Wizz Air establishes new base in Romania
16 January 2007
Wizz Air – the low cost airline, will establish its sixth operational base, at Bucharest Baneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport in May 2007. This decision was supported by both the magnitude of the operations launched on 15th January 2007 and the ambitious future plans.
“We are very pleased to welcome Romania in the EU. Among other important benefits, it frees the country of the regulatory burdens that protected the monopoly of high fare airlines. The ‘Open Skies’ enables us to launch today 7 new flights to 5 EU countries giving all Romanians easy access to fly safely, comfortably and most importantly at really low fares. 2007 will be a very busy year for us. We will soon open a base in Baneasa and we expect to carry close to 500 000 passengers on our Romanian routes within a year from today. By summer 2008, Wizz Air will become the largest low cost airline in Romania.” stated József Váradi, Chief Executive Officer of Wizz Air.
The operational base will accommodate one brand new Airbus A320 aircraft, with 180 comfortable leather seats on board. Wizz Air will employ local pilots and cabin attendants for which the recruitment is ongoing. The airline has already established operational bases in Katowice, Warsaw, Gdansk, Budapest and Sofia.
To celebrate the big launch Wizz Air gave away 700 free tickets yesterday on the George Enescu Square in Bucharest. The celebration continues this week-end in Târgu Mures with 300 more free tickets to be distributed.
