SkyEurope opens new basis in Vienna. 16 new connections starting from Vienna Schwechat with fire-new Boeing 737-700
19. 12. 2006
SkyEurope airlines, the largest Low Cost Low far airline of central and Eastern Europe, strengthens its operational readiness level in Austria and opens its own basis at the airport vienna Schwechat.
With beginning of the summer flight plan, starting from 25. March 2007, takes SkyEurope off for the first time in Vienna and operates from there regularly between 16 European Destinationen. With these 16 Non stop Linienflugverbindungen of Vienna Schwechat, and altogether 27 Destinationen from the airport group Bratislava/Vienna, represents to SkyEurope the Low Cost flight offer from Vienna, largest with distance. Thus SkyEurope enters, based on the number of offered line flights as second largest airline into Vienna. „We for the first time make Austrian travelers available Top Europe Destinationen, under it for instance Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Paris or Nice, to Niedrigstpreisen “, said Christian Mandl, CEO von SkyEurope airlines.
The opening of the basis in Vienna, beside the homeland basis Bratislava, corresponds to the strategic adjustment of the enterprise into strong, however markets under-supplied with Low Cost airlines to enter and the market potential fully exhaust. For the 6 million inhabitant of the catchment area vienna Bratislava develop thus within a radius of only 100 kilometers distinguished airline connections. Already today approximately 20 per cent of all flight passengers into Bratislava from Austria, on some distances is it comes even approximately 50 per cent.
With the new basis Vienna now genuine Low far connections are introduced for the first time from and to Vienna with a large flight offer. Altogether in the summer 61 weekly SkyEurope flights per week are offered from Vienna.
„The decision to include Vienna as new main basis into our route network represents a substantial and lasting efficiency increase on the way to the Profitabilität “, says Karim Makhlouf, new selling and marketing executive committee of SkyEurope.
Starting from Vienna Schwechat to 16 European Topdestinationen
The SkyEurope flight plan starting from Vienna covers a broadly varied offer, which comes to meet both the business, and the private travelers.
The European Top Städtedestinationen such as Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris is daily approached. Italy fans can select beside Rimini also between the Destinationen Florenz and Venice (ever three times per week). With at the end of March is addressed also of France the south: Three times per week a SkyEurope flier starts after Nice. Likewise three weekly flights operate into the pulsating capital Kataloniens, Barcelona.
In the context of the Go East strategy SkyEurope approaches the Osteuropadestinationen strengthened: Starting from 25. March operates SkyEurope daily from Vienna to Bucharest and/or six times in the week after Sofia. Beyond that particularly attractive air targets are available to Niedrigsttarifen for the summer vacation at the Croatian dalmatinischen coast. Thus SkyEurope approaches Dubrovnik, Split and Zadar starting from Vienna three the summer Hot Spots of Croatia, i.e. (ever twice per week).
„Toward the east we will in particular introduce price level corresponding to real market conditions and a fair for the first time and added existing high price monopolies attack “, Karim Makhlouf.
Further new summer vacation goals, which can be achieved starting from Vienna to the Low far tariff, are the Italian Rimini (twice per week) as well as Greece (Athens - three times per week, Thessaloniki - twice per week) and Cyprus (Larnaca - twice per week).
With the opening of the vienna basis ensteht thus a SkyEurope Produktangebot, which understands the two most important airports of the region as airport group and to its passengers a comprehensive route network offers, which combines 27 air targets enclosure. For the connection of both airports with the center of Vienna the proven SkyShuttle bus connection is available, which can be booked at the same time with the flight.
Clear price leader shank on all offered distances
SkyEurope will begin the clear price leader shank on all distances. Thus all offered 16 distances are offered for the entrance price starting from sensational 19 € inclusive airport taxes.
In addition Karim Makhlouf: „We will be clearly on all approached distances under the prices of the competition. Our goal is to be bound it not only existing demand at us to achieve but new customer groups beyond that and to stimulate passenger growth of and to Vienna further.
SkyEurope - Top product and extra services
All flights starting from Vienna are transacted with fire-new machines of the type Boeing 737-700 NEXT generation, which offers place in each case 149 to passengers. The airplanes are equipped with modern leather seats. For the time being two fliers will be stationed in Vienna.
During the flight reservation auxiliary services can being e.g. posted in parallel like seat ahead reservation or the forwarding of the reservation confirmation by SMS. When all reservations available hotel rooms and rented car offers for the selected travel period are offered to the passengers.
Passengers can particularly look forward to the excellent and charming SkyEurope service: The possibility is open to all traveler of acquiring freshly on board preparing Illy Espresso or Cappuccino as well as most diverse cold and hot Snacks.
Flights from today on postable
Flights starting from Vienna can starting from Tuesday, which 19 December 2006 is booked starting from 18 o'clock on-line under www.skyeurope.com, by telephone over the SkyEurope call center (0900 160,696) as well as over the large reservation systems of the travel agencies (Gallileo, Amadeus, Worldspan, Sabre) owing to the co-operation agreement with cock air.
On a view: Destinationen and flight frequencies
Flights starting from Vienna - Schwechat starting from 25. March 2007