Norwegian to fly new Spanish and Austrian routes

Norwegian Air Shuttle have put on sale flights from their Oslo (International) base to Barcelona, launching next month (from 27 October 2008). They will also begin flying from Warsaw to Salzburg from January 2009.

Wizz Air to launch new Italian routes

Wizz Air have put three new routes on sale from Italy. These include flights from Bologna (Guglielmo Marconi) to Krakow and Warsaw and from Rome (Fiumicino) to Gdansk. They are due to begin flying on these routes from the end of October 2008.

Warsaw to Rome with Wizz Air

Wizz Air will add their 17th destination from the Polish capital, Warsaw, later this year when they launch direct flights to Rome (Ciampino). They will fly three times per week on this route from 16 September 2008.

Cork to Warsaw route with Wizz Air

Wizz Air will add another Polish route from Cork in July when they add twice weekly flights to Warsaw. Flights begin on this route from 13 July 2008.

Centralwings to fly to Haugesund

Central European low-cost airline centralwings will begin flights to the Norwegian city of Haugesund. They are scheduled to launch flights from Haugesund to Gdansk and Warsaw in the next week or so. These flights are available to purchase now at www.centralwings.com.

New Volareweb routes from Milan

Volareweb have 15 new routes launching over the next few months from their Milan (Malpensa) base. These include flights launching in April 2008 to Athens, Brindisi, Krakow, Malaga, Malta, Lamezia-Terme, Paris (Orly), Valencia and Warsaw. From July they will also add flights to Heraklion, Ibiza, Olbia, Palma and Rhodos.

All of these flights are available for booking at www.volareweb.com.

Warsaw and Poznan expansion for Centralwings

centralwings have put new routes on sale from their Warsaw and Poznan bases. This includes flights from Warsaw to Catania, Faro, Heraklion, Rhodos, Thessaloniki and Varna, and from Poznan to Palma and Rhodos. These flights will operate during the summer 08 season, and are available to book now at www.centralwings.com.

New Centralwings routes to Lisbon and Amsterdam

centralwings will begin flying to Lisbon from their Warsaw base this summer, with flights beginning from 02 April 2008. They will also begin flying to Amsterdam from Poznan at the end of March.

bmibaby to add Birmingham to Warsaw route

bmibaby will add to their Polish destinations by adding a new route from their Birmingham hub to Warsaw. Flights, which begin on 27 May 2008, are already available to book at www.bmibaby.com.

New Wizz Air route to Bulgaria and Greece

Wizz Air will launch four new routes in June 2008, including flights to Bulgaria and Greece. They are scheduled to begin flying from Warsaw and Katowice to Bourgas, from Katowice to Heraklion and from Warsaw to Corfu.

Doncaster to Warsaw flights with Wizz Air

Wizz Air will begin flying from Doncaster to Warsaw next year. They will fly three times per week on this route from 01 April 2008.

Warsaw to Reykjavik from May 08

Iceland Express will begin flights from their Reykjavik base to Warsaw next year. They will fly weekly on this route from 15 May 2008, and flights are available to book now at www.icelandexpress.com.

New Polish flights for bmibaby

bmibaby are to begin flying to Poland next year, when they launch flights there from both East Midlands and Cardiff. From 09 February 2008, they will begin flying from both airports to Warsaw and Gdansk.

These flights can be booked now at www.bmibaby.com.

Centralwings to fly to Manchester

centralwings will begin flying from Warsaw to Manchester this winter. From 28 October 2007 they will fly four times per week from their Polish base. These flights are on sale now at www.centralwings.com.

Norwegian to open base at new low-cost Oslo airport

Norwegian Air Shuttle, currently based at Oslo (International), will begin flying from the new low cost airport for the city, Oslo (Rygge), next year. They will begin flights there from mid-February 2008, and destinations from Oslo (Rygge) will include: London (Stansted), Alicante, Barcelona, Valencia, Malaga, Marrakech, Warsaw, Szczecin, Palanga, Budapest, Istanbul (Sabiha), Athens, Belgrade and Bergen.

