WIZZ AIR ANNOUNCES A NEW BASE SARAJEVO 1 NEW AIRCRAFT AND 9 NEW ROUTES IN 2021

Sarajevo, 3 February 2021: Wizz Air, Europe's fastest growing and greenest* airline announced today its 41^st base in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The airline will base 1 Airbus A320 aircraft at Sarajevo airport in May 2021. Along with the establishment of the new base, Wizz Air announced nine new services to seven countries from Sarajevo starting from May 2021. Seats on the new routes can already be booked on wizzair.com or on the airline’s mobile app from as low as 38.99BAM/19.99EUR **

Wizz Air’s history in Bosnia and Herzegovina dates back to May 2013 when the first departed from Tuzla to Malmö. The airline has carried almost 3 million passengers to and from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the past 8 years. As part of WIZZ’s expansion, the airline continues to increase its operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina by 50% and remains market leader. The Airbus A320 aircraft will support the operations of nine new routes to Brussels Charleroi, Copenhagen, Dortmund, Eindhoven, Gothenburg, London Luton, Memmingen, Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg (Euroairport), Paris Beauvais, totalling in more than 250,000 seats on sale from Sarajevo in 2021. Wizz Air’s extensive network will support Bosnia and Herzegovina’s economy as well as connect Sarajevo with much awaited destinations.

Wizz Air is an investment grade credit rated airline, with a fleet of an average age of 5.4 years comprising of the currently available most efficient and sustainable Airbus A320 and Airbus A320neo family single aisle aircraft. Wizz Air’s carbon-dioxide emissions were the lowest among European airlines in FY2019 (57.2 gr/km/passenger). Wizz Air has the largest order book of 268 aircraft of the state-of-the-art Airbus A320neo family which will enable the airline to further reduce its environmental footprint by 30% for every passenger until 2030.

Wizz Air has also introduced a new era of sanitized travel across its network, with enhanced hygiene measures to ensure the health and safety of passengers and crew.  Click here to view Wizz Air’s new health and safety video.

By adding WIZZ Flex to a booking, passengers can rest assured that if circumstances change, or they simply wish to travel on a different date, or to a different destination, they can rebook on any WIZZ flight of their choice. Providing that extra layer of protection for passenger bookings, is a peace of mind during these uncertain times.

Speaking at the press conference today, Andras Rado, Senior Corporate Communications Manager of Wizz Air said: ”After eight years of successful operations to Bosnia and Herzegovina, I am delighted to announce our second Bosnian base in Sarajevo, as we see the potential and the demand for low cost travel in the country. Today’s announcement underpins our dedication to developing our presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and offering more affordable travel opportunities, while keeping ourselves to the highest standards of our sanitizing protocols. Our state-of-the-art aircraft as well as our enhanced protective measures will ensure the best possible sanitary conditions for travellers. Wizz Air operates the youngest and economically most efficient fleet of aircraft with the lowest environmental footprint in Europe. I’m convinced that Wizz Air will make a positive impact on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s economic development and the ramp up of its tourism industry.”

Nermin Zijadić, Director of the Department of Air Traffic and aviation service said: “First of all, we have to point out that we are very pleased that the airline company Wizz Air decided to establish the base at our airport, and we believe this is the news which will be welcomed with joy by our numerous citizens, due to affordable low fares and due to destinations, it plans to launch. We are especially delighted these are also destinations where our diaspora lives. This important company introduced a route Budapest-Sarajevo four years ago. There was a great interest for the same and as a result of that a great number of citizens visited a beautiful capital of Hungary and it also enabled the arrival of many tourists into our city. Opening of the base in Sarajevo would be very significant for the airport, but also for an entire tourism sector. As it usually happens, the airline base at one airport implies generating an increased air traffic volume. All of this is very important not just for the Airport Sarajevo, but also for an entire tourism sector in B&H and for all business entities whose work and recovery in the upcoming period depend, to a great extent, on the recovery of the air traffic in our country.”

WIZZ AIR’S NEW ROUTES FROM SARAJEVO

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About Wizz Air                                                                                          

Wizz Air, the fastest growing and greenest* European low-cost airline, operates a fleet of 136 Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft. A team of dedicated aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low fares, making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 40 million passengers in the financial year F20 ending 31 March 2020. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ. The company was recently named one of the world’s top ten safest airlines by airlineratings.com, the world’s only safety and product rating agency, and 2020 Airline of the Year by ATW, the most coveted honour an airline or individual can receive, recognizing individuals and organizations that have distinguished themselves through outstanding performance, innovation, and superior service.

* Wizz Air’s carbon-dioxide emissions were the lowest among European airlines in FY2019 (57.2 gr/km/passenger)

** One-way price, including administration fee. One carry-on bag (max: 40x30x20cm) is included. Trolley bag and each piece of checked-in baggage is subject to additional fees. The price applies only to bookings made on wizzair.com and the WIZZ mobile app. Number of seats at indicated prices are limited.

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Andras Rado; Wizz Air Group; communications@wizzair.com

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Notes for Editors:

• All Wizz Air flights are operated on Airbus A320 aircraft, with 180 seats and A321 aircraft with 230 seats and Airbus A320neo aircraft with 186 seats and Airbus A321neo aircraft with 239 seats
• Wizz Air has introduced a range of enhanced hygiene measures which include; cabin crew and passengers are required to wear facemasks, cabin crew are required to wear gloves, onboard purchases are encouraged to be made by contactless payment, passengers are requested to follow physical distancing measures and all purchases are encouraged to be made online prior to the flight.
• HEPA filters on all Wizz Air aircraft already filter out 99.97% of viruses and bacteria from the air and all aircraft are regularly put through an industry-leading disinfection process with an antiviral solution and, following WIZZ’s stringent daily cleaning schedule, all of the airline’s aircraft are further disinfected overnight with the same antiviral solution.
• For more information on the enhanced health and hygiene measures, please see here.
• For free pictures of aircraft, crews and logo library please visit http://wizzair.com/en-GB/press