WIZZ ANNOUNCES NEW KOSICE TO BRISTOL ROUTE

Budapest, 13 August: Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announced a new route from Kosice to Bristol. The route will commence on 10 October and will be operated with two weekly flights on Tuesdays and Saturdays. The route is the 8th regular air service from Košice International Airport. With this new service WIZZ is now offering four routes to two countries from its Slovakian base (London Luton, Doncaster Sheffield and Milan Bergamo in addition to Bristol). Tickets on Wizz Air’s new UK route are on sale starting today and can be booked at wizzair.com from EUR 19.99*.

NEW KOSICE-BRISTOL ROUTE:
Days
Starting date
Fares from*
Tuesday, Saturday
10 October
EUR 19.99

Tamara Mshvenieradze, Corporate Communications Manager at Wizz Air said: "We are thrilled today to be adding a third UK route to Wizz Air’s Kosice network. We believe that our Bristol service will give consumers from Slovakia the opportunity to explore Southwest England on our low fares from only EUR 19.99*, while attracting more visitors to Slovakia’s second largest city, stimulating tourism and hospitality sectors as well as strengthening business relations between the two countries”

Karl Dandler, CEO and chairman of the management board of Košice International Airport said: “UK is very important market for us and I am glad that thanks to new Wizz Air service to Bristol Košice will have - for the first time in history - a direct flight connection with the region of Southwest England. Bristol is a further milestone to develop Košice International Airport as the gateway to Eastern Slovakia.”

Richard Raši, Mayor of Košice said: “When we were opening the flight connection to London Luton back in September 2013, probably nobody has expected that in less than four years time Wizz Air will fly to four destinations from Košice. Košice Airport, city and whole region of Eastern Slovakia confirmed the potential and now we have already 8 regular flight connections from Košice. I am sure that locals, entrepreneurs, investors and tourists and economy of whole region will benefit from this connection.

Renáta Lenártová vice-mayor of Košice and chairman of the management board Košice Tourism said: “The fact that Košice will have a regular connection with Southwest England is a great promise for development of tourism industry in Košice and region of Eastern Slovakia. Throughout the whole year Košice offers a great deal of exciting events and all travelers from Southeast England are kindly invited to visit our beautiful city.”

Michal Hladký, director of Košice 2013 said: “We are very excited about the great news from Košice Airport. For several years we have been cooperating very closely with the organization Creative England which seat is in Bristol. With new air service this cooperation can be much more intensive.”

Zdenko Trebuľa, president of Košice self-governing region said: “Air accessibility is the essential factor for economic development of our region. Therefore we are delighted to welcome another, this year already fourth new flight connection from Košice.”