These flights are on sale now at www.norwegian.no.

New winter destinations from Warsaw

Wizz Air will begin two new routes from their Warsaw base this winter. This will include a weekly flight to Grenoble (from 26 November 2007) and a weekly flight to Milan (Orio al Serio) (beginning 03 December).

Warsaw to Grenoble with Centralwings

centralwings will begin weekly flights from their Warsaw base to Grenoble this winter. They will begin flying this route from the beginning of December 2007. Flights can be booked now at www.centralwings.com.

SkyEurope adds Vienna flights

Sky Europe will begin four new routes from their Vienna base for the forthcoming winter season. From the end of October 2007, they will begin flying from Vienna to Warsaw, Krakow, Naples and Innsbruck.

New Palma flights with Centralwings

centralwings will begin flying to Palma next week from their bases in the Polish cities of Warsaw and Katowice. Flights can be booked from today.

New routes for Norwegian

Norwegian Air Shuttle have put two new winter routes on sale. From 29 December 2007, they will begin flying from Warsaw to Salzburg and from Oslo (International) to Zurich. These flights can be booked now at www.norwegian.no.

Centralwings to launch flights between Warsaw and Dublin

centralwings will begin flying between Warsaw and centralwings this winter. They will begin flying from 17 October 2007, and will fly four times per week on this route.

New Polish routes for Norwegian

Norwegian Air Shuttle will launch two new routes from Poland. From 29 October 2007, they will begin flying from Szczecin to Oslo (International) and from Warsaw to Munich. These flights can be booked now at www.norwegian.no.

easyJet add flights from Bristol to Warsaw

easyJet will continue to expand their operation from their Bristol hub by adding a new route to Warsaw. They will begin flying this route three times per week from October 2007.

Bourgas flights from Warsaw

centralwings will launch a summer service from their Warsaw base to Bourgas in Bulgaria. Weekly flights will begin on 16 June 2007, and can be booked now at www.centralwings.com.

Norwegian to fly to Birmingham

Norwegian Air Shuttle have announced that they will begin flying from their Warsaw base to Birmingham. They will fly three times per week from 17 April 2007.

They will also launch flights from Stavanger to Berlin (Schoenefeld) at the beginning May. Tickets for both of these flights are already on sale at www.norwegian.no.

Centralwings flights to Malaga

centralwings will begin new flights from their Warsaw base to Malaga. They will fly weekly on this route from 30 April 2007. Flights can be booked at www.centralwings.com.

Summer exansions for Centralwings at Warsaw

centralwings will expand the number of routes that they fly from their Warsaw base for the summer 2007 season. Throughout the next few months they will begin flying from Warsaw to Chania, Malta, Catania, Palermo, Thessaloniki, Faro, Varna, Heraklion and Rhodos. They will also launch flights from Katowice to Rhodos and from Krakow to Lisbon.

All of these flights are on sale from today at www.centralwings.com.

11 new routes from Barcelona for clickair

The recently launched Spanish low-cost airline, clickair, has launched an assault on the competition at Barcelona airport. Over the coming months they will launch 11 new routes, including flights to Verona (Villafranca), Venice (Marco Polo), Naples, Rome (Fiumicino), Pisa, Helsinki, Bucharest (Otopeni), Budapest, Vienna, Jerez and Warsaw.

They will also launch two new routes from Seville to London (Gatwick) and La Coruna.

Norwegian move Rome airport

Norwegian Air Shuttle will move their flights to Rome from Rome (Ciampino) to Rome (Fiumicino). From 25 March 2007, they will modify their routes from Oslo (International) and Warsaw. Flights to Rome (Fiumicino) are already on sale at www.norwegian.no.

Centralwings summer 2007 schedule on sale

Flights with Central European low-cost airline centralwings are now on sale for summer 2007, including new routes from Cork to Warsaw, Shannon to Katowice and Rome (Ciampino) to GDN}. Flights can be booked at www.centralwings.com.

