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Wizz Air to launch nine new destinations from its planned Vienna hub

03/03/2018 by Kevincm

With the fallout of Air Berlin and Niki, others are seeking to take their place out of Vienna International Airport. One of those airlines that seems to be wanting a bite of the Vienna Apple Strudel is  Wizz  Air, who is launching nine routes out of Vienna. 

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Wizz Air Airbus A321 at Birmingham Airport – Image, Economy Class and Beyond

On the new route list from Vienna, you will be able to connect to :

  • Nice (France)
  • Reykjavik (Iceland)
  • Catania (Italy)
  • Milan  (Italy)
  • Lisbon (Portugal)
  • Madrid (Spain)
  • Malmo (Sweden)
  • Stockholm Skavsta (Sweden) ,
  • Kharkiv (Ukraine)

To support the route launch, two Airbus A321 aircraft at Vienna. This is addition to the three aircraft already based at airport.

Frequencies look a bit like this

Route              Commences           Operates
Kharkiv            25 November 2018    Wednesday, Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday from 23 March 2019
Lisbon             22 February 2019    Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday
Milan Malpensa     22 February 2019    Daily
Nice               22 February 2019    Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday
Catania            23 February 2019    Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
Madrid             23 February 2019    Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Daily from 22 March 2019)
Malmo              22 March 2019       Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday
Stockholm Skavsta  22 March 2019       Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday
Reykjavik          23 March 2019       Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday

The routes will launch between  February and March 2019, with lead in prices starting at €19.99 to €49.99 depending on the route.

On the route launch  George Michalopoulos, Chief Commercial Officer at Wizz Air, states:

“Today’s announcement once again underlines our strong commitment to the Vienna market and Austria as a whole. After the opening of our Vienna base this June, in just nine months we’ll expand our operations to five based aircraft with a local team with more than 200 direct employees, while growing our low-fare network to 27 routes. Offering nearly half million seats on sale in 2018 and over 2 million in 2019 we are creating new opportunities for Austrian customers to visit some of the most beautiful cities and regions in Europe. We are sure that our excellent value service will make Wizz Air the airline of choice for Austrian travelers as well drive inbound tourism.”

So, what can we take away from this? Certainly a warning to LaudaMotion  (the airline that will pick up the remains of Niki) and IAG (who are in the process of reexamining if to enter Austria), that they’ll battle for passengers when they start up services

For the Lufthansa group (via it’s Eurowings and Austrian Airlines operations), it’s another message – we’re staying at Vienna International Airport and we’re coming after your passengers.

With the changes that have gone on the area since the fall-out of Air Berlin and Niki – Vienna is hotting up to be the next battleground for passengers…


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