February 16 (SeeNews) - Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air said on Thursday it will increase the frequency of flights from the Romanian cities of Suceava, Constanta and Iasi to London starting June 18.
"Frequencies on some of WIZZ’s most popular routes will also increase with the arrival of the new aircraft: Suceava will run five times per week, Constanta four times per week and Iasi flights will operate daily," Wizz Air said in a press release.
The carrier said it will open its 28th base on June 18 at London Luton Airport in the United Kingdom with one new Airbus A320 aircraft.
Wizz Air carried some 5.5 million passengers to and from Romania in 2016, up 23% on the year.
For this year, the operator 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.
The company carried over 23 million passengers globally last year, up by 21% as compared with 2015.
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