Wizz Air first foreign airline to operate double-digit route network from Keflavik

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Keflavik Airport has confirmed that Wizz Air is set to begin flights to Krakow from 16 September, with the carrier planning to serve the destination twice-weekly (Mondays and Fridays) using its fleet of 230-seat A321s. This latest addition to the carrierโ€™s roll-call sees Wizz Air become the first non-Icelandic carrier to operate a double-digit route network from Keflavik, with Krakow becoming the airlineโ€™s 10th connection from Icelandโ€™s global gateway.

โ€œWizz Air launched its first route from Keflavik on 19 June 2015, a connection to Gdansk, and the news that the carrier has just announced its 10th route from the airport within four years shows the success story of the airlineโ€™s operation in Iceland,โ€ comments Hlynur Sigurdsson, Commercial Director, Isavia. โ€œPoland continues to be a prospering market from Iceland. It is great that Wizz Airโ€™s milestone announcement of its 10th route is to Polandโ€™s second largest city, a brand-new destination for Keflavik.โ€

Poland is the sixth largest market for foreign visitors to Iceland, with the number of people from the Eastern European country visiting Iceland growing by 10.6% for the 12-month period ending 28 February 2019. โ€œPoland is currently the fastest-growing European country market for international inbound visitors to Iceland, with Central Europe also being a strong growth market for us. This has been made possible thanks to Wizz Airโ€™s investment over the past few years in foreseeing the potential of this market,โ€ adds Sigurdsson. โ€œThe airline already serves Gdansk, Katowice, Warsaw Chopin and Wroclaw from Keflavik, and when Krakow services begin, the airline will be offering 14 weekly departures to Poland from Iceland.โ€

Along with its Polish routes, Wizz Air operates from Keflavik to Budapest, London Luton, Riga, Vienna and Vilnius. The carrier is expected to offer over 333,000 two-way seats from Keflavik this upcoming summer season, representing a solid 14.1% increase in capacity versus the airlineโ€™s summer schedule for 2018 from the airport.

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