BUDGET FLIGHTS TO POLAND SET TO TAKE OFF FROM DONCASTER

LOW-cost flights to Poland are the latest coup for Doncaster's Robin Hood Airport.

Wizz Air - the largest budget airline in central and eastern Europe - will operate three flights a week to Katowice, near Krakow, from September 19.
The new service was unveiled yesterday and has been welcomed by the region's business leaders and growing community of Polish workers.
Robin Hood's managing director David Ryall said owners Peel Airports already had an association with the airline which operates 12 flights a week from Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
He commented: "The region will be actively marketed in Poland and we look forward to welcoming many inbound visitors.
"We are sure that the people of Yorkshire and Humber, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire will want to explore the delights of Poland through Robin Hood Airport from when the flights start in September."
Neville Dearden, chief executive at Doncaster Chamber of Commerce, said research by the chambers had shown the importance of Polish skilled labour to many local firms.
"Around 30,000 Polish workers arrive in the UK each month and the development of this service between Katowice and Robin Hood Airport will make it easier for our businesses to benefit from this skilled labour resource.
"The excellent access between our regions and Poland will inevitably stimulate a sustainable inward tourism opportunity for us which our hotels and attractions will benefit."
Dr Graham White, Sheffield's Polish consul added: "As well as supporting the ever-growing Polish worker community in our region, this announcement carries with it the prospect of increased tourism, better access to higher education and increased trade links."
Meanwhile, Doncaster's first weekly long-haul flights to the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Florida began last Friday.
Holiday operator Thomson expects to carry over 17, 000 customers on the routes this summer as part of their 'Faraway Shores' programme.
Miles Morgan, sales and marketing director for Thomson, said: "We know people prefer to fly from their regional airport, it just makes the holiday much more convenient and hassle-free."
At the end of last month Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield airport celebrated one year in operation, during which more than 840, 000 passengers have travelled through it. It now offers flights to more than 40 destinations across Europe and beyond.

Source: Doncaster Today