“We saw a significant increase in the passenger traffic on the Romanian market, where we are the biggest airline, even bigger than Tarom,” Jozsef Varadi told ZF.
Wizz Air carried 6.1 million passengers in January-October, 32% more than in the year-ago period. Considering the new capacities allocated, Wizz Air expects growth of 18% of the number of passengers in 2018, the executive added.
Romania is one of the biggest markets for low-cost airline Wizz Air, Varadi says, who sees great development potential for the next five years, too, considering the size of the country and its population.
The company became the Romanian market leader in 2011, when it beat flag carrier Tarom and has been growing year by year. It carried more than 5.5 million people on its Romanian routes last year, up 23% on 2015.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)