Summer flight schedule at Košice International Airport will bring the shortest connection to North America

On Sunday 26th March summer flight schedule 2017 will become effective. There will be nine scheduled destinations operated from Košice International Airport with more than 60 departures per week.

Several airlines are increasing frequencies on their routes to/from Košice: Austrian Airlines is again increasing number of weekly flights from ten to twelve during the summer season. Some of them will are operated by Embraer E195. Wizz Air is increasing flights to London Luton from seven to eight (double daily on Sunday). 

The highlight of the summer flight schedule is frequency increase on the route Košice – Warsaw. As of June 2017, LOT Polish Airlines will add three afternoon flights in addition to existing schedule of six weekly flights. Thanks to this extended offer the travellers will gain better access to wide network of Polish national carrier not only in Europe, but also in North America. For example, total duration of flight from Košice to New York JFK will be only 11 hours and 10 minutes what is the shortest offer on the market.

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management Board of Košice International Airport, Michael Tmej: „Summer flight schedule brings more flights for our passengers. Still more than 500 destinations are available on board of four network carriers operating from Košice. Thanks to LOT, especially the way to Northern America will be faster than ever before – with departure from Košice. “

With the upcoming summer season, sunshine lovers are getting ready for holiday. According to current information, following charter destinations will be available with departure from Košice: Antalya, Barcelona Girona, Bourgas, Catania, Corfu, Heraklion, Hurghada, Lamezia Terme, Monastir, Palma de Mallorca, Rijeka, Rhodes, Thessaloniki, Tirana a Varna. Individual tickets will be available on the website of the air carrier www.smartwings.com.

Attractive airport parking prices remain at the same level as in last summer. Michael Tmej: “Passengers can enjoy comfort of flying from their home airport to wherever in the world. We would like to encourage them to use this opportunity by remaining the parking rates for long term parking as low as last summer, starting from 36 € per one week.”

Destinations and frequencies from Košice in summer flight schedule 2017: