Wizz Air Announces 23rd Base

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Wizz Air Holdings PLC

03 December 2015

 

WIZZ AIR ANNOUNCES 23^rd BASE

ONE BASED AIRCRAFT IN IASI, FIVE NEW ROUTES IN JULY

Iasi, 3 December 2015: Wizz Air Holdings plc ('Wizz Air'), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announced that it will open its 23^rd base on 1 July 2016 in Iasi (Romania) with one Airbus A320.

Already served by Wizz Air flights, Iasi will be Wizz Air's sixth Romanian airport with base operations. The aircraft will increase the number of routes served from Iasi to eight and will triple the seat capacity to 265,000 in 2016. The airline hopes this will stimulate the local job market in aviation and tourism sectors as consumers will have access to more low cost routes.

Wizz Air will operate five new routes from its Iasi base to Bologna, Catania, Larnaca, Rome Ciampino and Tel Aviv starting 1 July 2016, all initially operating with two weekly flights except for Iasi-Bologna service that will be operated with three flights per week. Frequencies on its existing popular Iasi services to London Luton and Milan Bergamo will also be increased.

Wizz Air now offers a total of 106 Romanian routes to 16 countries from eight Romanian airports. Seats on the new Iasi routes are already on sale from just RON 129* and can be booked on wizzair.com.

WIZZ AIR'S NEWEST ROUTES FROM IASI:

Destination	Days	Starting date	Fares from*
Bologna	Tue, Thu, Sat	2 July 2016	RON 129
Catania	Wed, Sun	3 July 2016	RON 129
Larnaca	Mon, Fri	1 July 2016	RON 129
Rome Ciampino	Wed, Sun	3 July 2016	RON 129
Tel Aviv	Tue, Sat	2 July 2016	RON 229

*one way including all taxes and non-optional charges

WIZZ AIR'S INCREASED FREQUENCIES FROM IASI:

Destination	Weekly flights	From
London Luton	5 from 2	27 March 2016
Milan Bergamo	3 from 2	1 July 2016

Speaking at a Press Conference in Iasi, György Abrán, Chief Commercial Office of Wizz Air said:

"The first Wizz Air flight took off from Romania in 2007 and over the past 8 years, we have earned the trust and loyalty of our Romanian customers. We have constantly expanded our operations in Romania, developed regional airports, and today's announcement once again underlines our commitment to the country. We put Iasi on the map of aviation a year ago and it will now become the sixth Romanian airport where we establish base operations. The new base will create a number of local jobs with Wizz Air and our local business partners while allowing us to bring more low fare routes to Romania. We look forward to welcoming our Romanian passengers on board, who and whose visitors can now enjoy our friendly services and low fares on 106 routes to 47 exciting WIZZ destinations."

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ABOUT WIZZ AIR

Wizz Air is the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, operates a fleet of 64 Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft and offers more than 390 routes from 22 bases, connecting 116 destinations across 38 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of approximately 2,600 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 16.5 million passengers in the financial year ended 31 March 2015. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ.L and is included in the FTSE 250 and FTSE All-Share Indices.

For more information:
Investors:	Iain Wetherall, Wizz Air:	[phone]
Media:	Doug Oliver, Wizz Air:	[phone]
	Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, FTI Consulting LLP:	[phone]

Notes for Editors:

·      All flights operated on Airbus A320ceo aircraft with 180 seats and Airbus A321ceo aircraft with 230 seats.

·      New Airbus A321ceo deliveries started in November 2015.

·      For free pictures of aircraft, crews and logo library please visit http://wizzair.com/en-GB/press

 

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