Hungarian airline Wizz Air will fly between Bratislava and Košice

Hungarian airline Wizz Air won the tender for subsidized flights between Bratislava and Košice, announced Transport Minister Jozef Ráž. The state subsidy will be €5.2m annually, down from the original estimate of €9m. Daily flights should start in November. One-way tickets will cost €20–75, with return fares starting at €40. (openiazoch.sk) The opposition PS party condemned the government's decision to subsidize air transport, saying it would rather allocate the funds to improve rail services.

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