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Alina Hovhannisyan

Wizz Air opens base in Armenia, launches new flights 

Wizz Air opens base in Armenia, launches new flights 

ArmInfo. Wizz Air has announced the opening of its 34th base in Yerevan. In addition, the low-cost airline is expanding air service with Armenia, launching 8 new destinations in 6 countries.

According to the airline's message published on Facebook, Yerevan will now be connected by direct Wizz Air flights with cities such as Memmingen, Hamburg (Germany), Naples, Bari (Italy), Bucharest (Romania), Paphos (Cyprus), Nice (France), Prague (Czech Republic). Ticket prices start from 29.99 euros.

, the statement says.

WizzAir is a low-cost Hungarian airline, which was established in September 2003 with its headquarters in Vecses. The main investor was the American private company Indigo Partners, specializing in investments in transport. The airline carried out its first flight in May 2004 from Katowice  

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