Cluj-Napoca, 22 July 2016: Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe and Romania’s largest airline, welcomed today the fifth Airbus A320 at its Cluj-Napoca base. This aircraft will support operations on the recently launched services to Doncaster Sheffield, Billund, Alicante as well as the domestic route to Bucharest which starts a new era in domestic Romanian air travel.
The new aircraft represents an investment of further € 98 million*** by WIZZ in Romania and the total number of WIZZ staff in Cluj-Napoca will reach 179. Moreover, Wizz Air’s activity in Romania will support more than 3.300 jobs in complementary fields this year. Wizz Air operates on 28 routes to 13 countries in Cluj-Napoca.
WIZZ’s first flight from Cluj-Napoca took off in November 2007 and since then Wizz Air has continuously increased its network of low-fare routes for its Transylvanian customers. Already the largest airline in Romania, Wizz Air offers a total of 28 low-fare routes to 13 countries from Cluj-Napoca, with fares on many routes starting at RON 39*, providing affordable access between Transylvania and the rest of Europe for both business and leisure travelers. All 179 Wizz Air colleagues in Cluj-Napoca look forward to welcoming ever more passengers on board WIZZ’s Cluj-Napoca flights, which this year will support more than 840** jobs in associated industries throughout the region***.
Tickets on all routes are on sale on wizzair.com starting at only RON 39*.
DOMESTIC WIZZ ROUTE CLUJ-NAPOCA – BUCHAREST
Days | Schedule | Starts | Fares from* |
6 flights per week on:
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun | 20:35 CLJ 21:55 OTP | 22 July | RON 39 |
10 flights per week:
Daily with 2 flights on Mon, Wed, Fri | 8:10 and 19:30 CLJ
6:45 and 21:00 OTP | 31 October |
NEWEST INTERNATIONAL WIZZ ROUTES FROM CLUJ-NAPOCA
Destinations | Days | Starts | Fares from* |
Alicante | Wednesday Sunday | 24 July | RON 179 |
Billund (Denmark) | Tuesday Saturday | 23 July | RON 109 |
Doncaster Sheffield | Monday Friday | 22 July | RON 129 |
Speaking at a press conference in Cluj-Napoca, Tamara Vallois, Head of Communications at Wizz Air, said: ”We are delighted to be celebrating this remarkable milestone with Cluj Airport today. As Romania’s largest airline, we are committed to the country by stimulating tourism and hospitality sectors as well as developing our low-fare network not only in the capital but in the regions as well. We are thrilled to be growing our young fleet to five aircraft in Cluj-Napoca today, which means more jobs at the base and in supporting industries and more low-fare routes for our customers. The three international destinations that we have added to our network are a perfect combination of a summer sun holiday in Alicante, a family vacation in Billund and a city break in Doncaster Sheffield. Today also marks a new era in domestic Romanian air travel with our first domestic route connecting Cluj-Napoca with Bucharest, at our low fares of only RON 39* and a convenient schedule we look forward to providing our customers with the best choice to commute within Romania. Our professional crew looks forward to greeting many happy passengers on board of our five Cluj-Napoca aircraft.”
* one way including all taxes and non-optional charges
** ACI suggests creation of 750 on-site jobs for every 1 million carried passengers per year
*** http://www.airbus.com/presscentre/pressreleases/press-release-detail/detail/new-airbus-aircraft-list-prices-for-2016/
