Wizz Air pushes back new Ohrid service

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Wizz Air pushes back new Ohrid service

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Budget carrier Wizz Air has for the second time delayed the launch of its new service from Memmingen to Ohrid. The new route, which was initially to commence on July 1, was first pushed back until July 26 and has now been delayed until August 2. The service will be maintained twice per week.

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Happy taxpayer09:04
Is it a lack of aircraft, lack of crews or lack of demand the reason for this?
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Anonymous14:11
aircraft (see Warsaw and Kiev)

May stats for Lake Ohrid:

1.NED 2.TR 3.GER 4.BUL 5.PL 6.SRB 7.CRO 8.SLO 9.ALB 10.KS 11.ISR 12.USA 13.BEL 14.BiH 15.CHN

growth from all countries in the TOP15 except TR (more then halved)

exyu strong (SRB +59%, CRO +122%) two future routes OHD-BEG, OHD-ZAG
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Ka2322:41
I think Wizzair should connect Ohrid to the Adriatic coast, Split or Dubrovnik.
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Anonymous07:28
Would be perfect!
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