New flights set to commence to Poprad-Tatry

Slovakian airline Danube Wings will launch new flights to Poprad-Tatry Luton Airport, Manchester and Dublin next month.

From December 6th, the carrier will accommodate winter holidaymakers and skiers heading to the Tatry Mountains, an area fast becoming popular among ski enthusiasts.

Poprad-Tatry International Airport is just 15 minutes' drive from the mountains and 50 minutes from Jasna, Slovakia's largest ski resort.

This season, Jasna is home to the new, eight passenger Grand Brhliska gondola lift, which rises from the nearby Grand Hotel Jasna for 320 vertical metres.

With its capacity of 2,400 skiers per hour, the new lift can accommodate double the amount of passengers that the old lift could manage. It is also 320m longer.

While remaining relatively unknown to British skiers, Slovakia has long been popular with winter sport enthusiasts in Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland.

Poprad-Traty International Airport is the highest in central Europe for short and medium-haul flights, located 718m above sea level.

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