Wizz Air plans new London Gatwick - Niš service
Wizz Air has filed plans to launch flights between London Gatwick Airport and Niš during the 2020/2021 winter season, which begins on October 25, a report from Airport Coordination Limited, a slot coordination company, shows. Wizz Air has been awarded an additional 196 slots from Gatwick Airport, in addition to the 56 it already holds. The carrier applied for a total of 454 slots. Although Wizz Air can change its final line-up of new routes, Niš has been listed as one of the destinations which will utilise the new allotted slots. In Serbia, the carrier currently maintains flights between London Luton Airport and Belgrade.
There are no services between Constantine the Great Airport and the United Kingdom. London was one of the first international flights to be launched from Niš upon its opening for commercial traffic, with Adria Airways introducing the service in 1988. A year later, JAT Yugoslav Airlines also commenced flights to the capital of the United Kingdom. Following the airport’s reopening in 2004, Thomsonfly launched seasonal winter operations from London to Niš in 2006 for holidaymakers heading to nearby ski resorts. The route lasted for two years. Wizz Air currently serves five destinations out of Niš. It was the first airline to resume operations from the city after its reopening for commercial traffic following the peak of the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic and has reinstated its entire network.
Last month, Wizz Air said it was plotting a major expansion at London Gatwick as rival carriers pull back, paving the way for the airline to emerge from the travel downturn with a bigger presence in the world’s busiest city for passenger traffic. Wizz’s CEO, Jozsef Varadi, noted he’d like to turn Gatwick into the company’s second British hub. “We’ve been looking at Gatwick for a long time and we absolutely have an ambition to build a base there”, Mr Varadi said. Wizz sought to establish itself as a force at Gatwick last year, when it was a contender for slots from failed Thomas Cook. Those were bought by easyJet, Gatwick’s biggest operator, while positions vacated by Monarch Airlines in 2017 went to British Airways’ owner IAG after Wizz had bid.
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