Wizz Air starts Tel Aviv flights from Riga

Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, started operating its new Tel Aviv service from Riga. The long awaited route will operate all year round twice a week, allowing passengers to travel between Latvia and Israel on very low fares while enjoying excellent onboard service.

With its newest route, WIZZ now offers a total of nine routes to six countries from Latvia.

Seats on Wizz Air’s newest Riga route are available from just EUR 29.99 and can be purchased on wizzair.com. 

Gabor Vasarhelyi, Corporate Communications Manager at Wizz Air said: “We are thrilled to launch today another exciting route from our Riga base to Tel Aviv. Stimulating air travel between Latvia and Israel, we see tourism and hospitality sectors benefiting from our newest service as well as strengthening business relations between the two countries. Our friendly Latvian crew looks forward to welcoming you on board a WIZZ flight with a smile!” 

About Riga Airport:
RIGA International Airport is the largest international aviation company in the Baltic’s and the main air traffic centre in this region. Overall, 79 destinations can be reached from Riga Airport in the summer season.

About Wizz Air
Wizz Air is the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, operates a fleet of 69 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 420 routes from 25 bases, connecting 124 destinations across 39 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of approximately 2,600 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 20 million passengers in the financial year ended 31 March 2016. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ and is included in the FTSE 250 and FTSE All-Share Indices. The company was recently named 2016 Value Airline of the Year by the editors of Air Transport World, one of the leading airline trade magazines.

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