Low cost carrier Wizz Air will discontinue flights between Belgrade and Lisbon, which were launched in the summer of 2023. The airline has been operating two weekly rotations on the route, competing directly against Air Serbia, which maintains three weekly services this summer. Wizz Air will end operations between the two cities on October 25, coinciding with its withdrawal from the Belgrade - Copenhagen route on the same date. However, the carrier will introduce new flights to Madrid from October 28, complementing its recently launched services to Alicante and Friedrichshafen, which will continue to operate over winter. Additional new routes for the winter remain possible.
During 2024, Wizz Air and Air Serbia jointly handled 74.400 passengers on the Belgrade - Lisbon route, which outperformed services to destinations such as Madrid, Geneva and Stuttgart. The figure marks an 81% increase compared to the previous year, although both airlines only launched flights within months of each other in 2023, with Air Serbia commencing operations in April and Wizz Air in June. In addition to Lisbon, the Serbian carrier also maintains flights from Belgrade to Porto in Portugal.
As previously reported, Wizz will increase frequencies on a number of its Belgrade routes this coming winter season, which runs from October 26 to March 28. Services to Bergamo will increase by four weekly flights, bringing the total to seven, while both Dortmund and Barcelona will be upgraded to daily operations with three additional weekly rotations. Wizz Air will also add two weekly flights to Basel, for a total of seven, and maintain Larnaca at four weekly services with an extra two weekly rotations. Memmingen, Beauvais and Malta will each see one additional weekly flight compared to last winter, operating eight, five, and four times per week, respectively.
And someone said the new pink sheriff is in town...
ReplyDeleteQuick draw is here.
DeleteRead the article again. They are still the main sheriff in Belgrade
DeleteThey are the main sherrif with 19% market share. Ok.
Deleteanon @ 9.36 is obviously the person that wrote the original bizarre comment.
Delete@9.36 How exactly?!?
DeleteBecause they dictate the pricing and they generally enable people to travel
DeleteThey definitely don't dictate the pricing and with less than 20% share they neither enable people to travel. You simply made a stupid remark which is now a laughing stock. Deal with it and move on.
DeleteSomeone’s not reading articles past the first two sentences…
DeleteWhat is the point of these mean comments?
DeleteSo JU beat them on another route.
ReplyDeleteUltimately, yes.
DeleteNot really. Wizz just picked a long rotation to discontinue to make way for the new winter routes
DeleteVery negative performance on the route. LIS-BEG is a long route and you have to have good yields and loads which looking at the prices they (and JU) certainly do not have.
Delete^ So you even know financial performance metrics without knowing them. Great.
DeleteWell, JU is about to have better yields to LIS.
DeleteThe amount of negativety here is astounding.
DeletePerformance metrics? Ok they cancel the route because it is making money you would suggest? If so JU will soon go daily.
Delete^ one thing we know for sure is that you don't know much about aviation, considering you don't even know about slot restrictions in Lisbon. So no, they won't be going daily.
DeleteWhat route is Wizz starting instead of BEG in LIS, since they probably want to keep the slot..?
DeleteAir Serbia will be celebrating, they can now put prices up.
ReplyDeleteThat's the way it works.
DeleteI'm having a feeling the same will happen with Geneva in the end against U2.
DeleteDon't be so sure. U2 already beat JU once. And they are putting up a fight this time.
Delete^ and JU beat them on Berlin route.
DeleteUhh, that’s orange sheriff
Delete😂
DeleteJU may increase prices, but there's always LH group around to keep prices to Portugal down. They were always a cheaper option to LIS and OPO than JU
DeleteAnd also more reliable
DeleteAnd that option involves longer flight and greater likelihood of loss of luggage
DeleteDon't you also have to go through security another time?
DeleteNo
Deletewho on earth would drag check in baggage for intra European city break travels? carry on luggage is more than enough.
DeleteWould be nicer of they launched non served routes.
ReplyDeleteAgree. All the recent routes seem to just be them starting flights JU already operates.
DeleteLIS is extremely slot constricted. They could probably make more money by using that slot on another route.
ReplyDeleteBut if Wizz already had them, why would they give them up
DeleteBecause another route will make more money?
DeleteThey didn't give up the slots. They will just use it for another route.
DeleteWhich one?
DeleteTIA or SKP? or BUD or any Polish city.
DeleteAlways the same with Wizz in Belgrade. Introduce a couple new routes, discontinue a few others.
ReplyDeleteI knew they don’t have enough capacity for that expansion they announced
DeleteWhy is this something negative? They have a fixed number of aircraft, so if they launch new routes then they have to cut flights somewhere else
Delete^ the thing is, their timetable allows them to add more flights. Maybe the rumour of them adding Malaga soon is true.
DeleteIt’s frustrating how unstable Wizz’s network is. You can’t rely on them for long term travel planning.
DeleteYou can't rely on them for anything. They're not the worst airline in Europe without reason
DeleteThey are the worst airline in Europe?
DeleteIt’s time for TAP to step in
ReplyDelete+1
DeleteThis would actually great. Although the last time they flew to BEG they were terrible. Often cancelling flights or delayed by hours.
