Wizz Air

Wizz Air has signed a firm agreement to establish an operation in Abu Dhabi, with its first flights to begin during the second half of the year.

Competition in Moldova’s market is set to intensify with the launch of HiSky, a budget operator that will initially serve six European destinations from Chisinau.

Routes Europe, the route development forum for Europe, will this April gather senior decision-makers in Bergen, Norway, to discuss some of the most pressing issues facing the aviation industry.

The city will become the ninth in Spain to be served by Wizz Air from Budapest.

Wizz Air is expanding its presence at St Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport, just three weeks after Russia’s Ministry of Transport (MOT) awarded seventh freedom rights to foreign airlines from 30 countries on services to the city.

Wizz Air has moved quickly to fill a gap in the market on routes between Italy and Albania following the suspension of Ernest Airlines.

The second part of our review of 2019 features the demise of Thomas Cook; World Routes 2019 in Adelaide: Delta's deal with LATAM; and Wizz Air's plans to launch an airline in the United Arab Emirates.

Wizz Air is further expanding from its Central and Eastern Europe heartlands with plans to enter the Armenian market and establish an airline based in Abu Dhabi.

This week: Turkmenistan Airlines returns to London, PAL launches Manado service, Wizz opens up at Krakow.

Wizz Air’s chief executive József Váradi has affirmed the Hungarian ultra-low-cost carrier is “not yet running out of growth opportunities” in Eastern Europe but said that Western Europe is becoming more constrained.

Senior network planners will discuss new route opportunities at the longest-standing and most established route development forum dedicated to the African region.

Romania’s air travel market continues to expand, with seat numbers on course this year to top 25 million for the first time. Low-cost carrier Wizz Air has been a key driver and its growth shows no signs of abating.

This week: AirAsia begins routes to Belitung; Volotea to station two A319s in Naples; Loganair to start Cornwall Newquay flights; SAS expands network with 14 new routes and more.

Ukraine’s government has laid out an action plan to grow the share of low-cost routes in the country and create conditions for a 60 percent increase in total passenger traffic over the next five years.

As part of Copenhagen Airport's Route Exchange membership, Routesonline takes a look at three significant routes to have been launched from Denmark's capital in recent years.

This week: Wizz to begin London Southend operations; Avianca Brazil departs Star Alliance; Air New Zealand names interim CEO and more.

Central and Eastern Europe low-cost carrier Wizz Air will later this year add Edinburgh to its growing network.

This week: New Moldova link for Doncaster Sheffield; JetBlue increases Caribbean service; and ANA adds third route to India.

This week: New Air Koryo route; Milan and Xi'an to cooperate; Korean Air finalises Dreamliner order; Wizz to add more capacity and more.

This week: Qatar Airways is to launch a new service to Gaborone in Botswana; Wizz Air is adding a third destination in Russia; and Air Belgium is to resume scheduled flights.

Reporting live from the Paris Air Show, Routesonline brings you the latest news and aircraft orders from Le Bourget.

Paris Air Show week continues to get better and better for Airbus’ newly-launched A321XLR, with Bill Franke’s private equity firm Indigo Partners becoming the latest customer.

This week: THAI Smile to become Star Alliance connecting partner; Wizz to base sixth aircraft in Vienna; IATA downgrades airline profit forecast and more.

Carriers from across the globe will be attending the leading route development forum to negotiate their network strategy.

Wow Air abruptly ceased operations and cancelled all its flights this week after rescue talks with investors broke down. Routesonline looks at the Icelandic low-cost carrier’s network prior to its failure.