Wizz Air to Introduce Second A320 at Vilnius

Central and Eastern European low-cost carrier Wizz Air is to base a second Airbus A320 in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius from May next year. The arrival of the additional aircraft will enable the carrier to introduce four new routes and increase frequencies on several existing services.

Wizz Air is currently the third largest operator at Vilnius, accounting for 16.1 per cent of the weekly seat capacity; just behind Ryanair with 17.7 per cent and airBaltic with 17.4 per cent. It currently offers links to eight destinations – Barcelona El Prat, Bergamo Orio al Serio, Cork, Doncaster Sheffield, Dortmund, Eindhoven, London Luton and Rome Fiumicino - with a total of 21 weekly frequencies.

"Wizz Air is very happy with the Lithuanian performance since the base opening and wants to maintain its momentum on the market. By deploying a second aircraft, we further boost the local economy, and increase the number of destinations available from Vilnius at truly affordable prices," said György Abrán, Chief Commercial Officer, Wizz Air.

The arrival of the second A320 will enable the airline to boost frequencies to Eindhoven from two to three a week and its main route to London Luton from five to eleven times a week as well as adding twice weekly links to Bergen, Liverpool John Lennon, Oslo Sandefjord and Paris Beauvais from May 27. None of these routes is currently served directly, although Norwegian does offer a three times weekly link between Vilnius and Oslo Gardermoen.