Wednesday, August 11 2021 18:48

ArmInfo.Hungarian WizzAir low-cost airline plans to expand its aircraft fleet at Vilnius  airport, as well as start operating flights from Vilnius to Icelandic  capital Reykjavik and to the capital of Armenia Yerevan.

According to President of Wizz Air, Robert Carey, new flights will  open from December. The aircrafts of the airline will fly to the  capitals of Armenia and Iceland twice a week.

In 2020, it was reported that from June 1, the Hungarian Wizz Air  low-cost airline will start operating flights from Armenia to Cyprus.  According to the press service of the RA Civil Aviation Committee,  flights in the direction of Yerevan - Larnaca were planned to be  carried out twice a week. Earlier, Arminfo, referring to  Corporate  Communications Manage of Wizz Air Andras Rado, reported that from  April 2020 the airline will enter the Armenian market of passenger  transportation. He said that the company at the initial stage  launches two directions: Vienna - Yerevan- Vienna and Vilnius -  Yerevan - Vilnius. In particular, regular flights to Vienna start  from April 3 (Mondays and Fridays) and Vilnius- from April 5  (Wednesdays and Saturdays). The minimum cost of a one-way ticket is  EUR 24.99 (including hand luggage). According to him, the company  will further expand the geography of air flights from Yerevan  Zvartnots airport.

Wizz Air was established in September 2003. The main investor was the  American Indigo Partners private company, which specializes in  investments in transport. The first flight took place on 19 May 2004  from Katowice, 19 days after Poland and Hungary joined the European  Union and the common European aviation market. The airline carried  250,000 passengers in its first three and a half months of operation  and almost 1.4 million passengers in its first year of operation. By  the end of 2012, the company carried 50 million passengers