Wizz Air, the largest low fare - low cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe announced today that it would establish its 14th operating base in Vilnius, Lithuania. Initially the airline will deploy one brand new Airbus A320 aircraft, starting from April 16th, 2011.
Concurrently, Wizz Air will launch eight new routes from Vilnius to London-Luton, Doncaster-Sheffield (UK), Cork (Ireland), Eindhoven (Netherlands), Stockholm - Skavsta (Sweden), Milan-Bergamo, Rome-Fiumicino (Italy), and Barcelona (Spain).

Jozsef Varadi, Chief Executive Officer of Wizz Air said: “We are extremely delighted to reach our next expansion milestone. The opening of the Vilnius base will allow many people to enjoy our truly low fares coupled with excellent Wizz travel experience. Beyond further enhancing the travel opportunities in the Lithuanian market, we will create hundreds of local jobs and significant revenue uplift for the local tourism industry.”

New Routes Frequency Starting date:

Barcelona – Vilnius – Barcelona from 64 EUR return ticket

From Barcelona every Monday, Friday (6:55 PM)

From Vilnius every Monday, Friday (9:50 PM)

London – Vilnius – London from 39 EUR return ticket

From London every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday (6:30 AM)

From Vilnius every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday (8:05 AM)

Cork – Vilnius – Cork from 64 EUR return ticket

From Cork every Tuesday, Saturday (6:00 AM)

From Vilnius every Tuesday, Saturday (07:45 AM)

Milan – Vilnius – Milan from 39 EUR return ticket

From Milan every Wednesday, Sunday (1:30 PM)

From Vilnius every Wednesday, Sunday (3:25 PM)

Roma – Vilnius – Roma from 39 EUR return ticket

From Roma every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday (5:35 PM)

From Vilnius every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday (8:00 PM)

Eindhoven – Vilnius – Eindhoven from 39 EUR return ticket

From Eindhoven every  Monday, Friday (1:30 PM)

From Vilnius every Monday, Friday (3:10 PM)

Stockholm – Vilnius – Stockholm from 19 EUR return ticket

From Stockholm  every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday (1:30 PM)

From Vilnius  every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday (2:35 PM)

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Wizz Air carried 9.3 million passengers in the last 12 months. The airline's fleet currently consists of 34 Airbus A320 aircraft operating from 12 bases: 5 in Poland, 1 in Hungary, 1 in Bulgaria, 3 in Romania, 1 in Ukraine and 1 in Czech Republic. The 13th base in Serbia will commence in April 2011.