Wizz Air, celebrated today the deployment of the second aircraft at Craiova base. The modern 180-seater Airbus A320 aircraft will support operations on five new routes commencing in March from Craiova to Paris, Venice Treviso, Cologne, Madrid and Liverpool. Passengers planning their holidays or weekend getaways to any of these popular destinations can book their tickets on wizzair.com from only RON 69*.

The new aircraft represents an investment of further $ 99 million** by WIZZ in Romania, and will create 36 additional direct jobs with Wizz Air in Craiova. The new routes, long-awaited by Craiova travelers, to Paris, Venice, Koln, Madrid, each with two weekly services and to Liverpool, with three weekly services, are all commencing this month. Wizz Air currently offers 10 destinations to 5 countries has nearly 485,000 seats are on sale on Craiova routes in 2017.

In 2016, more than 220,000 passengers have enjoyed WIZZ’s low fares, easy booking system and excellent on-board service, to and from Craiova, supporting over 160 local jobs*** in aviation and tourism industry.

Over the past four years, since WIZZ started to operate from Craiova, the airline has continuously invested in its ever-growing network, bringing more travel opportunities and providing the lowest fares possible for its customers. The first WIZZ flight took off from Craiova to London Luton in 2013 and just after a year of successful operations, Wizz Air based one of its new Airbus A320 at Craiova Airport.

Already the largest airline in Romania, Wizz Air is offering now 133 routes to 20 countries across Europe from 10 Romanian airports. For 2017, 14 new routes to nine countries have already been announced in Romania, such as the popular destinations of Venice Treviso, Bologna and Rome Ciampino from Suceava and Malta, Larnaca from Cluj-Napoca. Over 750 Wizz Air colleagues currently work in Romania, looking forward to welcoming many passengers on board of one of the 21 aircraft, including 5 of the ultra-efficient brand new 230-seater Airbus A321.

Speaking at a press conference in Craiova, Sorina Ratz, Communications Manager at Wizz Air, said:”Today we are celebrating the arrival of the second WIZZ aircraft at Craiova Airport and the launch of five long-awaited services to Paris, Madrid, Venice, Cologne and Liverpool in March. As Romania’s largest airline, we continue expanding our ever-growing network, bringing truly affordable opportunities for our Romanian passengers and creating more local jobs. WIZZ remains committed to the country and we look forward to bringing more positive news in the future.Our local and dedicated crew is looking forward to welcoming on board all passengers planning to visit any of 10 popular destinations available on WIZZ’s low-fares from Craiova!”