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Wizz Air Announces Three New Bases
Wizz Air Announces Three New Bases.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n RNS Number : 3622Q\n Wizz Air Holdings PLC\n 18 June 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n WIZZ AIR ANNOUNCES\n \n \n FURTHER\n \n \n \n \n \n SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION:\n \n \n \n \n NEW BASES\n \n \n \n \n \n IN GERMANY, ROMANIA AND RUSSIA \n \n \n \n STRONG GROWTH IN SERBIA\n \n \n Ticker: WIZZ\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Geneva, 18 June 2020:\n \n Wizz Air Holdings Plc (\"Wizz Air\"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces that it will open three new bases in Germany, Romania and Russia and expand its existing base in Belgrade, Serbia, deploying seven aircraft and launching 44 new routes to:\n \n \n \n \n \n - Bacău, Romania: two based aircraft, 12 new routes\n \n \n - Belgrade, Serbia: one additional aircraft, taking the base to three aircraft and nine new routes\n \n \n - Dortmund, Germany: three based aircraft, 18 new routes\n \n \n - St. Petersburg, Russia: one based aircraft, five new routes\n \n \n \n \n \n József Váradi, Wizz Air's Chief Executive Officer said:\n \n \n \"I am delighted to announce that Wizz Air is further expanding its network in Germany, Romania, Russia and Serbia. We continue take advantage of market opportunities and re-stimulate demand for low-cost travel. This expansion further contributes to the vital recovery of the economy in our markets and we remain focused on best servicing them, while protecting the health of our customers and employees. Our ever-disciplined attitude to cost and our solid balance sheet \n ensure that we remain a\n most\n \n formidable business under any market circumstance.\n \"\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n -\n \n \n Ends -\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n For more information: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Investors: \n \n \n \n \n Evelin Horvath, Wizz Air\n \n \n \n \n +41 22 555 9863\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Media: \n \n \n \n \n Tamara Vallois, Wizz Air:\n \n \n \n \n +36 1 777 9324\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, FTI Consulting LLP:\n \n \n \n \n +44 20 3727 1017\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT WIZZ AIR\n...