Wizz Air plans to additional develop its operations from Skopje following the current announcement of 5 new routes and the deployment of its sixth plane on the airport from late October. The airline has reached an settlement with the federal government for a sixth subsidised service, between Skopje and Cologne, which is predicted to be scheduled shortly. This route will complement the beforehand introduced companies to Stockholm, Bari, Madrid, Larnaca and Prague. Cologne will turn into Wizz Air’s ninth vacation spot in Germany from the Macedonian capital and was final operated by the airline between 2014 and October 2024. In whole, Wizz Air can have launched 9 new routes from Skopje in 2025 whereas discontinuing six.
Along with launching new routes, Wizz Air may even enhance frequencies on choose companies from Skopje. The low-cost service will add one further weekly flight when in comparison with the earlier winter on routes to Beauvais, Friedrichshafen, Milan Malpensa, Malta and Gothenburg, bringing every to 3 weekly rotations. Moreover, an additional one to 2 weekly flights, relying on the month, can be launched on companies to Basel, for a complete of 11 weekly, and Berlin, which can function 5 instances per week. However, Wizz Air will cut back frequencies on sure routes, slicing one weekly flight to each London Luton and Eindhoven, leading to three weekly companies every, and lowering operations to Nuremberg to twice weekly.
Commenting on Wizz Air’s growth in Skopje, the Common Supervisor of airport operator TAV Macedonia, Nejat Kurt, mentioned, “These new routes replicate TAV Macedonia’s dedication to enhancing connectivity and increasing journey choices from Skopje. Securing locations akin to Stockholm, Bari, Madrid, Prague, Cologne, and the beforehand introduced Larnaca, notably in new markets, has required long-term negotiations and shut collaboration with airways and the tourism sector. Because the airport operator, our imaginative and prescient is to place Skopje Airport as a key regional hub”. He added, “With sturdy help from the federal government and the implementation of our incentive applications, we purpose to draw carriers, particularly these serving standard leisure locations. These new routes create contemporary alternatives for tourism, together with summer season holidays and metropolis breaks, supporting sustainable passenger progress and reinforcing our presence on Europe’s tourism map. Importantly, in addition they contribute to elevated inbound tourism, additional driving long-term, sustainable site visitors improvement”.
