Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air, the largest airline in Romania based on the number of passengers, inaugurated a new operational base in Iasi, eastern Romania, on Friday.

The company will allocate an Airbus A320 aircraft, which will operate the five new routes from Iasi to Larnaca, Bologna, Tel Aviv, Catania, and Rome Ciampino starting July 1. Initially, the new routes will have two flights a week, with the exception of the Iasi-Bologna route that will have three weekly flights.

The Iasi airport thus becomes the sixth airport in Romania where Wizz Air has an operational base. The new aircraft will increase the total number of routes from Iasi to eight and will triple the capacity to 265,000 passengers this year.

In total, Wizz Air operates a fleet of 70 Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft and provides over 420 routes from 25 operational bases.

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