Wizz announces 4 new routes from Rome-Fiumicino (and sponsors the first "Wizz Air Rome Half Marathon")
More news at Wizz Air: after Milan, now it is Rome's turn. The Hungarian low-cost airline has announced [...]
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More news at home Wizz Air: After Milan, now it is Rome's turn. The Hungarian low-cost airline has announced the opening of 4 new international routes sinceFiumicino Airport: Lisbon, Poznan, Bacau e Sarajevo.
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The new connections from Rome to Lisbon will leave Monday, October 28: operations will include one flight per day. Flights to Poznan will also take off on the same day : in this case, 3 frequencies per week are planned (on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays). Tuesday, October 29, however, will be the turn of flights to Bacau, Romania: there will be 4 per week, every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday). The connection from Rome to Sarajevo will leave on the same day and will have 3 flights per week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
With the addition of Lisbon, Poznan, Bacau and Sarajevo become, therefore, 70 destinations offered by Wizz Air from Rome-Fiumicino airport.
The news, however, does not end there. Wizz Air also announced that it will sponsor the first "Wizz Air Rome Half Marathon": for the first time in history, the capital will host a half-marathon through the city's historic streets and famous UNESCO World Heritage Sites; the date to mark is the October 20 next, when the streets around Rome's most famous monuments will be reserved for runners.
"Wizz Air has always been an advocate of mobility and an active lifestyle. Running and low-cost travel have much in common: both are democratic activities, improve people's lives by keeping them active, and create new experiences accessible to all. Since 2023, nearly 130,000 runners have participated in Wizz Air's running events in Milan, Cluj Napoca, London, Budapest, Debrecen, Skopje, Sofia, and Venice. It is my particular pleasure to add the Wizz Air Rome Half Marathon to this portfolio and we hope this event will attract many runners from Italy and abroad," commented József Váradi, CEO of Wizz Air, during the press conference presenting the half marathon.
