Wizz Air, the leading low-cost carrier in Central and Eastern Europe and Europe’s greenest airline* announced today expansion of its operations in Saint Petersburg. Just a month ago the airline has announced a new base in Saint Petersburg starting from September 2020 and today Wizz Air announces the second Airbus A320 aircraft for that base, which will join the fleet in December 2020. Together with expanding its fleet, Wizz Air will launch 5 new routes from Saint Petersburg to Italy: Bergamo, Venice, Bologna, Turin and Catania. Tickets for all new routes can already be booked on wizzair.com or on the airline’s app from as low as EUR 19.99 **.
First Wizz Air flight took off from Saint Petersburg in 2017 and to date WIZZ has carried over 250,000 passengers on its Saint Petersburg routes. With the experience of providing low fare and high quality services in the past years in Russia, the airline is confident that with the establishment of its first Russian base in Saint Petersburg with 2 aircraft, it will bring even more exciting opportunities for affordable travel, as well as continues to further stimulate Russia’s tourism and hospitality industries. From December 2020 Wizz Air will have 2 based aircraft in Saint Petersburg, employing more than 70 customer-oriented crew, who deliver excellent service on each WIZZ flight, and support 750 jobs in associated industries***. Together with announced today new routes Wizz Air offers 16 routes to 13 countries from Saint Petersburg.
Wizz Air is an investment grade credit rated airline, with a fleet of an average age of 5.4 years comprising of the currently available most efficient and sustainable Airbus A320 and Airbus A320neo family single aisle aircraft. Wizz Air’s carbon-dioxide emissions were the lowest among European airlines in FY2019 (57.2 gr/km/passenger). Wizz Air has the largest order book of 267aircraft of the state-of-the-art Airbus A320neo family which will enable the airline to further reduce its environmental footprint by 30% for every passenger until 2030.
Today’s announcement comes as the new era of sanitized travel begins at Wizz Air. The airline recently announced a range of enhanced hygiene measures, to ensure the health and safety of its customers and crew. As part of these new protocols, throughout the flight, both cabin crew and passengers are required to wear facemasks, with cabin crew also required to wear gloves. Wizz Air’s aircraft are regularly put through an industry-leading fogging process with an antiviral solution and, following WIZZ’s stringent daily cleaning schedule, all of the airline’s aircraft are further disinfected overnight with the same antiviral solution. Onboard magazines have been removed from the aircraft, and any onboard purchases are encouraged to be made by contactless payment. Passengers are requested to follow physical distancing measures introduced by the local health authorities and are encouraged to make all purchases prior to the flight online (e.g. checked in luggage, WIZZ Priority, fast security track), to minimize any possible physical contact at the airport. Click here to view Wizz Air’s new health and safety video, for more information.
By adding WIZZ Flex to a booking, passengers can rest assured that if circumstances change, or they simply wish to travel on a different date, or to a different destination, they can rebook on any WIZZ flight of their choice. Providing that extra layer of protection for passenger bookings, is a peace of mind during these uncertain times.
George Michalopoulos, Chief Commercial Officer at Wizz Air, said: “Just one month after announcing our first Russian base, today we are delighted to announce further expansion of our local network by adding the second Airbus A320 aircraft to base in Saint Petersburg from December 2020. We remain committed to Russia and to providing exciting new travel opportunities to the most attractive destinations across Europe. With this announcement we are adding five new, exciting routes from Saint Petersburg to Bergamo, Venice, Bologna, Turin and Catania in Italy, while keeping ourselves to the highest standards of our sanitizing protocols. We are confident that Wizz Air’s ultra-low fares will make travel affordable to ever more passengers.”
Leonid Sergeev, CEO of Northern Capital Gateway, the operator of Pulkovo Airport, said: “We are happy that Wizz Air strengthens its positions in St. Petersburg. The airline will add 5 new cities to the route network from Pulkovo. This will undoubtedly make travel from St. Petersburg even more affordable and comfortable. All of the announced Italian cities will be new for the schedule of Pulkovo Airport.”
WIZZ AIR’S NEWEST ROUTES FROM SAINT PETERSBURG:
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DESTINATION
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DAYS
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STARTS
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FARES FROM**
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Bergamo
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Daily
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14 December 2020
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EUR 24.99
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Venice
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Monday, Wednesday, Friday
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14 December 2020
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EUR 24.99
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Bologna
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Thursday, Sunday
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17 December 2020
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EUR 24.99
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Catania
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Tuesday, Saturday
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30 March 2021
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EUR 24.99
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Turin
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Saturday
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19 December 2020
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EUR 19.99
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* Wizz Air’s carbon-dioxide emissions were the lowest among European airlines in FY2019 (57.2 gr/km/passenger)
** One-way price, including administration fee. One carry-on bag (max: 40x30x20cm) is included. Trolley bag and each piece of checked-in baggage is subject to additional fees. The price applies only to bookings made on wizzair.com and the WIZZ mobile app. Number of seats at indicated prices are limited.
*** ACI suggests creation of 750 on-site jobs for every 1 million carried passengers per year
