TRIP REPORT: Wizz Air, Skopje - Barcelona and back
I believe when Wizz Air started Barcelona from Skopje it was the sole year-round route to Spain from EX-YU. But today it is difficult to follow whether flights to Barcelona are available because these flights are on and off all the time. I took the first flight after services were restored, on December 18.Six more flights are scheduled to Barcelona until January 8 and afterwards there are no more flights to be booked until the start of summer timetable 2022.
My flight W67737 was the last departure out of Skopje that evening. Due to accumulated delay from previous flights the planned A321 was changed to an A320 and stand-by crew was deployed. All that resulted in an almost 3-hour delay. Three days before the flight I bought two basic return tickets for 50 euros each, exactly the same price I paid for a bus ticket from Barcelona to Andorra and back. The load factor was in the high 90s, but if scheduled bigger aircraft was used, it would be in the low 80s.
The flight itself was uneventful except for a marriage proposal one guy did with the help of a flight attendant who called the name of the future bride over the intercom.
Three days later I was again at Barcelona Airport’s terminal 2. It is a rather old but well maintained building. Again, the flight to Skopje was the last departure that evening, if we exclude the Iberia/Level flight to Buenos Aires with an odd departure time of 03:20 am.
The equipment on flight W67738 was an A321. The aircraft started its take off run and rejected it. Air traffic control miscalculated our take off from runway 07R with a landing on the crossing runway 02, so our take off clearance was cancelled. Few minutes later, on the second attempt, we were airborne and the rest of the flight to Skopje was smooth.
Now, a few words about Wizz Air. They offer nothing to be amazed about, but they are safe and cheap, and we are happy to have them in Skopje.
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