Wizz Air expansion at Warsaw

Wizz Air will launch four new routes from their Warsaw base. From 28 May 2007, they will fly from Warsaw to Corfu and Bourgas. From 23 July they will begin flying to Durham Tees Valley and Oslo (Torp).

New Ryanair flights to Warsaw and Stockholm

Ryanair will launch new routes to Stockholm (Vasteras) next year from Dublin (from February 2007) and London (Stansted) (late March 2007). They will also begin flying from Dublin to Warsaw from February 2007.

Norwegian link from Bergen to Warsaw

Norwegian Air Shuttle will begin flying between Bergen and Warsaw from 11 November 2006. They will fly twice per week on this route. Flights can be booked now at www.norwegian.no.

Wizz Air launch Poland flights from Belfast

Wizz Air, the Central European low-cost airline, will begin flying to Belfast (International) from Poland. From 29 May 2007 they will fly between Belfast (International) and their bases at Warsaw and Katowice.

Expansion for Jet2 at Manchester

Jet2 will launch six new routes from their Manchester base next summer. The routes, some of which will begin from the end of March 2007 (the others starting later), include Manchester to Venice (Marco Polo), Warsaw, Toulouse, Barcelona, Berlin (Schoenefeld) and Paris (Charles de Gaulle).

Wizz Air to operate Grenoble flights for winter

Central European low-cost airline Wizz Air will fly weekly between their Warsaw base and Grenoble this winter. Flights will begin on 25 November 2006.

Warsaw to Copenhagen with Norwegian

Norwegian Air Shuttle will add another route from Warsaw, illustrating further commitment to expansion in Poland. From 29 October 2006, they will begin flying between Copenhagen and Warsaw.

Flights can be booked at www.norwegian.no.

Centralwings winter schedule on sale including new routes

centralwings, the low-cost airline owned by Polish state airline LOT, have put their winter 2006/07 schedule on sale. This includes many new routes, such as flights from their Warsaw base to London (Stansted), Lille and Grenoble. They heavily upgrade the routes from their Wroclaw base, including flights to London (Gatwick), Cologne-Bonn, Cork and Rome (Ciampino). They will also launch routes between Krakow and Cork, Gdansk and Shannon.

With many of these new routes being to Irish airports, one wonders whether centralwings is attempting to challenge Ryanair.

All of these flights, and other winter flights are now on sale at www.centralwings.com.

Polish expansion for Norwegian

Norwegian Air Shuttle will expand their operation in Poland by launching 7 new routes from 15 September 2006. They will begin flying from Warsaw to Dublin, Stockholm (Arlanda), Rome (Ciampino), Milan (Malpensa) and Athens. They will also begin flying to Stockholm (Arlanda) from Krakow and Wroclaw.

Flights on these new routes can be booked at www.norwegian.no.

Fly between Warsaw and Wroclaw with Centralwings

centralwings will begin flying between the Polish cities of Warsaw and Wroclaw from 26 May 2006. They will fly 3 times per week.

Norwegian launches a base in Poland

Norwegian Air Shuttle today made a surprise announcement that they would open a base in the Polish capital - Warsaw. They will begin flying from 13 July 2006 from their Warsaw base to Nice, Malaga, Alicante and Girona.

Centralwings to fly to Kavala

centralwings will launch a weekly flight from their Warsaw base to Kavala in Greece from 22 May 2006. This will be the first low-cost airline route to Kavala.

Wizz Air to fly to Gothenburg

Wizz Air will launch a route from their Warsaw base to Gothenburg (Saeve) on 18 June 2006.

Centralwings adds many summer routes

centralwings have announced an additional 21 routes for the upcoming summer 2006 season. They intend to fly most of these routes just once or twice per week. Flights include Warsaw to Lamezia-Terme, Malaga, Corfu, Faro, Heraklion, Chania, Girona, Catania, Rhodos, Palma, Palermo, Thessaloniki and Malta. They will also add routes from Krakow to Heraklion, Malaga and Rhodos.

