Historic Number of Scheduled Routes from Bratislava in Winter: 53 scheduled routes to 43 destinations in 27 countries
Bratislava Airport is set to offer the largest winter network in its history during the 2026/27 season, with 53 scheduled routes connecting the Slovak capital with 43 destinations across 27 countries. This represents five more routes than last winter’s previous record. For the first time, Bratislava will have scheduled direct services to Azerbaijan and Sarajevo, while six brand-new routes will be added to the airport’s winter network.
SIX NEW SCHEDULED ROUTES
The 2026/27 winter schedule will see the launch of six new scheduled routes from Bratislava, including new connectivity to Morocco, which will be served by two carriers.
Ryanair will launch new routes from Bratislava to Agadir, Morocco, and Turin, Italy, while Wizz Air will introduce four new routes to Agadir; Baku, Azerbaijan; Hurghada, Egypt; and Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The new Baku route will establish the first-ever scheduled air link between Slovakia and Azerbaijan. Sarajevo will also be served by a scheduled direct route from Bratislava for the first time.
TWO AIRLINES TO SERVE 13 CITIES
A total of 53 scheduled routes will connect Bratislava with 41 cities across Europe, Asia and Africa during the 2026/27 winter season.
Twelve cities – Agadir, Alicante, Athens, Barcelona, Hurghada, Lamezia Terme, Naples, Palermo, Malaga, Tirana, London, Rome and Warsaw – will be served by two carriers.
For London, Rome and Warsaw, the two airlines will operate to different airports. Wizz Air will serve London Luton, Rome Fiumicino and Warsaw Chopin, while Ryanair will operate to London Stansted, Rome Ciampino and Warsaw Modlin.
This brings the total scheduled network from Bratislava to 53 routes serving 43 destinations in 41 cities.
SCHEDULED DIRECT CONNECTIONS TO 27 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING DOMESTIC SERVICE
During the winter season, scheduled direct flights from Bratislava will operate to 26 international markets: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Egypt, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Malta, Moldova, Morocco, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United Kingdom.
Domestic connectivity will be provided by the Bratislava–Košice route, bringing the total number of countries connected to Bratislava by scheduled services to 27, including Slovakia.
LONDON, KOŠICE, ROME, BARCELONA AND WARSAW TO HAVE THE HIGHEST FLIGHT FREQUENCIES
FOUR AIRLINES TO OPERATE 53 SCHEDULED ROUTES
Four carriers will operate scheduled services from Bratislava during the 2026/27 winter season: Wizz Air, Ryanair, Pegasus Airlines and Air Cairo.
Wizz Air will operate the largest number of routes, with 27 scheduled connections, while Ryanair will operate 24 routes. Pegasus Airlines will operate the Bratislava–Istanbul route, while Air Cairo will operate scheduled flights to Hurghada.
In total, 53 scheduled routes will operate from Bratislava during the 2026/27 winter season, four more than last winter’s previous record of 49.
AFRICA TO DOMINATE WINTER CHARTER OPERATIONS
Africa will account for a significant share of charter operations from Bratislava this winter, with tour operators scheduling holiday flights to five African countries.
For the first time in the airport’s history, the charter programme will include Kenya, with flights to Mombasa commencing in February 2027.
Dakar, Senegal, will return to the charter schedule, with direct flights from Bratislava operating in October and November. Charter flights will also operate to Zanzibar, Tanzania, and the Egyptian Red Sea destinations of Hurghada and Marsa Alam.
The Middle East charter programme will include direct flights to Salalah, Oman.
The winter season will also see TUI Airways commence operations at Bratislava Airport. From mid-December, the carrier will operate charter flights from Bratislava to La Romana in the Dominican Republic and Phu Quoc in Vietnam.
TUI Airways will deploy a 305-seat Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, featuring Business Class, on both routes.
The winter charter programme will also include flights from Athens and Thessaloniki, bringing Greek students to Bratislava for educational and sightseeing stays.
EIGHT RYANAIR AND WIZZ AIR AIRCRAFT TO BE BASED IN BRATISLAVA
At the start of the winter schedule, Ryanair will add a fourth Boeing 737-800 to its Bratislava base.
Wizz Air also bases four Airbus A321neo aircraft at Bratislava Airport, bringing the combined number of locally based aircraft operated by the two low-cost carriers to eight.
These aircraft will start their daily rotations from Bratislava, including early-morning departures.
The 2026/27 winter flight schedule will take effect on Sunday, 25 October 2026 and remain in place until 27 March 2027.
BRATISLAVA AIRPORT WINTER SCHEDULE 2026/27
Valid from 25 October 2026 to 27 March 2027
Scheduled destinations – Winter 2026/27
Pegasus Airlines: Istanbul
Air Cairo: Hurghada
Ryanair: Agadir, Alicante, Athens, Barcelona, Bari, Milan Malpensa, Rome Ciampino, Brussels Charleroi, Dublin, Eindhoven, Lanzarote, Manchester, Malaga, Malta, Naples, Paphos, Palermo, Thessaloniki, Lamezia Terme, London Stansted, Tirana, Turin, Trapani, Warsaw Modlin
Wizz Air: Agadir, Alicante, Athens, Baku, Barcelona, Basel, Berlin, Hurghada, Yerevan, Chisinau, Košice, Kutaisi, Lamezia Terme, Larnaca, London Luton, Malaga, Naples, Oslo, Palermo, Pristina, Rome Fiumicino, Sarajevo, Skopje, Tel Aviv, Tirana, Tuzla, Warsaw Chopin, Varna
Charter destinations – Winter 2026/27
|
Destination |
Airline |
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La Romana, Dominican Republic |
TUI Airways |
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Phu Quoc, Vietnam |
TUI Airways |
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Mombasa, Kenya |
Electra Airways (Air 001) |
|
Zanzibar, Tanzania |
Smartwings, Electra Airways |
|
Dakar, Senegal |
Smartwings |
|
Salalah, Oman |
Smartwings |
|
Hurghada, Egypt |
Electra Airways, Skyline Express, Nile Air |
|
Marsa Alam, Egypt |
Electra Airways, Skyline Express |
|
Athens, Greece |
Ryanair Sun |
|
Thessaloniki, Greece |
Ryanair Sun, Aegean |
The full 2026/27 winter flight schedule is available on the Bratislava Airport website.
