't be filled. As for roles which are paid poorly then it will be even harder to attract quality candidates as per other section posts.

Currently sat in PMI waiting for the late Wizz back to DSA. Wizz seem to be doing the best they can to keep the show on the road, pax regularly updated, refreshments etc. I guess any recent recruits may not come on line for a few more weeks, until training, clearance complete etc. Time will tell I guess.

Then why no recruitment planned for Doncaster?

And they seem to be running the Cardiff base with no issues. No delays or mass cancelling of the summer schedule.

Sundays Florida flight was interesting. Something was missed in security and as a result the whole plane was debosrded and put through security again.

it was interesting to see how quickly they can work..

They may feel they have enough staff on stream, who knows. Whats with the micro analysis it makes no odds to you.

Really had to laugh at this article:

https://www.cityam.com/wizz-air-uk-n...aff-shortages/

No flights cancelled and will operate at 100% capacity this summer.

Hundreds of passengers at Doncaster will tell a different story.

If you don't like Wizz Timmy they would be very welcome to come and move back to Teesside.

So does the fact that the chief pilot and the chief purser of Wizz Air UK (not their exact titles but the meaning is the same) resigned.

+ an average of 15 cabin crew handing in their notice per week, nearly all LTN based.

That number doesn’t include the ones who just stop showing up, with no notice to the company.

That number doesn’t include the ones who just stop showing up, with no notice to the company.

I assume their contract permits this?

Cancun by TUI

https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/...ster-sheffield

https://uasweekly.com/2022/05/09/2ex...vil-observers/

Wizz has announced that it is cancelling “a large number of flights” from Doncaster Sheffield Airport from 10 June onwards.

The airline says the move is “a result of Doncaster Sheffield Airport indicating that it is unable to guarantee the terms of its commercial agreement with Wizz Air”.

One of the final nails in DSAs coffin IMO

Be interesting to see what DSA's response to that statement is.

Looks like its the Sun flights which have gone, the East European remaining.

I'll keep saying it there's zero demand from Doncaster. Most of the sun flights were less than half full
from a DSA perspective, they've spent almost ten million upgrading the terminal for the Wizz base. What now? Other than TUI no one will touch the place.

I think it's clear the issues here are more DSA related. Wizz have said as much in their presser.

Let's not forget the head guy at the airport quit not long ago, and unless I've missed it hasn't been replaced.

I wouldn't be surprised to see more bad news coming out of DSA before the end of the year.

Yes, Wizz Air's press releases are never bollocks. Maybe the airport should calculate the amount of delay caused by Wizz being unable to crew the base. Which won't be a problem from mid-June, miraculously.

​​​​​​Regardless of blame there's only one loser and it's DSA. Who else is going to step in to pick up the pieces? Every possible runner has already been, and gone.
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Wizz were the only chance of building a decent offering out of DSA. How sustainable is a TUI base of a few aircraft for the long term? Or will Peel just cut and run and concentrate on the land?

Unfortunately I don't know but anyone who considered Wizz the saviour of DSA was gravely wrong. Scroll back a bit and read what I said a few weeks ago. It happened awfully quickly.

Twitter is awash wih people's 2023 TUI bookings also being cancelled...... No word from the airport either, only from Wizz.

Care to quote more than two?

Also do you care to quote why DSA have broken the agreement terms? No, thought not - 1.you dont know and 2. Legal would have you in court. Rather than being a DSA negative fantasist, pipe down.

Wizz didnt uphold last winters quota for new terms and havent this summer, and tried to rewrite the deal, the second based aircraft hasnt materialised which means DSA pulled the strings but won't publicly to keep a relationship.

So if we believe what you're saying, how does DSA return from this? Who does it reinstall confidence in its customers?

How does it grow in future other than TUI?

Why be made out to be the culprit if it isn't their doing?

Doesn't add up

Because if they don't go with the story they will loose the WAH flights as well which would be a double whammy.

See TBSC's reply.

Mr Frost, you don't know as usual and spout your social media rubbish which may ultimately get you in slanderous hot water....

So what now?

Ryanair and easy are out of the question. As are flybe.

Utter rubbish! Megalolz

Wizz is like a mini Ryanair. It is always someone else’s fault and never their fault for failing to deliver on its promises.

I have to laugh that someone on here claimed DSA had turned down Ryanair in favour of wizz. Wonder if they'll be going cap in hand now?

Also, it seems the terminal work to enable the Wizz base was paid for by a loan from taxpayers money. Wonder if they'll be getting an explanation?

It's about time this white elephant closed for good. There is no need for an airport in Doncaster!!