Warsaw Chopin Airport

By Richard Maslen
The Polish flag carrier will introduce two additional weekly frequencies to both Chicago and New York from late October 2016 as it aims to become the leading carrier in New Europe (Central and Eastern Europe).
Airports & Networks

By Poppy Marello
Wizz will start flights to Warsaw and Budapest from the West Midlands-based airport from September, as the airline progresses towards operating from primary airports within the UK.
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By Richard Maslen
It has been a massive couple of years for LOT as it continues its restructuring to return the Star Alliance member to sustainable profitability. Its future was effectively safeguarded last summer when the European Commission formally approved its restructuring plan and ruled the PLN 804 million (around €200 million) of state aid granted to the carrier lawful in terms of the provisions of EU legislation.
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By Richard Maslen
Updated schedules for the remainder of the year show the Gulf carrier will switch the aircraft type deployed on the routes to Budapest’s Ferenc Liszt International Airport and Warsaw’s Chopin Airport from its smallest aircraft, the Airbus A330-200, to a larger Boeing 777-300ER. The change will take effect from December 1, 2015.
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By Richard Maslen
Latest data for March 2015 shows the airport handled 804,300 passengers during the month, a 10.5 per cent growth year-on-year. It was the first March in its history that the Warsaw airport broke the 800,000 passenger mark and the sixth straight month of record-breaking figures for Warsaw Chopin Airport, continuing a trend started in October 2014.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
Wizz Air first launched operations in Poland in 2004 and has subsequently built up a strong presence in the country over the subsequent eleven years. As a result of these latest network additions it will now offer a total of 113 Polish routes to 20 countries from seven Polish airports.
Airports & Networks

By Poppy Marello
German carrier, airberlin has announced plans to fly to both Prague and Billund, while increasing frequencies to Graz, Warsaw and Gdansk.
Airports & Networks

By Poppy Marello
A recent social media report by ACI Europe shows the ways in which European airports are using social media to communicate with their customers. We’ve broken the report down to analyse each social media platform, and add some of our own insights.
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By Richard Maslen
LOT has been in financial difficulties for several years, reporting significant losses and negative equity, but in 2013 it recorded for the first time in five years a net profit of PLN 26 million, instead of almost PLN 200 million loss envisaged in the Restructuring Plan presented to the European Commission. This was its first annual net profit since 2007.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
Although Norwegian had been serving Gatwick from various points across its network since October 2007 it only opened a base at London’s second largest airport in May 2013. It has already expanded its network to operate 375 weekly flights and 33 routes to and from the facility.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
Air Serbia is to expand its international operations by a fifth in 2014 with the addition of six new destinations to its network. The carrier, formed
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By Richard Maslen
This article has been updated for January 2014 Read Here With an increasing number of airlines now operating the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, every month
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By Richard Maslen
Central and Eastern European low-cost carrier, Wizz Air, has confirmed it will continue to operate its flights into the Polish capital, Warsaw, via
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By Richard Maslen
Central and Eastern European low-cost carrier Wizz Air is to significantly expand its operations in the Caucasus region of Eurasia with the
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By Richard Maslen
Central and Eastern European low-cost, low-fare airline Wizz Air has revealed it will move its existing two routes to Scotland from Glasgow Prestwick
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
Expanding Gulf carrier Qatar Airways is to increase capacity on its Doha – Warsaw less than two months after it launch flights to Poland’s capital
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
You don’t have to be an expert to understand the fundamentals of aviation utilisation. In simple terms, while an aircraft is sat on the ground it is
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By Richard Maslen
LOT Polish Airlines will become the first European operator of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner when it welcomes the delivery of the first of eight aircraft
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