Wizz Air to suspend seven EX-YU routes over winter
Wizz Air will temporarily suspend seven routes from four cities in the former Yugoslavia over the upcoming winter season, with three of its bases affected. The budget airline will pause operations from Skopje to Bremen and Hanover during the winter season, which begins on October 31 and runs until March 26, 2022. Both destinations will be restored next summer. In addition, Wizz will temporarily halt flights to Vaxjo from October 3 until October 31. Existing travel restrictions by European Union member states imposed on passengers arriving from Macedonia have had an impact on demand on certain routes. Despite the suspensions, Wizz will go ahead with the addition of three new points from the Macedonian capital in mid-December, to Turin, Bologna and Bremen, as well as the stationing of a fifth jet in the city.
The airline will also be temporarily suspending operations from Belgrade to both Larnaca and Sandefjord over the winter, the latter having been introduced only this July following several delays. Both Cyprus and Norway have tightened their entry requirements for Serbian nationals in recent weeks. Air Serbia will act as an alternative, with the airline continuing to maintain flights to both Larnaca and Oslo over the coming winter months. Despite the Wizz suspensions, the low cost carrier is still committed to stationing its third aircraft in the Serbian capital this December and introducing four new routes, including Hahn, Billund, Barcelona and Vaxjo.
Wizz Air’s Tuzla base will also be impacted, with the airline suspending operations to Vaxjo and Skavsta in Sweden over the winter. While services to the latter will be restored in late March 2022, flights to Vaxjo are set for a comeback in mid-June. Furthermore, Wizz will be ending flights between Podgorica and Budapest on October 29, with services resuming on June 13 of next year. Network and scheduling changes remain possible. Despite the suspensions, Wizz Air is continuing its hiring spree. After conducting a recruitment drive for cabin crew members across a number of markets in the former Yugoslavia, the airline has announced another round of open days in late September in Tuzla, Skopje, Belgrade and Sarajevo.
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