WIZZ AIR LOW RATES REACH THE HEART OF TRANSYLVANIA!
A NEW ROUTE STARTING IN JUNE: SIBIU - LONDON LUTON
Wizz Air, the largest low cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, announced on February 13th, a new route from London Luton to Sibiu, starting in June 14TH. Initially, there will be two flights a week.
Sibiu is the 7th Wizz Air airport in Romania, which emphasizes both the low tariff airline popularity and the preferences of Romanian customers to travel by plane. Wizz Air had in 2013 an increase of 14 % in traffic in Romania and, given the recent routes development, there are strong prerequisites to continue this growth. Originally, the route Sibiu - London will operate in the evening, departing from Sibiu at 22.20 during the summer, than in the fall, will become an afternoon route, starting at 12.50 pm.
The tickets for the flight Sibiu - London Luton are already available and can be booked on wizzair.com starting at EUR 40 (price for a flight, including taxes)
WIZZ AIR ROUTE Sibiu - London Luton:
Start Days Prices from
June 14th Tuesday , Saturday EUR 40
Ioan Cindrea, President of Sibiu County Council, said: "Sibiu International Airport is an important gate connecting Sibiu County and southern Transylvania with the rest of the world. At the same time, Sibiu International Airport is one of the most important objectives of our county’s development strategy from a socio – economic perspective, and our efforts, the management teams from the County Council and Sibiu International Airport, focus on introducing new air routes to major areas in Western Europe, where citizens and businesses people desire to travel. It is remarkable that today we sign the agreement with Wizz Air, a highly appreciated airline company, with a dynamic growth. We hope that this new air route between Sibiu and London, opened today by our partner Wizz Air is an important start in the development of new air routes to other major destinations in Western Europe, to the benefit of the citizens from our county and from central Romania."
György Abrán, Chief Commercial Officer Wizz Air declared: "Opening the route Sibiu - London Luton is another step that confirms that we are an airline of Romanians. We now offer over 70 routes to our customers in Romania but also to visitors. Moreover, we increasingly recruit more pilots and staff from Romania. Our commitment is clear: We offer very low rates, create local jobs and stimulate healthy competition to the benefit of consumers."
Marius Ioan Gîrdea, General Manager Sibiu International Airport stated: " With great joy I welcome the decision of Wizz Air, the most dynamic carrier on the airline market in Romania, to start operations on Sibiu International Airport by entering in the summer program, starting in June, a flight with destination London. This is certainly the first step that we, Sibiu International Airport and Wizz Air, with the support of Sibiu County Council, are taking to create a solid and long-lasting partnership, with the sole purpose of meeting the existing need in central Romania for development of air connections to places of interest in Europe and beyond. "
"We are glad that we have succeeded in concluding our contracts with Wizz Air airline, from our point of view it is a win-win agreement and I am confident that this is only the beginning of a partnership that we intend to develop at maximum performance using the advanced facilities offered by SBZ, to the benefit of Sibiu community." - George Velicu General Director Interim of Sibiu International Airport
About Wizz Air
Wizz Air is the largest low-fare company from Central and Eastern Europe* and operates a fleet of 45 Airbus A320 aircraft from 19 bases , more than 300 routes connecting 90 destinations in 35 countries. Wizz Air’s team of 1,700 aviation professionals delivers superior services at low fare, making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 13.5 million passengers in 2013.
* Source: Innovata, based on flight schedule passenger capacity, for the year ended on March 31st 2013 (FY 2013) and six months ended on September 30th 2013 (H1 2014). 1.Central and Eastern Europe is a region that includes Albania , Belarus , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Croatia , Czech Republic , Estonia , Hungary , Kosovo , Latvia , Lithuania , Macedonia, Moldova , Montenegro , Poland, Romania , Russia , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia and Ukraine.
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