Wizz Air to open Vilnius base with 8 new routes

Wizz Air, the largest low fare - low cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe announced today that it would establish its 14th operating base in Vilnius, Lithuania. Initially the airline will deploy one brand new Airbus A320 aircraft, starting from April 16th, 2011.

Concurrently, Wizz Air will launch eight new routes from Vilnius to London-Luton, Doncaster-Sheffield (UK), Cork (Ireland), Eindhoven (Netherlands), Stockholm - Skavsta (Sweden), Milan-Bergamo, Rome-Fiumicino (Italy), and Barcelona (Spain).

New Routes

Frequency

Starting date

London-Luton

5x/week

April 17th, 2011

Cork

2x/week

April 16th, 2011

Eindhoven

2x/week

April 18th, 2011

Stockholm-Skavsta

3x/week

April 16th, 2011

Milan-Bergamo

2x/week

April 17th, 2011

Rome-Fiumicino

3x/week

April 16th, 2011

Barcelona

2x/week

April 18th, 2011

Doncaster-Sheffield

2x/week

April 17th, 2011

All the new flights are on sale at wizzair.com. Fares are starting from as low as EUR 14.99 (approximately LTL 53), one way, all inclusive.

Jozsef Varadi, Chief Executive Officer of Wizz Air said: “We are extremely delighted to reach our next expansion milestone. The opening of the Vilnius base will allow many people to enjoy our truly low fares coupled with excellent Wizz travel experience. Beyond further enhancing the travel opportunities in the Lithuanian market, we will create hundreds of local jobs and significant revenue uplift for the local tourism industry.”

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Wizz Air carried 9.3 million passengers in the last 12 months. The airline's fleet currently consists of 34 Airbus A320 aircraft operating from 12 bases: 5 in Poland, 1 in Hungary, 1 in Bulgaria, 3 in Romania, 1 in Ukraine and 1 in Czech Republic. The 13th base in Serbia will commence in April 2011.

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