Additional seats were loaded for flights ever since Friday (Sept 9) and Wizz Air will bring the first of the five new Airbus A321 aircrafts to join the Romanian fleet starting October 4, 2022. All Wizz Air flights are operated on Airbus A320 aircraft with 180 seats, Airbus A320neo with 186 seats, A321 aircraft with 230 seats and Airbus A321neo aircraft with 239 seats, the airline said in a statement.
As part of this growth strategy, the airline also announced the introduction of three new routes from Bucharest to Athens, Prague and Larnaca and increased flight frequencies on over 30 existing routes, including key destinations such as London, Rome, Milan, Barcelona, Paris, Brussels-Charleroi, Dortmund, Eindhoven, Madrid, and Tel Aviv. Overall, Wizz Air will add 2.6 million extra seats into the Romanian market.
“Wizz Air is excited to make such a significant investment into Bucharest and Romania. We know how important it is for passengers to be able to travel, and we want to ensure that customers have choices to plan their trips. With 13.8 million seats providing new and expanded low fare service to 36 destinations from Romania, as well as our rescue fares for Blue Air customers, Wizz Air reinforces its commitment to the Romanian market, continuing our expansion, and firmly establishing Wizz Air as the market leader. We now offer close to 200 routes from Romania”, said Evelin Jeckel, Acting Network Officer.