WIZZ adds 5th aircraft to Sofia base

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Wizz Air Holdings PLC

19 March 2015

 

WIZZ AIR ADDS 5^th AIRCRAFT TO SOFIA BASE

5 NEW ROUTES AND MORE FLIGHTS ON EXISTING ROUTES

Sofia, 19 March:Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe*, announced today that it will base a 5^th Airbus A320 at its Sofia base. Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, enjoys Wizz Air's low fares since 2005. From 14 September the airline will operate new services from Sofia to Bari, Cologne, Geneva, Naples and Munich Memmingen. The new aircraft will allow Wizz Air to increase the number of weekly flights on the existing routes from Sofia to London Luton, Bologna, Larnaca, Dubai and Malta.

Wizz Air now offers a total of 27 routes to 14 countries from 3 Bulgarian airports.

All flights are already on sale and can be booked on wizzair.com starting from EUR 24.99 (one-way including all taxes and non-optional charges).

WIZZ AIR'S NEWEST ROUTES FROM SOFIA:

New Route	Days	Starting date
Sofia - Bari	Mon; Fri	14 September
Sofia - Cologne	Mon; Fri	14 September
Sofia - Geneva	Mon; Fri	14 September
Sofia - Naples	Wed; Sun	16 September
Sofia - Munich Memmingen	Wed; Sun	16 September

Görgy Abrán, Chief Commercial Officer of Wizz Air, said: "Today's announcement is great news for Bulgaria. By expanding our Sofia fleet, we create more travel options and a greater choice of destinations in Italy, Germany and Switzerland. The new services from Sofia offer a perfect opportunity to visit the Italian beaches or enjoy the beautiful landscape of the Alps in Switzerland and Germany at truly affordable fares combined with an excellent travel experience. This is expected to create more local jobs as well as further stimulate tourism in Bulgaria by attracting more business from these countries."

About Wizz Air

Wizz Air is the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe^*, operates a fleet of 54 Airbus A320 aircraft and offers^** over 360 routes from 20 bases, connecting 109 destinations across 37 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of approximately 2,200 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 15.8 million passengers in 2014.

*Source: Innovata, on the basis of scheduled departing seat capacity for the period 1 April 2014 until 30 Sep 2014, inclusive. Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is a region comprised of Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.

**As at 16 March 2015

***One way price including taxes, non-optional charges and 1 small cabin bag.

For more information:

Daniel de Carvalho; Wizz Air Group; [phone]

Follow us on Twitter: @wizzair

Notes for Editors:

·      All flights operated on Airbus A320 aircraft, with 180 seats.

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

 

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