March 27 (SeeNews) - Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air said on Monday it has launched three new routes from Romania's Cluj-Napoca - to Malta, Larnaca and Stockholm.
Malta and Stockholm routes will be operated twice a week, while the route to Larnaca will be serviced three times a week, the airline said in a statement.
Currently, Wizz Air flies from Romania's northwestern city of Cluj-Napoca to 35 destinations in 17 countries with 6 Airbus A320 aircraft.
”As the hometown airline of Cluj-Napoca, Wizz Air is always looking to expand its network and provide truly affordable travel opportunities always paired with excellent on-board service to even more customers," the company's communications manager Sorina Ratz said.
In 2016, over 1.3 million passengers have traveled with Wizz Air to and from Cluj-Napoca, supporting over 1,000 local jobs in aviation and tourism industry. Since 2007, when the first Wizz Air flight took off from Cluj-Napoca, the airline has carried over 7 million passengers to and from the city.
In mid-February, Wizz Air said it will increase the frequency of routes from the Romanian cities of Suceava, Constanta and Iasi to London starting June 18.
Wizz Air carried some 5.5 million passengers to and from Romania in 2016, up 23% on the year.
For this year, the airline has already announced the addition of new aircraft bases in Cluj-Napoca and Craiova and the initiation of 15 new routes to and from Romania.
In 2016, Wizz Air opened two new bases, in Iasi and Sibiu, and added a new aircraft to its fleet in Bucharest, expanding its fleet in the Romanian capital to nine aircraft.
Wizz Air has over 750 employees in Romania and a fleet of 20 aircraft, including five new 230-seat Airbus A321. The company has been present in Romania since 2007 and is currently offering 133 routes to 54 destinations from 10 Romanian airports.
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