Wizz Air will operate direct flights from Budapest to Brasov, Brussels, Bucharest, Yerevan, Stuttgart, and Valencia, the airline announced on Wednesday.
Flights to the new destinations will start in June and
there will also be more frequent flights to Alicante, Athens, Basel, Glasgow, Madrid, Malta, Milan, Naples, Nice, Rome, Thessaloniki, Tirana, and Paris.
Wizz Air will also operate special flights to the European Football Championship matches in Germany from Budapest and Debrecen, the low-cost airline revealed.
According to the airline’s press release, the new flights will increase their passenger capacity in Hungary to 6.67 million, exceeding last year’s capacity by 15 percent. Two new aircraft will be added to the Budapest base, bringing the capital’s fleet to 16. In addition, one aircraft will be operated in Debrecen. The airline currently operates a fleet of 201 Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft, with an average fleet age of 4.2 years.
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According to a previous announcement, the company set a record with more than 60.3 million passengers in 2023, surpassing the 2022 passenger traffic by almost 32 percent. In Hungary, they closed with 5.2 million passengers and 29 percent growth. Last year, Wizz Air launched almost 100 new flights, added 32 new aircraft to its fleet and flew a total of 263 million kilometers. Revenue rose by 134 percent to EUR 3.896 billion in their financial year ending March 31, 2023, while passenger traffic increased by 88 percent to 51.072 million.
Via MTI, Featured image: Facebook/Wizz Air
