Cheap flights from Krakow to Kosice

February is the cheapest month on this route, and it is also the quietest: once the New Year rush is over, winter fares settle down. Prices are shown on this page for September through February, so if your dates are flexible, look at the tail end of that window first. Midweek departures are usually calmer and cheaper than Friday or Sunday, when people fly home for the weekend. The weeks around Christmas and New Year are the exception — connecting seats fill up early and the low fare buckets go first. In winter, book a few weeks ahead; in autumn, a shorter lead time is often enough.

There is no low-cost carrier on this pair. The airlines flying it are network carriers, so your ticket is a connecting one sold through a hub. LOT Polish Airlines and Lufthansa are the names you will see most often, with Austrian, Swiss and Lufthansa Cityline covering the same kind of routing through Vienna, Zurich or Munich. Air Baltic, Air Dolomiti, Scandinavian Airlines, Helvetic Airways and Cityjet tend to appear on individual legs rather than the whole trip. Because these are full-service fares rather than budget ones, the fare family you choose decides what is included, and baggage is the part worth reading about before you pay.

Kosice has one airport, Barca, and it is your only arrival point on this route. It sits close to the city rather than out in the countryside, so the transfer into the centre is short — a taxi or a local bus rather than a long coach ride. Ground transport thins out late in the evening, so if you are booking a connection that lands at night, sort out how you get to your accommodation before you fly. Coming from Krakow you will leave from Balice, the city's single airport, so there is no second departure point to mix up. Keep your onward plans flexible if your layover is tight, since a delay on the first leg eats into the second.

Currency

EUR (€)

Power sockets

Type C, E · 230 V

Language

Slovak

Emergency number

112, 150, 155

Driving side

right

Calling code

+421

Internet domain

.sk

EU / Schengen

EU member, Schengen area

Population of Kosice

222 k (2025)

Time zone

UTC+01 (Europe/Bratislava)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Check that your ticket leaves from Balice, Krakow's only airport, so there is no second departure point to confuse.
• Every option here is a connection, so look at the layover length and the airport where you change before you choose.
• If the legs are sold as separate tickets, you carry the risk of a missed connection, so prefer one ticket for the whole trip.
• Read the fare rules for checked baggage, because what is included changes with the fare family you pick.
• Carry a valid passport or ID card for Slovakia and check the entry rules for your nationality before you fly.
• February is the cheapest month in the price calendar, so compare it against your own dates before you commit.