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Mar 21, 2014 (newstodate): The Hungarian LCC Wizz Air has selected Latvia for its coming new operational base.
Starting from June 19, 2014, Wizz Air will station one Airbus A320 aircraft at Riga Airport, opening up four new routes from Riga to Barcelona, Doncaster Sheffield, Dortmund, Paris Beauvais, while frequencies will be increased on the routes to London Luton and Oslo Torp.
With the new destinations, Wizz Air will be offering 25 weekly flights on eight routes from Riga, representing a 85 percent capacity growth, y-o-y.
WIZZ Air took of on its launch flight from Riga, Latvia, to Oslo Sandefjord Airport, Norway, on March 13, 2010, and thus became the second European LCC to operate at Riga after Ryanair started its operations in Latvia on October 31, 2004.
Starting from June 19, 2014, Wizz Air will station one Airbus A320 aircraft at Riga Airport, opening up four new routes from Riga to Barcelona, Doncaster Sheffield, Dortmund, Paris Beauvais, while frequencies will be increased on the routes to London Luton and Oslo Torp.
With the new destinations, Wizz Air will be offering 25 weekly flights on eight routes from Riga, representing a 85 percent capacity growth, y-o-y.
WIZZ Air took of on its launch flight from Riga, Latvia, to Oslo Sandefjord Airport, Norway, on March 13, 2010, and thus became the second European LCC to operate at Riga after Ryanair started its operations in Latvia on October 31, 2004.