They will add a couple of routes from Poznan to Heraklion and Palma and from Katowice to Rhodos and Palma.

Wizz Air lands at Prestwick!

From 28 March 2006, Wizz Air will begin flying to Glasgow (Prestwick). They will operate flights from Warsaw and Gdansk.

Centralwings to expand UK and Ireland routes

Centralwings will launch 5 new routes to the UK and Republic of Ireland for the summer 2006 season. They will launch a route from Lodz to Dublin in direct competition with Ryanair, who recently announced that they would start flying this route from 04 April. They will also launch a route to Dublin from Gdansk.

In addition, they will launch routes to Edinburgh from Gdansk and Katowice, and to Leeds (Bradford) from Warsaw. At the same time, Centralwings will also launch a route from Krakow to Bologna (Guglielmo Marconi). All routes commence at the end of March 2006, and are available to book now.

Germanwings to establish a base at Hamburg

Germanwings will make Hamburg (Fuhlsbuettel) a base from this coming winter season. They will begin flying to 9 new destinations from Fuhlsbuettel, including Istanbul (Sabiha), Krakow, London (Gatwick), Munich, Oslo, Stockholm, Toulouse, Warsaw and Zagreb.

Flights will go on sale from 6pm (CET) on 10 August 2005 at www.germanwings.com.

SkyEurope announces winter ski routes

In addition to the previously announced route to Poprad (Tatry), SkyEurope have announced routes between Salzburg and Barcelona, Manchester and Warsaw and between Innsbrook and Paris (Orly) and Amsterdam.

These flights are available to book for the winter 05/06 season.

SkyEurope launches Milan route

On 03 December 2005, SkyEurope will begin flying a weekly route from Warsaw to Milan (Orio al Serio).

Wizz Air expands at Warsaw

Following the earlier announcement that Wizz would launch a new route from Warsaw to Kaunas, they will also launch routes from Warsaw to Dortmund and Budapest.

Flights will commence at the beginning of December 2005.

Wizz Air moves in on Kaunas

Wizz Air will launch a route from Warsaw to Kaunas on 01 December 2005. Following a similar model to their recently announced new route to Sofia, they are offering flights to Kaunas from 6 additional airports.

Wizz will offer connections to Kaunas from London (Luton), Paris (Beauvais), Stockholm (Skavsta), Dortmund, Liverpool and Malmo (Sturup). This will involve a change of aircraft at Warsaw (and collection and re-checking of baggage).

While airlines are aware that many passengers may ‘unofficially’ transfer from one flight to another, perhaps interchanging at a major hub such as London (Stansted), most of the low-cost carriers do not endorse this behaviour for cost-saving reasons. Wizz Air appear to be embracing it, and it will be interesting to see how this area of their business develops.

Wizz Air to make Kaunas a base?

Following the announcement by Ryanair a few weeks ago that they would begin flying from London (Stansted) to Kaunas in Lithuania, it is highly likely that Wizz Air will begin operations there.

7 new routes from Kaunas are suggested, including London (Luton), Paris (Beauvais), Stockholm (Skavsta), Warsaw, Dortmund, Liverpool and Malmo (Sturup). We await an official announcement and details of launch dates.

Centralwings announces new winter routes

Centralwings have put their winter 2005/06 timetable on sale, including 7 new routes.

This includes 4 new routes from Warsaw to Shannon, Edinburgh, Grenoble and Milan (Malpensa).

They will also begin flying to Dublin from Katowice and Wroclaw on 16 December 2005. They will also launch a route from Wroclaw to Milan (Malpensa)

Germanwings winter schedule on sale

Following the announcement by Hapag-Lloyd Express, Germanwings have announced that they will begin the sale of flights from their 2005/06 winter schedule this afternoon at 4pm (GMT). This will include flights until 25 March 2006.

They will also put their routes on sale in phases. This first phase will include new routes from Berlin (Schoenefeld) to Oslo, Prague and Warsaw.

