Low cost carrier Wizz Air has begun updating its network for the 2026/27 winter season, with a number of early changes affecting services from cities across the former Yugoslavia in the lead-up to the winter timetable, which begins on October 25.
Wizz Air will discontinue flights between Tuzla and Beauvais on August 29. The three weekly service was launched only on March 31. Similarly, services to Gothenburg will end on October 21. As reported last week, the airline has also reduced capacity at its Tuzla base by replacing its 239-seat Airbus A321neos with 180-seat A320neos. The move will lower capacity by around 22% compared to the airline’s original summer schedule. Local authorities have said they remain in discussions with Wizz Air over the possibility of a third based aircraft by the end of the year, although the carrier has not commented on the matter.
The low cost airline will suspend flights between Belgrade and Friedrichshafen at the end of the summer season, with the last service scheduled for October 24. The twice weekly route has been operated intermittently over the past seven years. Wizz Air first served the city pair from May 2017 until January 2018, resumed operations from July 2020 until January 2021, and relaunched it in June 2025. The airline has yet to make any significant adjustments to its wider Belgrade network for the winter season, which could be heavily affected by the potential closure of its base in the Serbian capital due to changes to Serbia’s aviation regulations for foreign carriers. Today at 11.00 CEST, Wizz Air is due to submit a petition signed by more than 20,000 people to the Serbian Civil Aviation Directorate, the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure. The petition calls on authorities to keep Wizz Air’s base open.
Elsewhere in the region, Wizz Air is extending operations on its new Bucharest – Dubrovnik service, which was launched just two weeks ago. The seasonal route, originally scheduled to end on September 18, will now operate until October 23. Flights will run twice per week during the extended period, instead of the current three weekly services maintained through September 18. At the same time, the airline is reducing frequencies on its new Budapest – Zadar route. Services, initially planned at four weekly flights until September 19, will be cut to three per week from August 4 and will conclude as originally planned.
During the upcoming winter season, Wizz Air will serve fifteen destinations from Podgorica, compared to 24 this summer, with fourteen routes becoming seasonal. The airline’s winter network from the Montenegrin capital will include Barcelona, Basel, Budapest, Beauvais, Baden Baden, Catania, Cologne, Dortmund, Hamburg, Ljubljana, Maastricht, Malmo, Memmingen, Milan Malpensa and Rome Fiumicino.
Meanwhile, Wizz Air has based its seventh aircraft in Skopje, enabling the launch of two new routes this week, to Palermo and Alghero, as well as frequency increases on several existing services, as previously announced. On the other hand, it will end flights between Bratislava and Ohrid on October 22. The route was initially to operate throughout the winte, Ex Yu Aviation news writes.
