Airlines, page 8
The latest information on Slovakia's airlines, focusing on announcements of European regional connections, Slovak airport construction and passenger information
Bratislava to launch air links to Moscow in autumn
BRATISLAVA airport will reestablish a daily route to Moscow.
Košice Airport sees 16-percent rise y-o-y in H1 2015
THE KOŠICE Airport serviced 143,493 passengers in the first half of 2015, which is a year-on-year increase of 16 percent.
New links bring more passengers to Bratislava airport
THE NUMBER of passengers using Bratislava airport rose by more than one-fifth year-on-year to nearly 590,000 people between January and June.
Wizz Air opens base in Košice
LOW-COST airline Wizz Air is opening a base at the Košice airport, connecting the eastern Slovak city with Milan-Bergamo airport and Doncaster Sheffield in the UK.
Poprad-Riga flight connection will get stopover in Warsaw
LATVIAN airlines airBaltic will continue operating the flights from Riga to Poprad, with the plan to establish a stopover in Warsaw.
Flying car crashed at Nitra Airport, driver/pilot parachuted
THE AEROMOBIL, a hybrid car-airplane device of Slovak origin crashed from a height of approximately 300 metres at the Nitra-Janíkovce Airport on May 8, with four firefighter vehicles and ten firefighters despatched to the scene.
Number of passengers at Bratislava airport up
THE NUMBER of passengers using M. R. Štefánik Airport in Bratislava rose by 18 percent year-on-year in April.
Košice to have regular flights to Kiev starting in May
THE EASTERN-Slovak city of Košice will have a regular air connection to Kiev beginning mid-May operated Czech Air (ČSA).
Bratislava airport loses flight connections
TWO AIRLINES have recently announced changes to their plans concerning the flights from the Bratislava airport.
Airline boosts visitor rate in Tatras
THE FIRST season of a flight connection between the Slovak city of Poprad, lying under the foot of the Tatra mountains, and the Latvian capital of Riga has positively impacted the number of visitors to both the High and Low Tatras.
Mixed results in Slovak air travel
THE TWO biggest airports in Slovakia, in Bratislava and Košice, saw opposite developments last year. While air traffic stagnated in the capital, Košice was one of the five fastest growing airports in Europe last year. New routes and the arrival of more low-cost carriers have some industry experts hoping for more growth in 2015.
Ryanair opens new base in Bratislava
IRISH low-cost airline Ryanair has opened a base at Bratislava’s M. R. Štefánik Airport after nearly 10 years of operating flights to and from Bratislava on March 30.
Bratislava will have 29 regular air routes in summer
BRATISLAVA airport will be busy this summer: apart from the already existing flights, ten more will be added, makingthe total number of 29 flights to 14 countries, and one to Košice.
Bratislava airport saw record growth in passengers
THE NUMBER of passengers who used the Bratislava airport increased 31 percent year-on-year during the first two months of this year.
Ryanair launches new Bratislava-Berlin route
LOW-COST airline Ryanair announced a new Bratislava route to Berlin March 5, with a daily service commencing from October 27. New flights are on sale for travel in October, November and December 2015, available for booking from March 6 until March 9 midnight for special prices.
Wizz Air to open base in Košice earlier
DUE to customer demand Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air will open its Košice base as early as June 5, i.e. three months ahead of schedule.
Košice Airport among fastest growing European airports
KOSICE Airport is among the top 10 fastest-growing airports, five of which are in Turkey, two in Greece, and one each in Poland and Moldova, the online version of Sme daily reported on February 18.
Košice airport wants to set up flight to Germany
KOŠICE airport would like to launch a regular flight to Germany this year, the TASR newswire reported February 12.
Number of passengers at Košice airport up
AFTER four years of a steep fall in the number of passengers, the Košice airport reported 365,000 passengers last year, which is one half more than in 2013.
Ryanair’s summer bookings up 12 percent
IRISH low-cost airline Ryanair reported a 12 percent increase in the number of bookings for this year’s summer season with 17 connections coming through Bratislava.
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