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Wizz Air resumes non-stop service to Katowice, expanding the range of routes on offer at Malmö Airport for the summer season
The European low-cost carrier Wizz Air continues to have a positive view of the Swedish market and has relaunched its route to Katowice in southern Poland. During the summer season, the airline will have two weekly departures, on Mondays and Fridays, until the end of October.
Wizz Air is making a major investment in Sweden and in 2021 launched three new routes from Malmö Airport to Banja Luka, Sarajevo and Tirana. With the resumed service to Katowice, which was paused during the pandemic, it now offers a total of 14 direct routes from Malmö to destinations in central and eastern Europe.
International traffic at Malmö Airport consists largely of Wizz Air passengers, and the increased access is important for both holidaymakers and people travelling to visit family, relatives and friends. Travel is still affected by the Covid pandemic, but demand for flights continues to grow.
Katowice is located in southern Poland, just northeast of Krakow, and has undergone a major transformation in recent years – from a city of heavy industry to a modern regional capital and a metropolitan area with 2 million residents. It is one of the greenest cities in Poland, where forests and parks make up nearly half the surface area. In recent years, Katowice has also assumed greater environmental responsibility and was the first city in the country to introduce a low-emission economy plan.
The proximity between the two cities means it is possible to fly to Katowice Airport to also visit Krakow, Poland’s second largest city and a popular weekend destination.
Wizz Air will be the only carrier to serve the Malmö Airport (MMX) – Katowice Airport (KTW) route, which will be the only direct air connection between the Greater Copenhagen region and Katowice.
The route was re-launched on March 28 on and is operated twice weekly on Mondays and Fridays. Tickets are available now, on wizzair.com and on the airline’s mobile app,. For more information about current direct traffic from Malmö Airport.
About Wizz Air
Wizz Air, one of the fastest growing European low-cost airline, operates a modern fleet of 152 Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft and strive to become Europe's greenest choice for air travel. A team of dedicated aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low fares, making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 40 million passengers in the financial year F20 ending 31 March 2020. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ. The company was recently named one of the world’s top ten safest airlines by airlineratings.com, the world’s only safety and product rating agency, and 2020 Airline of the Year by ATW, the most coveted honour an airline or individual can receive, recognizing individuals and organizations that have distinguished themselves through outstanding performance, innovation, and superior service.
Swedavia’s work to achieve net zero
Swedavia has carried out ambitious sustainability work. All ten of its airports achieved the goal of zero fossil carbon dioxide emissions from their own operations by year-end 2020. Swedavia also works actively to promote the switch to sustainable aviation fuel and has the goal that five per cent of all fuel used for refuelling at Swedish airports shall be fossil-free by 2025. Swedavia’s climate transition work and pioneering work to operate climate-smart airports have won international awards, and in 2021 the trade organisation Airports Council International (ACI) named Stockholm Arlanda Airport Eco-Innovation Airport of the Year. Swedavia offers all travellers flying from one of its airports the option of buying biofuel for their entire journey or parts of it via flygreenfund.se/swedavia.
Swedavia complies with the authorities’ advice and recommendations on Covid-19. In addition, we comply with international aviation industry regulations. For information about the measures Swedavia has introduced for safe travel, see for example: swedavia.com/malmo/before-your-journey.
For advice and information about situations that may affect your travel, and what applies at your destination, stay up to date by checking the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs' travel information page (in Swedish).
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The Swedavia Group owns, operates and develops ten airports across Sweden. Our role is to create the access Sweden needs to facilitate travel, business and meetings. Safe, satisfied passengers are the foundation of Swedavia’s business. Swedavia is a world leader in developing airports with the least possible environmental impact. In 2021, the Group had annual revenue of about 2.7 billion Swedish kronor and nearly 2,300 employees.