DeleteWell TAP is very well known for cancelling and delaying flights. Flew with them from Spain just a few weeks ago and did a couple of domestic flights with them. Every single flight was delayed by at least an hour and a half and one of my flights was ccancelled too.
DeleteThe best thing TAP has going for it other than its Brazilian network is the fact that LIS has only one runway and is slot constrained. It is protected from real competition.
DeleteTAP is in general a crappy airline but they do have a good Brazilian network as you note. We will see who will buy them now that their privatization has started.
DeleteBro, TAP is not crappy airline, you write nonsense...TAP is very good airline, with great prices for USA and South America, and good onboard service...Flew with them more than several times to Americas
DeleteWith Wizz out of Lisbon Air Serbia will be able to consolidate demand and maybe even increase frequencies
ReplyDeleteThe turnaround is pretty long and I believe that they don't really have the space for more flights, other than to start utilizing A330 on short haul to free up A320 family. I think we'll just see a price increase.
DeleteThey will just increase prices. JU is generally very expensive and that is why they can't get more than 50% marketshare. People only fly with them if they have to
DeleteYet Air Serbia has over 50% market share. I am sure 4 million people just had to fly them. An airline is not a chairty. JU's prices are far from expensive.
DeleteOf course they will increase prices. Jesus, it`s the business logic.
Delete50% market share is well below average for hub airports in European capital cities
DeleteIt is above 50%. You first fabricated it was below 50%.
DeleteAZ has less than 30% share at FCO, A3 has 42% share at ATH, IB has 43-44% at MAD.
Delete10:09 And again you proved you have no clue about aviation, but you do hate JU. Keep up the good work, your ignorance makes us laugh
DeleteI think JU will now increase frecuencies to Lisbon..Market is there, they can fill up easily those 3 flights during winter, 4 during summer
DeleteYou don't understand math. Below average means there are some airlines which have an even lower share. Like the three you mentioned.
DeleteYour comment was nonsense once again. Accept it and move on.
DeleteNext Spanish route by Wizz Air!! Sevilla!!
ReplyDeleteThis would be good. I hope so
DeleteMy vote goes for Seville too
DeleteKnowing Wizz, they will launch a destination already served by JU.
DeleteI cheer for Sevilla too..
DeleteNow Marek can do what Marek does best, increase prices. He can maybe even reduce flights
ReplyDeleteIt`s the ultimate goal for any airline> to sell tickets for as much money it can. If Marek is an expert in doing that - he`s an expert in aviation business.
DeleteIf he doesn't do that, you will complain that Marek will do what he does best, which is to take taxpayers' money for a money-losing airline... Every sensible airline will increase prices when competition decreases. If they overdo it, increased yields will draw competition back in. Duh. This is how a free market ends up ensuring good products at good prices
DeleteIstekle subvencije i ćao. Isteraće ih JU i iz MAD kad im isteknu subvencije. A321 je jednostavno prevelik za ovakve destinacije gde ima veoma malo dijaspore .
ReplyDeleteWhat subsidies to MAD or LIS are you talking about? 🤣
DeleteHe probably means incentives they get for launching new routes. Which every airline gets at BEG.
DeleteBoth MAD and LIS are not new routes from BEG. They give no incentives for launching flights on already served destinations.
DeleteWizz still gets discounts
DeleteFor flying to MAD and LIS? No they don't.
DeleteBut they get discounts based on number of passengers carried.
DeleteBetter to strengthen core routes like Barcelona and Dortmund. At least those have daily flights now.
ReplyDelete74,000 passengers in 2024 shows Lisbon had real demand.
ReplyDeleteIt still does. It will now be carried by JU.
DeleteJU could really go for a couple of A321's for the next summer. Leisure and/or mid-haul routes e.g. BCN, LIS, LCA, Middle East potentially (AUH)... Or find a capacity provider.
DeleteIt's mind-boggling JU doesn't have A321's as of yet.
DeleteWizz seems to be consolidating around routes with proven yearround demand, which could mean fewer cancellations in the future.
ReplyDeleteThey open too many destinations without a clear plan. Passengers get excited then disappointed when routes disappear.
ReplyDeleteI booked Lisbon last year with Wizz because it was cheaper. Now I’ll have to rely on Air Serbia, and I expect prices will rise.
ReplyDeleteYes, the prices will rise for sure.
DeleteI wonder which destination has more O&D, Lisbon or Madrid?
ReplyDeleteSame
DeleteDid Wizz use the A320 or A321 on this route?
ReplyDelete320
DeleteJU should add two more weekly flights.
ReplyDeleteHow much JU flies in winter?
DeleteThree weekly, same as in summer.
DeleteIt's not that easy to get new slots at LIS.
DeleteEspecially to align with JU waves at BEG
DeleteOne new route-two routes cut.
ReplyDeleteThat actually means Wizz is shrinking at Belgrade as usual.
Maybe also the attraction for LIS is drying and Wizz pulls out because there will be no room for two players on the route?
ReplyDeleteJU having the advantage that it can fill its flights with connecting passengers. Wizz must fill 230 seats per flight with P2P.