Wizz Air, Romania’s largest airline and Europe’s fastest growing and most environmentally sustainable carrier globally1 today announced further significant expansion in Bucharest. In June 2024 Wizz Air will base two additional new state-of-the-art Airbus A321neo aircraft, launch a new route to Leipzig, Germany and increase frequencies on 21 of its existing routes in Bucharest. With this investment, the airline will have 19 aircraft stationed, and 800 people working at its Bucharest base, making it the single largest Wizz Air base, as well as further reinforcing its position as the market leader in the country with a 57% market share.

Since its first flight from Romania in 2006, Wizz Air has become the leading airline in the country and the first choice of air travel. Today’s announcement means that in 2024 Wizz Air will have 36 aircraft based in Romania at its 6 bases in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Iasi, Sibiu, and Timisoara, and a network comprising of 171 routes to 79 destinations in 24 countries. Over the past 17 years, the airline’s presence has contributed to the creation of 1,600 jobs with Wizz Air in Romania and a further over 60,000 jobs in hospitality and associated industries.