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NOV 14, 2003 (newstodate)Slovak budget airline, SkyEurope Airlines inaugurates its Budapest-London low-fare route today, albeit with some bureaucracy snag..
The airline has been forced by authorities to add a 20 minutes stopover at Bratislava airport rather than fly the route nonstop directly.
-We are dissapointed at some of the anti-competitive and anti-consumer obstructions, but we will open our services on time. Our aim is to offer revolutionary low fares out of Budapest and we will start as planned from Friday 14 November 2003, says Christian Mandl, SkyEurope Airlines CEO
The airline has been forced by authorities to add a 20 minutes stopover at Bratislava airport rather than fly the route nonstop directly.
-We are dissapointed at some of the anti-competitive and anti-consumer obstructions, but we will open our services on time. Our aim is to offer revolutionary low fares out of Budapest and we will start as planned from Friday 14 November 2003, says Christian Mandl, SkyEurope Airlines CEO