Wizz Air brings new A321neo to Catania here are the new routes for this winter

After launching a few months ago the new route to Milan, Wizz Air announced an additional expansion from Italy, assigning Catania another of its Airbus A321neo aircraft, among the newest and most sustainable in its category, and initiating operations on Comiso. Following the cancellations made by Ryanair in the region this winter, affecting Comiso and Catania, these additions will make Wizz Air the number one airline in Catania, restoring service and bringing new connectivity to the citizens of eastern Sicily.

Starting from the 2023-2024 winter season, this expansion, along with the addition of more flights to Catania from across the Wizz Air network, will enable the launch of seven new routes e The increase of frequencies on nine existing routes.

Catania is Wizz Air's third base in Italy and will grow to 4 aircraft based With the allocation of another A321neo. Along with theaddition of Comiso to the network, the move brings the Total number of airline routes from Sicily to more than 30, including the recently announced seven routes. Passengers will now be able to fly with Wizz Air from Catania in Hamburg, Frankfurt-Hahn (Germany), Paris Beauvais (France), Brussels Charleroi (Belgium) and Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt).

In addition, Wizz Air will put additional capacity on sale for Increase the frequency of its flights between Catania and Bologna, Turin (Italy), Memmingen (Germany), Bucharest (Romania), Budapest (Hungary), Warsaw, Krakow e Katowice (Poland) and Sofia (Bulgaria). Determined to restore connectivity for passengers in the province of Ragusa, the airline will launch operations to Comiso from its Tirana base in September 2023 and from Milan Malpensa in summer 2024.

The new services will add More than 800,000 more passenger seats in Sicily, growing Wizz Air's presence in the 34% market.  In total, Wizz Air now has more than 3 million seats for sale to and from Sicily.

"We know how important it is for Sicilians to stay connected to the rest of Italy and beyond, and we are happy to help all Sicilian passengers, but especially those affected by Ryanair's cancellations in the region this winter.Wizz Air is committed to providing more convenient travel opportunities for all passengers. With this growth, we further strengthen our offering in Sicily by increasing the capacity of the 34%, making Catania the cornerstone of our presence in Southern Italy. I would like to thank our colleagues at SOCIETA' AEROPORTO CATANIA for their great cooperation and support in working with us to build better connectivity for Sicily. We are excited to continue to grow our presence in Italy, and particularly in Catania and Comiso." commented Robert Carey, President of Wizz Air Group.

"We welcome Wizz Air to Comiso, whom we thank for once again choosing Sicily's Southeastern airport network to expand, also focusing on our Ragusa airport to connect eastern Sicily with Tirana, demonstrating the attractiveness of our territory and its beauty. Albania's capital is a very popular destination and will give not only Sicilians the opportunity to be able to reach Eastern Europe even more easily but also many more tourists to arrive comfortably in Sicily. We are also very pleased with the airline's decision to base an additional aircraft in Catania, thus enhancing its fleet and offering new possibilities, especially to business travelers. Finally, the increase in destinations and frequencies of some popular routes testify to Wizz Air's willingness to provide Sicilians with ever greater mobility" - declare the President and CEO of SAC, Giovanna Candura and Nico Torrisi.