2008.05.20
Wizz Air Ukraine launches international flights from Kiev
Wizz Air Ukraine, the first low fare - low cost airline in Ukraine announced during the airline’s Kiev-Odessa-Kiev demonstration flight today that it intended to operate international routes to London Luton, Dortmund and Milan Bergamo from its Kiev base later this year. The company will provide affordable and comfortable travel to many Ukrainian holidaymakers and millions of students and workers who live abroad and will now have the opportunity to travel back to Ukraine for less and consequently more often. The new flights are planned to start from 15 September and will complement the airline’s domestic network. The start of ticket sales for the international flights remains subject to regulatory approvals expected to take place in the course of July.
Wizz Air Ukraine’s schedule:
Routes from 15 September
Kiev - London Luton* 3 flights/week
Kiev - Dortmund* 3 flights/week
Kiev - Milan Bergamo* 3 flights/week
*Subject to regulatory approvals
Wizz Air earlier announced that after obtaining the air operator’s certificate and operating licence it would launch domestic flights from as early as 11 July 2008. The airline’s domestic network consists of Kiev-Odessa, Kiev-Simferopol, Kiev-Lvov and Lvov-Simferopol routes. The initialy planned services to Kharkov and Zaporozhie will be temporariliy suspended due to airport slot constraints and higher passenger demand on other routes.
Wizz Air’s domestic route network is already on sale with fares starting from as low as UAH 79 (one way, taxes and charges included) while the international services will be on sale right after obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals with starting fares of UAH 199 and UAH 299 (one way, taxes and charges included) for the Milan Bergamo/Dortmund and the London Luton services, respectively (an additional UK government tax of UAH 200 will apply on the London Luton – Kiev flight leg). Tickets can be purchased on the airline’s website, wizzair.com or through the Wizz Air Ukraine call center on +380 (44) 206-4-888.
"Today's announcement of our intent to launch international routes from Kiev and the very first Wizz Air Kiev-Odessa demonstration flights are new milestones in the development of Wizz Air Ukraine. We are pleased to make the next steps as we have been experiencing excessive demand for low fare air tickets by the Ukrainian people since we started sales a couple of weeks ago." – said Natasa Kázmér, Director General of Wizz Air Ukraine.
