July 4 (SeeNews) - Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air said on Wednesday it has opened a hangar in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, the company's first in the Balkans.
The hangar at Sofia Airport will have the capacity to carry out more than 300 line maintenance processes per year, the company said in a statement.
The hangar, which has the option for an additional bay, will ensure line-maintenance of aircraft thus increasing the local maintenance capability for its Airbus A320 aircraft.
"This investment, further strengthens Wizz Air’s commitment to Bulgaria, the city of Sofia and supports the creation of additional local jobs," Andras Rado, Wizz Air's corporate communications manager, said in the statement.
Wizz Air has eight aircraft based in Bulgaria, one in Varna and seven in Sofia. It operates over 45 routes to 20 countries, from Bulgaria.
In the January-May period the company serviced more than 1 million passengers to and from Bulgaria, an increase of more than 28% compared to the same period of the previous year.