Wizz Air to launch Skopje - Abu Dhabi flights
The Macedonian Minister for Transport and Communications, Blagoj Bočvarski, has announced that Wizz Air will commence operations between Skopje and Abu Dhabi. The Minister said ticket sales would likely commence this month. The new route would mark the first time the two cities have been linked through a scheduled nonstop air service. It would face no direct competition on the route. Flydubai, based in the neighbouring Emirate of Dubai, suspended operations to the Macedonian capital at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, with plans to resume the service on March 29, 2021 with two weekly rotations. Mr Bočvarski said the agreement with Wizz Air for the launch of the new Abu Dhabi route has already been signed.
Wizz Air recently established a subsidiary in Abu Dhabi. Although the carrier is operationally ready, its launch has been delayed time and again due to strict entry conditions currently enforced by authorities in Abu Dhabi. Foreigners travelling to the Emirate must be tested for Covid-19 at the airport and then undergo fourteen days of mandatory self-isolation, which is tracked through a medically approved wristband given to each arriving passenger. As a result, Wizz Air Abu Dhabi now plans to launch operations on January 15, with flights to Yerevan, Sofia, Larnaca, Alexandria, Kutaisi, Athens, Budapest, Katowice, Bucharest, Cluj and Odesa now on sale. Further launch date changes remain possible.
Prior to the pandemic, in February, Wizz Air shortlisted Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro as potential markets that could be served from Abu Dhabi. Skopje currently has no flights to the Middle East. In addition to Flydubai’s temporary suspension, Qatar Airways has also cancelled its service from Doha to the Macedonian capital until March 29. Mr Bočvarski said the government would continue to subsidise and facilitate low cost operations to the country, with 1.1 million euros in funds set aside for the flights in 2021.
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