Wizz Air announced new destination from Brussels South Charleroi: Sibiu

WIZZ AIR ANNOUNCED EXPANDING SIBIU’S NETWORK

SECOND BASED AIRCRAFT, FIVE NEW ROUTES,
23 ADDITIONAL FLIGHTS & 8,000 NEW SEATS EVERY WEEK

Wizz Air today announced that it will further expand its Sibiu operations, adding a second Airbus A320 aircraft to its local fleet in June 2018. At the same time WIZZ will launch five long-awaited routes from Sibiu and increase frequencies on four popular services adding a total of 21 incremental flights to its schedule.

Together with the new connections to Copenhagen, Charleroi, Paris Beauvais, Basel and Frankfurt Hahn, starting in June 2018, Sibiu’s low fare network will be expanded to a total of 11 routes to 8 countries. The additional aircraft will also allow WIZZ to increase the frequency of flights on four services from summer 2018: London-Luton route will become daily; Memmingen Munich and Dortmund flights will increase to five, while the connection to Nuremberg will be operated four times per week.

The second Airbus A320, joining Sibiu’s fleet from June 2018, has been previously assigned to Tirgu Mures local operations. The additional aircraft to Sibiu base will further support to consolidate and diversify Transylvania’s network plan for 2018, while Sibiu’s low fare network will be expanded with a total of 21 incremental weekly frequencies, creating new travel opportunities to and from Transylvania.

The increased investment at Sibiu airport will bring Wizz Air’s investment to almost $200 million, and the WIZZ team at Sibiu will increase to more than 70 direct employees, all trained to deliver the highest standards of customer service and aviation safety, ensuring an excellent passenger experience at every stage of the Wizz Air journey.

As the pioneer of lowest-fare air travel, WIZZ network is constantly seeking to create new opportunities for truly affordable air travel between Romania and the rest of Europe, while offering the lowest possible fares for its passengers. Wizz Air’s fast-growing Romanian operation will continue to stimulate the local economy as it has done for the last 10 years, bringing increased employment in Romania’s aviation and tourism sectors and supporting more than 5,700 jobs this year in associated industries throughout the country. In 2018, WIZZ offers in total more than 9.2 million seats on sale from 10 Romanian airports on 142 routes to 20 countries. Already the largest airline in Romania, Wizz Air will have next year 24 aircraft based in Romania, including 7 of the ultra-efficient brand new 230-seat Airbus A321, employing over 850 customer-oriented local crew.

WIZZ AIR’S NEWEST ROUTES FROM SIBIU:

Copenhagen,Denmark on Monday, Wednesday, Friday

Brussels Charleroi, Belgium on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday

Paris Beauvais, France on Monday, Wednesday, Friday

Basel, Switzerland on Thursday, Sunday

Frankfurt Hahn, Germany on Monday, Friday