Bookings can be made at www.germanwings.com.

Centralwings fly to Mallorca

Following the release of new routes yesterday, Centralwings have announced details of a new route between Warsaw and Palma (Mallorca). They will fly weekly from 20 May 2005 for the summer season.

Centralwings launch summer services

Centralwings will launch a number of summer services from Poland to Greece. The flights, operating either weekly or fortnightly, will commence from the end of May 2005 and operate until mid-October.

They will begin services from Warsaw to Crete (Chania) and Thessaloniki. They will also fly to Crete from Poznan and Krakow, and Thessaloniki from Poznan and Katowice.

Budget airlines add capacity for Pope’s funeral

Extra capacity has been added on flights from Poland to Rome over the coming week, in order that citizens can attend the Pope’s funeral.

Centralwings have added capacity from Warsaw and Krakow to Rome (Ciampino). They also fly from Warsaw to Bologna, where an onward connection to Rome can be made by train.

Sky Europe have added capacity on their flights from Warsaw and Krakow to Rome (Fiumicino). Meanwhile Wizz Air have announced a temporary new route from Katowice to Rome (Fiumicino).

Norwegian add Polish routes

Norwegian will add 2 new routes from their Oslo base. From 14 April 2005 they will begin flying to the Polish cities of Krakow and Warsaw.

SkyEurope summer schedule

SkyEurope have modified their original plans for the summer season by moving a number of new routes to Krakow instead of Warsaw. Amongst other reasons, they cite rising costs at Warsaw for the move.

In addition to the previously announced schedules, they intend to add routes to Athens from Bratislava and Budapest. We haven’t seen a confirmation of flight times yet on these 2 new routes, when they do become available the routes will be added to the cheap0 database.

Centralwings fly (briefly) to Tenerife

The Polish low-cost carrier, Centralwings, will fly weekly from 19 February 2005 from Warsaw to Tenerife until 26 March.

Centralwings is a part of the state airline LOT. On the surface, this looks like they are simply trying to sell some spare capacity during the winter season.

Wizz Air announce new Warsaw routes

Wizz Air are due to expand further at Warsaw, with the introduction of 4 new routes from 27 March 2005. The new routes are from Warsaw to Paris (Beauvais), Girona, Stockholm (Skavsta) and Frankfurt (Hahn).

In addition, they have launched a new product, ‘Wizz Bizz’, which allows business travellers to purchase fully flexible tickets, allowing flight changes.

SkyEurope makes Manchester a base

Hot on the heels of the rapid route expansion in the North West of England, SkyEurope have announced that Manchester will be their next base.

They will begin flying from Manchester during their summer season, which commences on 27 March 2005. They plan to fly to Warsaw, Krakow and Bratislava. Tickets are available to book now.

centralwings - a new low cost carrier for Europe!

While the bankruptcy of Air Polonia is still unclear, today we learn that a new low-cost carrier - centralwings - will launch next year, backed by Polish state airline LOT.

centralwings will use 3 bases in Poland, Warsaw, Krakow and Katowice. They will commence flights to London (Gatwick) from Warsaw and Krakow on 01 February 2005.

They will then begin the roll-out of their summer timetable during March - May. This will include routes between Warsaw and Bologna (Guglielmo Marconi), Lisbon, Malta, Girona, Prague, Nuremberg, Catania, from Krakow to Rome (Ciampino) and from Katowice to Cologne-Bonn and Hanover.

Wizz Air comes to Liverpool

On 06 December 2004, central-European airline Wizz Air are due to launch operations from Liverpool. They will make this a new hub airport, flying to Budapest, Warsaw and Katowice.

This move makes Wizz the first central or eastern European based airline to have a UK hub outside London.

In addition, they have added a new route from Brussels (Charleroi) to Katowice which is due to begin on 04 December.

