Leeds Bradford: Wizz Air Flights, New Routes & Schedule Updates

[dmrodgers]

Have I missed the post as I can't see it but do Wizz bus passengers back to LBA when the flight diverts to Liverpool or other UK airports. I know the outbound flight ex Leeds is cancelled but wasn't sure what happens to an inbound flight as I'm looking to book a long weekend away later this month.

 

[Aviador]

Have I missed the post as I can't see it but do Wizz bus passengers back to LBA when the flight diverts to Liverpool or other UK airports. I know the outbound flight ex Leeds is cancelled but wasn't sure what happens to an inbound flight as I'm looking to book a long weekend away later this month.

It has to bus passenger back to LBA if the flight is diverted as that is EU law. The UK follows that law until such time as the UK decides to change the law.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

It has to bus passenger back to LBA if the flight is diverted as that is EU law. The UK follows that law until such time as the UK decides to change the law.

I believe that the airline has to get diverted passengers to their original destination, but not necessarily by bus. It's not uncommon for the diverted aircraft to position back to the original destination with the passengers aboard.

 

[LBA4EVER]

Just out of interest when an aircraft is diverted and the passengers are bussed back to LBA does the airport have a specific contract with a local bus/coach company, and if so who do they use? I guess each airport will have local companies?
Also does anyone have the rough costs of this operation returning say 200 pax from a diverted wizz flight to LPL?

 

[dmrodgers]

It has to bus passenger back to LBA if the flight is diverted as that is EU law. The UK follows that law until such time as the UK decides to change the law.

Thanks for the information, it reassures me that if we get diverted because of winds, Wizz Air airbuses seem able to land in all other weather conditions, we as a family can get back to LBA without the expensive costs of making our own way.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Just out of interest when an aircraft is diverted and the passengers are bussed back to LBA does the airport have a specific contract with a local bus/coach company, and if so who do they use? I guess each airport will have local companies?
Also does anyone have the rough costs of this operation returning say 200 pax from a diverted wizz flight to LPL?

It's the duty of the airline, not the airport to get the passengers to their original destination. It's probably more convenient for the airline to book buses that are local to the diversion airport than from near the destination airport.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

I've posted this in the Airline thread as well:

Wizz Air intentionally misleading its passengers? Hungarian authority investigates

GVH started an investigation against the Wizz Air because it suspects that it misleads its customers during the ticket-buying process.

dailynewshungary.com

 

[lbaspotter]

Wizz Air Full LBA summer 2023 Schedule
Updated, Friday, February 10th 2023.

Yet again Wizz Air have done a big update with their schedules this past week, what with the way they like to chop and change routes or axe/start new routes. Its 7x Leeds/Bradford routes are affected in different ways. Some now have seasonal scheduled changes throughout the summer months as follow.

GDN = Gdansk = 3x weekly
KTW = Katowice – 3x weekly
KRK = Krakow = 2x weekly
WAW = Warsaw Chopin = 2x weekly
WRO = Wroclaw – 2x Weekly
OTP = Bucharest = 3-4x weekly
CLJ = Cluj-Napoca = 2-3x weekly

A320 = Airbus A320-200
A321 = Airbus A321-200
A21N = Airbus A321-NEO

Mondays
WZZ1015 = KTW 11:55 – LBA 13:25 / WZZ1016 = LBA 14:00 – KTW 17:15 = A320 27/03-05/06
WZZ3015 = OTP 14:35 – LBA 16:20 / WZZ3016 = LBA 16:55 – OTP 22:35 = A321N 27/03-17/04
WZZ3015 = OTP 16:10 – LBA 17:55 / WZZ3016 = LBA 18:30 – OTP 00:10* = A321N 24/04-05/06
WZZ5013 = KRK 18:05 – LBA 19:45 / WZZ5014 = LBA 20:20 – KRK 23:40 = A321 27/03-23/10
WZZ3015 = OTP 18:35 – LBA 20:20 / WZZ3016 = LBA 20:55 – OTP 02:35* = A321N 12/06-23/10
WZZ3313 = CLJ 20:45 – LBA 21:50 / WZZ3314 = LBA 22:25 – CLJ 03:20* = A320 27/03-10/04
WZZ3313 = CLJ 20:45 – LBA 21:50 / WZZ3314 = LBA 22:35 – CLJ 03:30* = A320 17/04-23/10
WZZ1015 = KTW 20:30 – LBA 22:00 / WZZ1016 = LBA 22:40 – KTW 01:55* = A320 12/06-23/10

Tuesdays
WZZ1615 = GDN 19:35 – LBA 21:05 / WZZ1616 = LBA 21:40 – GDN 00:50* = A321 28/03-24/10
WZZ1815 = WRO 20:45 – LBA 22:00 / WZZ1816 = LBA 22:35 – WRO 01:40* = A321 28/03-24/10

Wednesdays
WZZ1315 = WAW 05:55 – LBA 07:35 / WZZ1316 = LBA 08:10 – WAW 11:30 = A21N 29/03-25/10
WZZ1015 = KTW 15:15 – LBA 16:45 / WZZ1016 = LBA 17:15 – KTW 20:20 = A320 14/06-20/09
WZZ3015 = OTP 15:30 – LBA 17:15 / WZZ3016 = LBA 17:50 – OTP 23:30 = A21N 29/03-25/10
WZZ1015 = KTW 18:20 – LBA 19:50 / WZZ1016 = LBA 20:25 – KTW 23:40 = A320 29/03-07/06
WZZ3313 = CLJ 20:15 – LBA 21:20 / WZZ3314 = LBA 21:55 – CLJ 02:50* = A320 05/04-19/04
WZZ3313 = CLJ 20:15 – LBA 21:20 / WZZ3314 = LBA 21:55 – CLJ 02:50* = A320 14/06-20/09
WZZ1015 = KTW 20:15 – LBA 21:45 / WZZ1016 = LBA 22:15 – KTW 01:30 = A320 27/09-25/10

