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WIZZ AIR POSTS RECORD BG GROWTH |
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Monday, 01 February 2010 |
Low-cost carrier Wizz Air announced yesterday that it carried more than 590,000 passengers to and fro Bulgaria last year - a staggering 76% rise from 2008.
The airline, which operates 22 Airbus A320s from ten bases spread across mainland Europe, will launch four new routes from the capital Sofia to Madrid, Paris, Frankfurt and Bologna in 2010. The flights will be serviced three times weekly, starting from May 22nd. In addition, Wizz Air plans to add one more flight to its schedule from Sofia to Eindhoven and Valencia, which will be serviced three and four times a week respectively.
It is also considering the possibility of launching flights to Bratislava, which would provide a an alternative to passengers affected by the suspension of SkyEurope's operations at the end of last year.
Wizz Air currently holds 11% of the Bulgarian market, preceded only by the national carrier, Bulgaria Air. The company plans to service a total of 10 million passengers across Europe in 2010, compared with 7.8 million in 2009, which marked a 33% rise over 2008. |
