The “Summer 2022” schedule at Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport became available on March 27, 2022 (Sunday), for the first time. According to statements made by air carriers and travel companies, travellers will be able to travel from Katowice Airport through 111 connections to 90 airports in 30 countries for the year, including regular and charter flights.
Flights on a regular basis starting in the summer of 2022
Between Katowice Airport, travellers may choose from 50 flights to 43 destinations in 19 countries, operated by Wizz Air, Ryanair, LOT Polish Airlines, and Lufthansa during the “Summer 2022” season. Italian destinations will be served by the vast majority of the routes (eleven in total). Ryanair will operate flights to six locations (Alghero, Bologna, Catania, Milan-Bergamo, Trapani, and Venice — a new route) in Italy. Wizz Air will operate five routes to this nation (Alghero, Catania, Milan-Bergamo, Naples, and Rome-Ciampino), with flights departing from five different cities. Using six routes (Barcelona, Castellon, Fuerteventura, Malaga, Palma De Mallorca, and Tenerife), travelers may go to Spain from Katowice International Airport; all flights to this country will be handled by the low-cost carrier, Wizz Air.
There will also be six routes accessible to the United Kingdom from the United States. Wizz Air’s aircraft will service four routes (Bristol, Doncaster-Sheffield, Liverpool, and London-Luton); Ryanair’s aircraft will service two routes (Bristol and Doncaster-Sheffield) (London-Stansted and Manchester).
During the summer, five flights will be accessible to Germany: Wizz Air and Ryanair will both fly to Dortmund and Cologne-Bonn, while Lufthansa will travel to Frankfurt. Wizz Air and Ryanair will both fly to Dortmund and Cologne-Bonn. Wizz Air will operate three of the flights (Bergen, Oslo-Torp, and Stavanger), while Ryanair will operate one of the routes (Oslo-Stavanger) (Oslo-Torp).
You will be able to go to Greece through three different routes: Wizz Air will fly to Athens and Corfu, while Ryanair will fly to Athens. Both Cyprus and Sweden will be served by two different flight routes. Flights to the first nation will be provided by Wizz Air (Larnaca), while flights to the second country will be provided by Ryanair (Paphos) (Malmo, Stockholm Skavsta).
In addition, air carriers will operate flights between Katowice Airport and Bulgaria (Burgas – Wizz Air), Croatia (Split – Wizz Air), Montenegro (Podgorica – Wizz Air), Georgia (Kutaisi – Wizz Air), the Netherlands (Eindhoven – Wizz Air), Ireland (Dublin – Ryanair), Iceland (Reykjavik – Wizz Air), Israel (Tel Aviv – Wizz Air), Malta LOT Polish Airlines will handle one domestic route (Warsaw), which is a first for the airline.
Regular flights to Ukraine are not included in the above list because, as a result of Russia’s brutal assault on the nation, airlines have ceased all flights between Katowice Airport and airports around Ukraine. Prior to the conflict, five regular trips were accessible to Ukraine: three were handled by Wizz Air (Kyiv-uliany, Lviv, and Zaporizhzhia), and two were handled by Ryanair (Kyiv-uliany, Lviv, and Zaporizhzhia). The service was expected to restart on March 7, 2022. (Kyiv-Boryspil, Odessa).
“During the “summer of 2022,” we will have two new and exciting regular routes accessible to you. Wizz Air will begin service to Abu Dhabi on April 1, according to the airline. The route’s importance stems from the fact that Wizz Air is developing its Asia network in Abu Dhabi, which will enable customers to go to destinations such as Sri Lanka, among others.
As a result, the addition of Wizz Air’s new link at Katowice Airport expands the number of options for travelers seeking to fly to Asia. Flights to Venice Marco Polo will be introduced by Ryanair on March 27, 2022, making it the second new route to be introduced “Artur Tomasik, President of the Board of Directors of the Upper Silesian Aviation Group (GTL SA), the corporation that manages Katowice Airport, made the announcement.
Charter flights will be available in the summer of 2022.
During the summer of 2022, the charter network at Katowice Airport will comprise of 61 trips to 19 different countries. The bulk of the connections sixteen in all – will be accessible to passengers from and to Greece. Passengers departing from Katowice Airport will have the option of flying to the following destinations: Athens, Chania, Heraklion, Kalamata, Kavala, Kefalonia, Korfu, Kos, Mytilene, Patras, Preveza, Rhodes, Samos, Santorini, Thessaloniki, and Zakynthos.
The following destinations are also accessible from Katowice Airport: Athens, Chania, There will be eleven routes accessible to Spain, with stops in Barcelona, Fuerteventura, Girona, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, La Palma, Lanzarote, Palma De Mallorca, Malaga, Minorca, and Tenerife among the destinations. From Katowice Airport, travellers will be able to fly to five destinations in Egypt: Hurghada, Marsa Alam, Marsa Matruh – which will be a new route, Sharm El Sheikh, and Taba.
An additional four routes will be accessible to both Turkey (Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, and Izmir) and Italy (Venice) in the near future (Catania, Lamezia Terme, Olbia, Palermo). Three flights to Cyprus (Ercan, Larnaca, and Paphos) and one route to Tunisia will be handled (Djerba, Enfidha, and Monastyr). In Bulgaria (Burgas and Varna), Croatia (Dubrovnik and Split), and Portugal (Porto), two routes will be established (Faro and Madeira).
During the summer months, flights will also be available to the following countries: Albania (Tirana), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mostar new route), Montenegro (Podgorica), the Dominican Republic (Puerto Plata), Georgia (Kutaisi – new route), North Macedonia (Ohrid), Morocco (Agadir), Mexico (Cancun), and Cape Verde (Amilcar Cabral).
As shown by this year’s summer charter network, Katowice Airport has a strong position in the charter flight industry in Poland. In the current year, we are able to handle roughly 1.6 million people on charter flights; this represents approximately 80 percent of the charter traffic result reached during the record-breaking year of 2019, when 2.0 million passengers were handled, according to Artur Tomasik.
