EILAT IN THE WIZZ NETWORK
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, 2016-Sep-30 — /Travel PR News/ — Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announced two new routes from Warsaw to Eilat in Israel and Billund in Denmark. The newest WIZZ services will commence in December 2016 and March 2017, respectively, both with two weekly flights. Seats on the new routes are already on sale and can be booked on wizzair.com from EUR 19.99 / PLN 89 *.
Eilat is Israel’s southernmost city, a busy port and popular resort at the northern tip of the Red Sea ideal for a winter sun getaway. The city’s beaches, nightlife and desert landscapes make it a popular destination for international tourism all year round. With today’s announcement, Eilat is becoming the 129th airport in the WIZZ network.
Billund, the gateway to West Denmark, is also the home of the Lego Group its theme park, Legoland. Since 2009 the town is also the home of Lalandia Billund, a waterpark and activity center. The city is a popular destination for families with children. With direct flights from Gdansk and Warsaw to Billund WIZZ is currently the only airline connecting Poland with West Denmark.
Since its first flight in 2004, Wizz Air has constantly expanded its low fare Warsaw network, which now consists of 41 routes to 21 countries. In 2015, Wizz Air carried more than 1,5 million passengers on its low-fare Warsaw routes, supporting over 1000** local jobs.
The airline has now over 200 customer-oriented crew and six aircraft –including two Airbus A321ceos- based at Warsaw Chopin Airport and the third A321ceo to join the Warsaw WIZZ fleet in March 2017. With 230 seats on board, the Airbus A321ceo is the most efficient single-aisle passenger aircraft. The aircraft’s superior operating economics mean that WIZZ offers more seats to more destinations at WIZZ’s lowest fares at the same time as delivering the lowest emissions and noise footprint in its class. In 2016 WIZZ has launched new services from Warsaw to such popular leisure destinations as Porto in Portugal, Reykjavik in Iceland and Naples in Italy.
With its newest Warsaw routes, Wizz Air now offers 139 routes to 59 destinations from its eight Polish airports.
WIZZ AIR’S NEWEST ROUTES FROM WARSAW
|
Destination |
Days |
Starting date |
Fares from* |
| Eilat |
Tuesday, Saturday |
10 December 2016 |
EUR 39.99 / PLN 169 |
| Billund |
Monday, Friday |
27 March 2017 |
EUR 19.99 / PLN 89 |
Speaking at a press conference in Warsaw today, George Michalopoulos, Chief Commercial Officer of Wizz Air,said: “2016 is the year of memorable milestones in terms of our Warsaw operations. We based a 6th aircraft at Warsaw Chopin Airport creating some 40 direct jobs with the airline, deployed two state-of-the-art Airbus A321ceos serving our most popular routes and launched several new low-fare services to popular leisure destinations. Today we bring more great news to our Polish customers as we add two new routes to our Warsaw network, connecting the Polish capital with South-Israel and Denmark. We stay committed to Poland and will keep on expanding our ever growing network with more attractive services to best meet the needs of our Polish customers.”
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SOURCE: Wizz Air Hungary Ltd.