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LJLA starts the New Year
where it left off with 1st new route announcement of 2016
ON Friday, 8 January 2016, just
over a week into the New Year and Liverpool John Lennon Airport is
celebrating it's 1st new route announcement of 2016, following the news that
Wizz Air, the largest low fare; low cost airline in Central and Eastern
Europe are to commence flights to the Hungarian capital of Budapest in March
2016.
The new flights between Liverpool and Budapest will operate twice weekly on
Wednesdays and Sundays and this new destination becomes Wizz Air's fourth
route to be served from Liverpool.
This news follows on from a series of new routes and airline announcements
made throughout 2015, with the Airport ending the year with passenger
throughput 8% higher than in 2014.
Wizz Air commenced operations from LJLA in late 2004 operating flights to
the Polish capital of Warsaw and the Baltic Coastal City of Gdansk, also in
Poland. The airline increased its capacity on both these routes last year as
well as commencing flights to Riga, the capital City of Latvia.
Last year Wizz Air increased their passenger throughput at Liverpool by over
60% carrying over 40,000 more passengers than in 2014.
Budapest is 1 of Europe's most beautiful cities and a top visitor
destination with a glorious setting and the famous River Danube running
through the City and is expected to be a popular short break destination
from Liverpool.
Paul Winfield, LJLA's Air Service Development Manager commented:-
"This further commitment by Wizz Air to operations from Liverpool is a
further sign of the progress we have been making over the past 12 months and
links yet another important European capital City with Liverpool that will
have benefits for both business and leisure travellers. We are committed to
increasing the range of destinations served from Liverpool to give
travellers from across the North West more opportunities to fly from the
fastest, easiest, friendliest airport in the region."
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