Sky Europe have today announced that they are to open a new base in Budapest, Hungary. Destinations served will be:
London Stansted (Daily from 14th November 2003)
Paris Orly (Daily from 14th November 2003)
Zurich (Daily ex Sat from 15th December 2003)
Milan Bergamo (Daily from 15th December 2003)
London and Paris servcies will use Boeing 737-500 aircraft while Zurich and Milan will be served with Embraer 120 aircraft.
Im sure these new services will be successful and its nice to see some new central european destinations served from London Stansted with low cost carriers.
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dan777
By: up and out - 27th September 2003 at 13:39
Im sure the airlines will adjust like the rest of europe have had to. Are any of the eastern european airlines state subsidised?
By: Saab 2000 - 26th September 2003 at 20:31
What concerns me at the moment is the possible impact low cost carriers will have on national carriers in Eastern Europe. Currently these regional airlines generally fail to offer low prices and sustain their operations on a full service model. When the big guys like Ryanair or Easyjet take up the opportunity to move into the market then it will be highly effective on the national carriers when cost saving European travellers take the cheap option and desert their national carriers. Fine, it should stop national carriers having the monopoly of the routes in Eastern Europe and it will make them revamp their prices or change their marketing strategies, but how low can they go and for how long? I just don’t believe that an airline like Malev would have the expertise and finance to offer any sort of opposition to the new wave of carriers.
It will be interesting to see how Malev and Sky Europe compete.
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September 26, 2003 at 7:39 pm