Wizz Air is reopening an old connection from Alicante-Elche Airport, bringing Bratislava, Slovakia back onto the departure board after nearly 15 years.
Starting in December, the Hungarian low-cost airline will begin direct flights to Bratislava, giving Alicante links to 31 different countries for the first time.
Until recently, the airport reached 30 countries, the latest addition being Serbia thanks to a new Belgrade route. Now Slovakia joins the list, with Wizz Air basing two Airbus 321NEOs in Bratislava to serve a dozen destinations across Europe. Three of those will be in Spain: Barcelona, Málaga, and Alicante.
The new Alicante–Bratislava flights will launch on December 15th and run all year round, with four flights a week scheduled on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays through the winter and beyond. Ryanair last operated the route almost a decade and a half ago, so its return is a welcome one for travellers heading between the Costa Blanca and Central Europe.
From Bratislava, Wizz Air will fly to ten countries with 17 different routes, including Athens, Naples, Palermo, Oslo, and Basel. Airport officials in Slovakia hailed the new base as a “historic moment,” predicting an extra million passengers a year.
Wizz Air has steadily built up its presence at Alicante-Elche, especially during the busy summer season. Alongside Bratislava, it already operates flights to Belgrade, Budapest, Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Rome Fiumicino, and several Polish cities including Gdansk, Katowice, and Warsaw.
