Wizz Air Romania launches new routes, adds new plane to local fleet

Newsroom 27/03/2014 | 18:36

Starting mid-June, Wizz Air will operate flights from Bucharest to Doncaster Sheffield, Malmo, Malaga and Malta and from Cluj-Napoca to Basel Mulhouse. Fares start at RON 129 (approximately EUR 29).

The new routes are available after the airline added a new plane, an Airbus A320, to its local fleet which now comprises eight aircrafts. The new aircraft will also enable the company to increase the frequency of flights on several routes such as Bucharest-Dortmund, Bucharest-Tel Aviv and Cluj-Napoca – London. Overall, the company has launched 24 new routes since January 2013.

Wizz Air transported 3.2 million passengers to and from Romania last year, which is a 15 percent increase on the previous year.

Evolution of number of passengers in Romania (mln)

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2012

0.35 0.88 1.6 2.16 2.73 2.77 3.18

Wizz Air has five operational bases in Romania out of a total of 17 in the entire CEE region. The company reported a total of 13.5 million passengers last year. It operates 300 routes on 96 destinations in 35 countries with a total fleet of 46 planes.