{"id":130541,"date":"2022-08-25T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=130541"},"modified":"2022-08-25T22:34:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T22:34:25","slug":"wizz-air-to-launch-20-new-routes-between-saudi-arabia-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2022\/08\/wizz-air-to-launch-20-new-routes-between-saudi-arabia-europe.html","title":{"rendered":"Wizz Air to launch 20 new routes between Saudi Arabia, Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Wizz Air<\/strong> will start direct flights on 20 routes between Saudi Arabia and various European cities from December, the airline said at a press conference on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new flights will connect the Saudi capital and major cities such as Jeddah and Dammam with European destinations such as Bucharest, Budapest, Milan, Naples, Rome, Venice and Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2022\/08\/wizz-air-suspends-resumption-of-its-flights-abu-dhabi-moscow.html\">Wizz Air suspends resumption of its flights between Abu Dhabi and Moscow.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are not targeting any of the existing carriers, legacy carriers or low-cost carriers in Saudi Arabia,\u201d CEO Jozsef Varadi said in an interview. \u201cWe would like to add value above them. I believe that the choices of the competition are good for the market, because they create alternatives\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Budapest-based Wizz Air has benefited from recent growth fueled by its low-cost model, at a time when many traditional carriers have been crippled by the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saudi Arabia said in June that it would encourage airlines to fly into the country from major world cities in a bid to boost tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-8c5ed529     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"217\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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