MyTravel84
If you feel so angry about Astraeus-tell the company.
Or tell everyone else at – http://www.airlinequality.com/Forum/astraeus.htm
They, like all airlines big or small,are in business to make money, oh, and to get you and me from A to B asap as cheap as poss.
They don’t want to be late either!
There will probably be penalty clauses in contracts with tour operators if X% of the flights are late/tech etc.
I’ve just come back from Zante with them – no problem either way.
Maybe I was lucky. maybe you (and everyone else) were unlucky that time.
I recall spending 7 pleasent hours in LBA departures when a little outfit called Mytravel (any relation?), decided to let the crew go down with food poisoning.
Would you rather Astraeus didn’t fly from LBA? or at all?
I’m getting to like Wizzair.
I’ve rebooked for similar dates for 2 pax ret from LPL to WAW for £86
From their website-
“Wizz Air rescues cancelled Centralwings passengers
Wizz Air, the largest low fare – low cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe offers free tickets to Centralwings passengers whose flights were recently cancelled.
Wizz Air offers free tickets (only taxes and charges are to be paid) on Katowice-Milan, Warsaw-Liverpool and the recently announced Katowice-Doncaster Sheffield routes to passengers who hold reservation on Centralwings’ Warsaw-Milan, Wroclaw-Milan and Warsaw-Leeds Bradford flights which are suddenly discontinued by Centralwings this month.
In the period between 11 May and 16 May 2006 the stranded passengers of Centralwings can book free seats on Wizz Air’s flights by only paying taxes and charges.
Bookings can be made online at wizzair.com, through call center (+48 22 351 9499) and with the Wizz Air ticketing agents of the respective airports. The offer is subject to the actual schedule and seat availability of Wizz Air.
Cancelled Centralwings flights Book on Wizz Air flights
Warsaw-Leeds Bradford Warsaw-Liverpool
Katowice-Doncaster Sheffield
Warsaw-Milan
Wroclaw-Milan Katowice-Milan/Bergamo
Wizz Air has been continuously building its market presence in Poland since the country’s EU accession. This summer the airline is increasing its capacity by 50% compared to the same period last year, adding 15 new routes and offering a total of 33 routes from 5 Polish airports including Warsaw, Katowice, Gdansk, Poznan and Wroclaw to Polish passengers and to those who wish to visit Poland from all over Europe.
Wizz Air is the largest low fare – low cost airline in Poland with 40% market share in the low cost airline sector in 2005. The airline has been voted – for the second consecutive year – the best low fare airline in Poland on pasazer.com, Poland’s largest travel portal.
“The sudden route cancellations by Centralwings tell me that the strong airlines are getting stronger and the weak ones are getting marginal. Wizz Air has been demonstrating its commitment to Poland and to stranded Polish travelers on numerous occasions. People can always count on us.” – said József Váradi, Chief Executive Officer of Wizz Air.
Rebooking:
To begin booking your Wizz Air flight, simply insert your Centralwings reservation code and flight date in the boxes below.
Centralwings reservation number:
Date of flight (yyyy-mm-dd):
booking
Terms and conditions:
Booking period: May 11-16, 2006
Travel period: May 22-Oct 28, 2006
Taxes and charges must be paid
Free seats are subject to availability
Centralwings reservation code will be recorded when the booking is made and checked at the Wizz Air check-in”
From LBA website dated 9/5/06-
Centralwings Announcement
9 May 2006
Centralwings will cease operations at Leeds Bradford Airport as of May 25th. This decision has been taken due to the airline’s expansion into new market’s and fleet constraints. Anyone who has an enquiry about their booking will need to contact their travel agent or Centralwings direct on 00 48 22 558 00 45
ENDS
For enquiries regarding this story please contact:
Your travel agent or Centralwings direct on 00 48 22 558 00 45
It certainly did – summer only, until about 6/7 years ago, via Birmingham (1 hour to refuel, drop off, pick up, and to practice your French – otherwise the cabin crew would ignore you), and then back to YYZ – on a Tues from memory. AT was/is always a joy to fly with.
Hi everyone
Regular viewer – First time post
Guess who is due to fly with centralwings from LBA to WAW in July. Guessed right.
Having read today’s posts, I rang centralwings and the rep confirmed that all flights after May “are on hold”, and a decision will be made on either 9/10 May.
Hope this info helps.
stazi