Air Polonia Winter Season

For the Winter season 2004/05, it seems Air Polonia are moving some routes to cheaper airports. Flights from Warsaw will go to Paris (Beauvais), instead of Charles de Gaulles, and flights to Rome will go to Ciampino instead of Fiumicino.

In addition, Air Polonia will begin flying a new daily route between Warsaw and Stockholm (Skavsta) on 31 October 2004, as their winter season begins.

Germanwings adds Stuttgart to Palma

Germanwings are continuing their expansion at their 2nd based at Stuttgart. They will begin flying from Stuttgart to Palma (Mallorca) in November 2004.

This new route is in addition to the 7 new destinations recently announced from Stuttgart, which included Madrid, London (Stansted), Warsaw, Zagreb, Krakow, Hamburg and Dresden, which also commence at the same time.

Germanwings expands at Stuttgart

Germanwings have announced that they will be increasing the number of flights from their hub in Stuttgart.

From 31 October 2004 they will begin flying new routes to Hamburg, Dresden, Krakow, Warsaw, Zagreb and London (Stansted). In addition, they will restore their link between Stuttgart and Madrid.

Tickets will go on sale this afternoon (Friday 06 August) at 3pm CET.

Wizz Air expansion

The Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air have revealed a number of new routes which they will begin flying from 15 September 2004. These include Warsaw to Dortmund, Brussels (S. Charleroi) and Malmo. In fact, Malmo becomes a new hub for Wizz, also with new flights to Katowice, Budapest and Gdansk. In addition, they have announced a new route from Budapest to Milan (Orio al Serio).

It also seems that Wizz’s planned route from Prague to Budapest has also been cancelled without a trace of information.

In line with other budget airlines, Wizz have raised their hand luggage allowance to 10kg, currently putting their hand luggage limits on a par with Ryanair, but not as large as easyJet’s ‘as much as you can carry’ policy.

easyJet announce new Eastern European routes

easyJet have today revealed that they will begin flying a further 6 routes in Eastern Europe, from 31 October 2004, bringing their total number of routes in Eastern and Central Europe up to 17.

The new routes include London (Luton) to Warsaw and Krakow, Dortmund to Krakow, and routes between Budapest and Bristol, Newcastle and Geneva. In addition, they will increase the frequency of their service between Budapest and London (Luton).

easyJet have promised even further expansion into Eastern Europe, unlike Ryanair who, despite early promises, are yet to expand in this direction at all.

SkyEurope announces new routes to Italy

Today, SkyEurope put their winter destinations from Warsaw on sale. These include new flights, beginning 08 October 2004, from Warsaw to Rome (Fiumicino) and Milan (Orio Al Serio).

Wizz Air announce new UK - Poland links

The new Polish-based start up, Wizz Air, have announced that they will begin flying to London (Luton) from Warsaw (twice daily) and Gdansk (daily). Flights will begin on 10 August 2004.

Hapag-Lloyd Express and Air Polonia announce code share

Hapag-Lloyd Express and Air Polonia have announced a code share on the routes from Warsaw to Frankfurt (Hahn) and from Katowice to Cologne-Bonn.

This is further evidence of the growing trend towards route sharing and partnering amongst budget airlines in Europe. Both routes are currently operated by Air Polonia.

New Air Berlin route from Berlin

Air Berlin will begin flying a new route from Berlin (Tegel) to Warsaw at the beginning of June 2004.

New Volareweb routes to Poland

Volareweb have announced that they are to begin flying to Poland from June 2004. They will code-share their flights with Air Polonia. The routes include Warsaw to Milan (Malpensa), Venice and Rome (Fiumicino). In addition, they will fly from Rome (Fiumicino) to Krakow, adding Krakow to the budget airline map of Europe!

New Warsaw - Rome route

Today, Air Polonia announced a new route (their first to Italy), beginning 1 June, from their base in Warsaw to Rome (Fiumicino).

SkyEurope announces move into Poland

SkyEurope have announced Warsaw as their next European hub. They have announced new routes to Paris (Orly), London (Stansted) and Amsterdam.