Wizz Air Announces 2 New Routes From Budapest

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Wizz Air Holdings PLC

31 March 2015

 

WIZZ AIR ANNOUNCES 2 NEW ROUTES

FROM BUDAPEST TO GLASGOW AND BOLOGNA

Budapest, 31 March 2015: Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe*, today announced further growth to its low fare route network from Hungary with 2 new Budapest services to Bologna and Glasgow. Recent media polls showed that Hungarian consumers listed Scotland on top of their wish list for future WIZZ routes. WIZZ flies from 7 UK airports to over 50 destinations and has a large operational base in Budapest since 2006.

The new routes will commence with two weekly flights on 5 and 13 June, respectively.

Seats on Wizz Air's newest Scottish route are already on sale from just GBP 28.49** and can be booked on wizzair.com. **

WIZZ AIR'S NEWEST ROUTES FROM BUDAPEST:

New Destination	Days	Starting date	Fares from**
Bologna	Mon; Fri	5 June	EUR 29,99
Glasgow	Tue; Sat	13 June	GBP 28,49

Wizz Air's Daniel de Carvalho said: "We are thrilled to announce new routes from Hungary to UK and Italy. Budapest is now accessible on our low fares from Glasgow and Bologna and we are confident that our UK and Italian passengers will appreciate visiting this buzzing Central European capital that preserves many valuable monuments and places, offers great shopping opportunities and is renowned for its gastronomic delights. Tickets are already on sale on wizzair.com."

About Wizz Air

Wizz Air is the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe^*, operates a fleet of 55 Airbus A320 aircraft and offers over 360 routes from 20 bases, connecting 110 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. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker: WIZZ

*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.

**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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