The popular business and tourist destination of Krakow receives a big boost in air service next year.
The Slovakian budget carrier Skyeurope will connect this Southern Polish city with eight new destinations including major cities in the UK and mainland Europe.
The new weekly schedules, which will be phased in from the start of the summer season on March 26, include Athens (two flights), Bologna (three flights), Brussels (three flights), Naples (two flights), Stockholm (four flights) and Turin (three flights).
The two new UK destinations are Birmingham (two flights from April 12) and the Scottish capital of Edinburgh (three flights from April 13).
Skyeurope wants to cash in on the growing visitor and worker traffic both from and to Krakow. Services to Birmingham. Bologna and Turin are likely to be popular with the motor industry (there's a joint Fiat/GM engine plant and Fiat vehicle factory near Krakow).
Tickets will be keenly priced. For example, in April Skyeurope is charging from £80 return from either Birmingham or Edinburgh.
Existing Skyeurope services operate from London Stansted, Manchester, Dublin, Amsterdam, Barcelona (Summer season only), Milan (Bergamo), Paris (Orly) and Rome.
Other flights to Krakow from the UK are flown by British Airways and Central Wings from Gatwick, Ryanair from Stansted and Easyjet from Luton.
For more information go to www.skyeurope.com
Report by Alex McWhirter