Thursdays
WZZ1615 = GDN 19:50 – LBA 21:20 / WZZ1616 = LBA 21:55 – GDN 01:05* = A321 30/03-26/10

Fridays
WZZ3015 = OTP 14:35 – LBA 16:20 / WZZ3016 = LBA 16:55 – OTP 22:35* = A21N 31/03-21/04
WZZ1015 = KTW 17:05 – LBA 18:35 / WZZ1016 = LBA 19:10 – KTW 22:25 = A320 31/03-09/06
WZZ5013 = KRK 18:05 – LBA 19:45 / WZZ5014 = LBA 20:20 – KRK 23:40 = A321 31/03-27/10
WZZ3015 = OTP 18:35 – LBA 20:20 / WZZ3016 = LBA 20:55 – OTP 02:35* A21N 16/06-27/10
WZZ3313 = CLJ 20:45 – LBA 21:50 / WZZ3314 = LBA 22:25 – CLJ 03:20* = A320 31/03-14/04
WZZ3313 = CLJ 20:45 – LBA 21:50 / WZZ3314 = LBA 22:35 – CLJ 03:30* = A320 21/04-27/10
WZZ1015 = KTW 20:30 – LBA 22:00 / WZZ1016 = LBA 22:40 – KTW 01:55* = A320 16/06-27/10

Saturdays
WZZ1315 = WAW 05:50 – LBA 07:30 / WZZ1316 = LBA 08:05 – WAW 11:25 = A21N 01/04-28/10
WZZ3015 = OTP 15:10 – LBA 16:55 / WZZ3016 = LBA 17:30 – OTP 23:10 = A21N 29/04-10/06
WZZ1615 = GDN 19:35 – LBA 21:05 / WZZ1616 = LBA 21:40 – GDN 00:50*= A321 01/04-28/10
WZZ1815 = WRO 20:55 – LBA 22:10 / WZZ1816 = LBA 22:45 – WRO 01:50* = A321 01/04-28/10

Sundays
WZZ3015 = OTP 15:10 – LBA 16:55 / WZZ3016 = LBA 17:30 – OTP 23:10 = A21N 02/04-23/04
WZZ3015 = OTP 15:10 – LBA 16:55 / WZZ3016 = LBA 17:30 – OTP 23:10 = A21N 18/06-24/09

 

[YorkshireLad]

I’ve looked at the CAA stats for the routes that Wizz operates.

First off, Krakow deserves a trophy. 7-8 flights per week over both airlines and the loads still seem good. Nearly 12000 pax on the route in December!

Bucharest is also doing very well. I think it can sustain more flights than 3 per week currently. About 5000 pax with a load factor of roughly 87%.

More data will be available when I have a proper analysis of it.

 

[mdobuk21]

Friday nights look good

 

[LBA4EVER]

Friday nights look good

Looking forwards to plenty of evening departures!

 

[The Pole]

Wizz Air worst short-haul airline, say UK passengers

Fewer than half of customers were satisfied in Which? survey where British Airways only scored 56%, while Jet2.com scored highest

www.theguardian.com

Interesting read. Also Jet2 get top spot

 

[dmrodgers]

Wizz Air worst short-haul airline, say UK passengers

Fewer than half of customers were satisfied in Which? survey where British Airways only scored 56%, while Jet2.com scored highest

www.theguardian.com

Interesting read. Also Jet2 get top spot

Think we would all be disappointed if our own Jet2 didn't come out in top spot. We all know of their exceptional level of service both on the ground and in the air where passengers are put first. All airlines have some sort of issues to contend with Jet2 being no exception but they do seem to try to resolve them immediately and to the customers satisfaction.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Wizz Air worst short-haul airline, say UK passengers

Fewer than half of customers were satisfied in Which? survey where British Airways only scored 56%, while Jet2.com scored highest

www.theguardian.com

Interesting read. Also Jet2 get top spot

Yes. Still not making the distinction between the two Wizz Air companies.

Having said that the way Wizz Hungary treat passengers when flights are diverted is very poor and would stop me flying with them.

 

[Finger66]

Flown with them once from Luton and we both vowed never again. Flights were on time but service was shocking. But then you do get what you paid for!

 

[KARFA]

Flown with them once from Luton and we both vowed never again. Flights were on time but service was shocking. But then you do get what you paid for!

If I can ask, what specifically were the problem parts of the service?

 

[YorkshireLad]

To be honest I’m completely unsurprised at that

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

Isn't there a sense of irony here ... both serving LBA one the worst one the best. Or is it just me 🙂

 

[Finger66]

If I can ask, what specifically were the problem parts of the service?

Of course you can. Disinterested crew and seating moved without explanation meaning we didn't get what we paid for. Ok was minimal cost but they weren't interested when we complained post travel - which wont come as a surprise to many. Don't get me wrong, I am really glad we have the addition of Wizz at LBA but I for one don't intend on flying anywhere with them. More than happy using FR or LS though

 

[ls27]

As an aside, Wizz Air are to base some A321Neos (XLRs) in the UK with Wizz UK and also in Abu Dhabi.
May be???