{"id":775,"date":"2021-01-15T09:35:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T09:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skellefteaairport.se\/wizz-air-oppnar-flyglinje-mellan-skelleftea-och-gdansk\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T05:05:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T05:05:23","slug":"wizz-air-opens-flight-route-between-skelleftea-and-gdansk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skellefteaairport.se\/en\/wizz-air-opens-flight-route-between-skelleftea-and-gdansk\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizz Air opens flight between Skellefte\u00e5 and Gdansk"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Hungarian airline Wizz Air is establishing a direct route between Skellefte\u00e5 and the Polish city of Gdansk starting in spring 2021. The route will operate year-round.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

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\u2013 We are pleased that Wizz Air chooses Skellefte\u00e5 and Swedish Lapland, this is very positive news for both residents and the business community. The line provides increased accessibility and creates new opportunities for our communication with the outside world, which is important for our region's development. Even though we are currently in the middle of a pandemic, we hope that people will be able to travel safely later this year, says Skellefte\u00e5 Airport CEO Robert Lindberg.<\/p>\n

The establishment in Skellefte\u00e5 is Wizz Air's only flight route in northern Sweden.<\/p>\n

\u2013 This is further proof of the attractiveness of Skellefte\u00e5. In addition to new opportunities for tourist and business travel for our region, the establishment means that Polish individuals and companies can easily get to Skellefte\u00e5, says Skellefte\u00e5 Municipality's municipal councilor Lorents Burman.<\/p>\n

Frida Ekestr\u00f6m, destination development strategist at the Swedish Lapland Visitors Board, also views the new line between Skellefte\u00e5 and Gdansk positively.<\/p>\n

\u2013 We find it extremely gratifying that Skellefte\u00e5 is getting a new regular direct flight from Europe, it is a statement of strength that they are choosing to invest in this flight route in the current situation. The fact that it operates year-round is important for the tourism industry. From Skellefte\u00e5 Airport, it is easy to get to all of Swedish Lapland, so the airport is very important to us, she says.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Direct flight connections and accessibility are a business-critical factor for our tourism industry and the timing could not be better. We are therefore delighted about the new route and hope and believe that this investment will lead to more establishments in the long term,\u00a0says Bo Wikstr\u00f6m, at Visit Skellefte\u00e5<\/span><\/p>\n

Gdansk is one of Poland's largest and oldest cities and a popular tourist destination with its rich history and beautiful architecture. It offers a wide cultural life, an impressive selection of restaurants, various shopping centers and several nice beaches thanks to its proximity to the Baltic Sea.<\/p>\n

\u2013 There is something for everyone in Gdansk. And thanks to the frequent traffic to and from Skellefte\u00e5 and the fact that Lech Walesa is an international airport, there are also opportunities to easily travel on to other destinations, says Robert Lindberg.<\/p>\n

Flight tickets can be booked at\u00a0www.wizzair.com<\/a> starting January 14. Wizz Air planned to open a direct route between Skellefte\u00e5 and the Polish city of Gdansk in the summer of 2020, but due to the Corona pandemic, the start of the flight was postponed.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Det ungerska flygbolaget Wizz Air etablerar en direktlinje mellan Skellefte\u00e5 och den polska staden Gdansk med start v\u00e5ren 2021. Flyglinjen kommer att trafikeras \u00e5ret om.\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0Vi \u00e4r glada \u00f6ver att Wizz Air v\u00e4ljer Skellefte\u00e5 och Swedish Lapland det h\u00e4r \u00e4r en mycket positiv nyhet f\u00f6r b\u00e5de inv\u00e5narna och n\u00e4ringslivet. Linjen ger \u00f6kad tillg\u00e4nglighet och skapar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nyheter"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skellefteaairport.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skellefteaairport.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skellefteaairport.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skellefteaairport.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skellefteaairport.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skellefteaairport.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6137,"href":"https:\/\/skellefteaairport.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775\/revisions\/6137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skellefteaairport.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skellefteaairport.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skellefteaairport.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}