Wizz Air to launch new Pristina service

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Doha becomes Middle East’s busiest

In the battle to be the pre-eminent travel hub in the Middle East, the latest research from ForwardKeys has revealed that Doha seized and consolidated a lead over Dubai in the first half of 2021. In the period January 1 -June 30, the volume of air tickets issued for travel via Doha was 18% higher than it was through Dubai; and that relationship looks set to continue. Current bookings for the second half of the year through Doha are 17% higher than through Dubai. At the start of the year, air traffic through Doha was at 77% of Dubai; but it quickly reached 100% for the first time during the week commencing January 27. The major factor driving the trend was the lifting, of the blockade of flights to and from Qatar this January, which was imposed in June 2017 by Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, who accused Qatar of sponsoring terrorism - an accusation it strongly denies. Since January, five routes were restored by Qatar Airways in the region and new routes launched further afield. Olivier Ponti, Vice President of insights at ForwardKeys, said, “Without the blockade, which encouraged the establishment of new routes as a strategy to replace lost traffic, perhaps we would not have seen Doha charging past Dubai. So, it seems that the seeds of Doha’s relative success were, ironically, sown by the adverse actions of its neighbours. However, one needs to bear in mind that flights through the Middle East during first half of 2021 were still 81 per cent below pre-pandemic levels. So, as the recovery gathers pace, the picture could change significantly”. The last major factor, which has given Qatar an edge over Dubai, has been its reaction to the pandemic. During the height of the Covid-19 crisis, many routes in and out of Doha remained operational, with the result that Doha became a major hub for repatriation flights - most notably to Johannesburg and Montreal.
Source: Breaking Travel News

Wizz Air to launch new Pristina service

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Wizz Air has announced the launch of its new service from Baden Baden to Pristina starting this winter. Services will commence on December 16 and run twice per week, each Wednesday and Sunday. The flights will complement the carrier’s plans to launch operations between Milan and Pristina, which have been delayed on several occasions due to travel restrictions and are now scheduled to commence on December 19. Wizz Air has been growing its network out of Pristina over the past year. With the latest additions, it should offer eight destinations from the city by mid-December. In 2019, Wizz Air carried 253.282 passengers to and from Pristina, making it the fourth largest carrier in the city. Further flight details for the new Baden Baden - Pristina service can be found here.

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Anonymous10:05
Urime, Prishtinë! Excellent news indeed. Whilst others are shrinking, you are growing. Exciting times ahead.
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Anonymous10:17
How exciting.
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Anonymous10:46
Hopefully W6's next base
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Anonymous11:10
That is very interesting, escpecially considering the fact that SKP - FKB was suspended for that long and start only in November with 1x weekly.
Will see if they will increase to 2x as planned with this new competition at the back-door.
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