Wizz Air UK Shrugs Off Pandemic Concerns With Two New Bases

  • Date: 18-Aug-2020
  • Source: Forbes
  • Sector:Transport
  • Country:UAE
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Wizz Air UK Shrugs Off Pandemic Concerns With Two New Bases

Wizz Air will open operating bases at Doncaster Sheffield Airport and London Gatwick Airport this ... [+] winter.



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The British subsidiary of Wizz Air has announced plans for two new operating bases this winter, even as concerns grow about a second wave of Covid-19 taking hold in mainland Europe.

Wizz Air UK says it will base one Airbus A321 at London Gatwick Airport and another at Doncaster Sheffield Airport from October.

Its Doncaster base will launch with seven routes to Alicante, Malaga, Larnaca, Faro, Lublin, Kosice and Suceava, while four points will be served from Gatwick: Athens, Naples, Lanzarote and Malta.

The UK company already has ten A320-family aircraft stationed at London Luton Airport – until now, its only operating