WizzAir UK today announced that it will open a new base at Cardiff,Wales.
Cardiff will be the airline’s fourth base along with London Luton, London Gatwick and Doncaster Sheffield. The airline will allocate one Airbus A321 at the airport for now.
The airline will launch 9 routes from the new base. According to Wizz, the new routes from Cardiff will enable passengers to take in plenty of sun across Europe and North Africa. There will be a considerable overhaul at Cardiff airport and the surrounding region as there will be 40 direct jobs and 250 indirect jobs created.
The schedule for the new routes is as follows:
- Tenerife,Spain
- From 26th March,2021
- Mondays , Wednesdays and Fridays
- Corfu,Greece
- From 29th March,2021
- Tuesdays and Saturdays
- Summer only
- Alicante,Spain
- From 28th March,2021
- Thursdays and Sundays
- Sharm El Sheikh,Egypt
- From 1st November,2021
- Thursdays and Sundays
- Winter only
- Palma De Mallorca,Spain
- From 28th March,2021
- Thursdays and Sundays
- Summer only
- Heraklion,Greece
- From 26th March,2021
- Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
- Summer only
- Faro,Portugal
- From 28th March,2021
- Thursdays and Sundays (Summer)
- Tuesdays and Saturdays (Winter)
- Lanzarote,Spain
- From 1st October,2021
- Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
- Winter only
- Larnaca,Cyprus
- From 27th March,2021
- Thursdays and Sundays (Summer)
- Tuesdays and Saturdays (Winter)
“The creation of our fourth UK base at Cardiff Airport reflects Wizz Air’s continued commitment to serving the UK market and generating economic growth, as we create local jobs, stimulate the tourism and hospitality industries and deliver on our promise of providing affordable, direct flights to exciting holiday destinations”, said Owain Jones, WizzAir UK managing director.
“Today’s expansion into Wales brings increased connectivity to the region, so passengers can take advantage of Wizz Air’s ultra-low fares to travel to their favourite sunny holiday spots on-board our young and green aircraft fleet. With the launch of 47 new routes from the UK this year alone, we’re making sure that passengers can make up for lost time in creating amazing travel memories.”, he added.
All in all, the Cardiff base shows WizzAir’s plan of not slowing down with its expansion plans. Also just recently, WizzAir launched a new subsidiary called ‘WizzAir Abu Dhabi’ and expanding its global presence.
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