Poland's Ryanair Sun to rebrand as Buzz in 2H19

Ryanair Sun (RR, Warsaw Chopin) will rebrand as Buzz (RR, Warsaw Chopin) in autumn 2019, the carrier has announced. The airline will remain registered in Poland and continue to operate under the current Polish Air Operator's Certificate (AOC).
The Polish subsidiary of Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int'l) launched in Summer 2018, initially operating exclusively charter flights on behalf of tour operators with one in-house B737-800s and four such aircraft wet-leased from Ryanair.
As of late 2018, Ryanair Sun started taking over the operation on Ryanair's scheduled flights from Poland. It currently has seventeen B737-800s taken over from Ryanair and plans to grow the fleet to twenty-five Boeing narrowbodies before the peak of the summer season. It will deploy the aircraft on both scheduled and charter flights going forward.
In autumn, all aircraft registered in Poland will be repainted into a new livery. The company's registered name will also change "at some point", CEO Michał Kaczmarzyk clarified to ch-aviation.
Buzz (United Kingdom) (UK, London Stansted) was a British LCC set up by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL, Amsterdam Schiphol) in 1999 as a successor to KLM cityhopper UK (UK, Norwich). The airline was subsequently acquired by Ryanair in 2003 but closed as a separate entity after just one-and-a-half years.

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Ryanair outlines Polish charter unit's growth plan

Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int'l) already plans to expand its nascent startup charter service, Ryanair Sun (Warsaw Modlin), with up to 15 aircraft by 2019. The new subsidiary will be based in Poland and is currently working on securing its Air Operator's Certificate (AOC).

The Irish carrier revealed its ambitious plans for the new venture in its annual report released this week.
"This new airline will commence charter flights to/from Poland for the summer 2018 holiday season with an initial fleet of 5 aircraft," CEO Michael O'Leary's report said. "This will significantly boost our presence in Poland where Ryanair is already the No. 1 scheduled airline. We expect Ryanair Sun to become Poland’s No. 1 charter airline as it grows to over 15 dedicated aircraft by summer 2019."
As previously reported, recruitment ads revealed that Ryanair is aiming to provide low cost charter services to Polish tour operators. Other carriers working in this market include Enter Air (E4, Warsaw Chopin), Small Planet Airlines Polska (P7, Warsaw Chopin) and Travel Service Polska (3Z, Warsaw Chopin).