Central European budget carrier Wizz Air is stepping up connections between the UK and the Czech Republic following the decision by Czech Airlines to withdraw services on its UK routes.
The low-cost airline is to open a new thrice-weekly route between Brno and London Luton from 16 December, and will increase frequencies on its Prague-London link to nine times per week next month.
Wizz Air claims it is "well on track to take over the market leadership in the near future". Czech Airlines has disclosed that it plans to axe several connections from Prague, including its UK routes.
Two other routes, both from Ukraine, are also being opened by Wizz's local operation.
Wizz Air Ukraine is to serve Kiev-Stockholm Skavsta twice-weekly, and open an Allgau-Memmingen link from Lviv - its third route from the city after Dortmund and Venice - from 18 December.
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news
