Wizz Air to suspend three routes from Skopje

Wizz Air will suspend three routes out of its Skopje base in the coming days, with flights slated to resume next summer season. The budget carrier will end operations from the Macedonian capital to Turin, Billund and Turku. The last service to the Italian city is scheduled for next Wednesday, to Billund on Thursday and to Turku on Saturday. At this point, flights are set to resume during the last week of March 2023. As previously reported, Wizz has also removed a number of routes over the winter from its other bases in the former Yugoslavia, including from Belgrade and Tuzla, although Sarajevo will see the biggest reduction with flights to six destinations to be halted until next summer season.

The low cost airline boasts its biggest base in the former Yugoslavia in Skopje, with five aircraft stationed in the city. The carrier introduced services from the Macedonian capital to Turin this June, while flights to Billund were inaugurated last December. The Finnish city of Turku has been a fixture of Wizz Air’s Skopje network since 2019. The low cost airline has faced a number of operational issues this summer due to a lack of staff and capacity, which forced it to reduce frequencies across its network, including those from Skopje.

Wizz Air’s CEO, Jozsef Varadi, visited Skopje earlier this year. The carrier is believed to be preparing to take part in the Macedonian government’s tender aimed at subsidising the launch of new routes, which it has won on all three previous occasions. Tender procedures were expected to kick off this summer, although the process is yet to be launched. Wizz Air is said to be considering flights from Skopje to Slovenia, as well as a destination on the Croatian coast, Prague and the resumption of some routes which have been discontinued by the carrier from the Macedonian capital over the past few years. New services from Ohrid are also expected.

EX-YU Aviation News

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