Wizz Air adds one new Airbus A320 aircraft to the Riga base

Wizz Air announced a massive expansion of its Latvian operations, adding one new Airbus A320 aircraft to the Riga base.

This will enable the start of seven new routes from Riga to Bergen in Norway, Birmingham in United Kingdom, Billund in Denmark, Hamburg in Germany, Reykjavik in Iceland, Stockholm Skavsta in Sweden, Trondheim in Norway and one new route from Tallinn in Estonia to Bergen in Norway.

Since 2010 the airline has carried almost 3,8 million passengers on its Riga routes. With today’s announcement the airline will have a fleet of 2 modern aircraft at its Riga base.

The newly allocated capacity of over 260.000 seats per year will further contribute to the Latvian aviation market and to the creation of over 35 new direct jobs and over 195 indirect jobs in the region.

Wizz Air new routes from Riga