Wizz Air temporarily suspends six EX-YU routes
Low cost carrier Wizz Air is temporarily suspending six routes out of five markets in the former Yugoslavia as the airline battles with staffing shortages. The carrier has been forced to cancel hundreds of flights this summer with operations out of the United Kingdom and Hungary particularly affected. The airline’s services from Pristina, Tuzla, Ljubljana, Belgrade and Ohrid will also be impacted. Wizz Air is suspending its flights from Dortmund and Rome to Pristina, with services to be restored on September 2 and October 2, respectively. Similarly, the carrier has cancelled all of its flights from Tuzla to Milan this summer, which are now scheduled to be restored on October 30 with two weekly rotations.
Wizz Air is cancelling its flights from Charleroi to Ljubljana until September 4. This leaves Brussels Airlines as the only carrier flying between Belgium and the Slovenian capital, although it too is reducing services during July with 22 instead of 26 flights to be operated during the month. Wizz Air has also suspended services from its Belgrade base to Billund until October 31, after which flights will run three times per week. Operations out of Ohrid are also being impacted, with services from Dortmund cancelled until September 2. Further changes and cancellations remain possible as the airline struggles with a lack of staff and a high number of cabin crew members taking sick leave amidst a fresh wave of coronavirus infections across Europe..
Wizz Air said passengers who are affected will be contacted by email and offered the opportunity to rebook or get a refund. “Given the current challenging operational environment in the travel industry, in particular with staff shortages within air traffic control and at airports, this decision also stabilises our operations at other bases to help minimise disruption and delay as much as possible. We sincerely apologise to our customers. Despite unprecedented difficulties in the travel industry over the past two years, Wizz Air remains committed to long-term growth, creating hundreds of direct jobs while also stimulating the tourism and hospitality industries”, the carrier noted.
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