Poprad, March 9 (TASR) – After six years, Poprad-Tatry airport (Presov region) will have direct connection with Bratislava again, airport director Ivana Herkelova told TASR on Monday.

In co-operation with Danube Wings airline, the airport will launch new regular flights as of March 29, when the summer flight schedule will come into effect, meaning there will be five flights from Poprad-Tatry to Bratislava per week, says Herkelova.

In addition to Bratislava, a direct air connection with Bologna – the capital of northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna – will be introduced. Bologna, one of the significant industrial and cultural centres of the country, is an important connector to such cities as Milan, Venice and Rome and is close to summer seaside destinations.

Besides the direct lines, travellers can make use of the Poprad-Basel connection by changing in Bratislava. Basel is an industrial centre, but it also offers a number of attractions such as the Basel carnival – Basler Fasnacht; Art Basel, a fair of temporary art; and the BaselWorld fair of clocks and goldsmithery. Basle Mulhouse Freiburg airport is the only binational airport in the world. Operated by France and Switzerland without any customs or border-related restrictions, the airport is situated in France.

In the summer flight schedule the regular flights of SkyEurope from Poprad to London will continue three times a week – Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Direct connections with other holiday destinations, including Hurghada (Egypt) and Split (Croatia) will be added to traditional charter flights from Poprad to Burgas (Bulgaria). Danube Wings’ planes will fly to Split from June-September directly from Poprad.

Poprad-Tatry airport went through some revamping in 2008, including the construction of a new arrival terminal. The new premises increased the capacity from the original 150 passengers to 250, and they improved the quality of processing passengers.

via tasr