Wizz Air Announces Another Route to Dubai

European low-cost carrier, Wizz Air has announced another new route to Dubai from its Cluj-Napoca base from December 19, 2015.

The airline will operate the route twice-weekly on Tuesdays and Saturdays to Dubai World Central Airport, where it became the first airline to operate flights to the UAE airport.

Dubai World Central is designed to become the main aviation centres in the region and is expected to become one of the world’s busiest airports in the next decade.

"We are delighted to announce such an exciting destination for our Cluj-Napoca route network. The new route to Dubai not only reinforces WIZZ's market leadership in Romania; it also consolidates our offering of popular holiday destinations for Transylvanian consumers,” said Wizz Air spokesman, Daniel de Carvalho.

With the new service, Wizz now offers a combined total of 93 routes to 42 destinations in 15 countries, with two new routes now connecting Romania to the United Arab Emirates.

“The decision to increase services to Dubai from Romania follows the good results we have enjoyed with our Bucharest-Dubai route. We are sure that this new service will be welcomed by our customers who can now enjoy a very popular all year round holiday destination with WIZZ's everyday low fares,” he added.

The airline initially began serving Dubai in 2013 when it launched four routes to Dubai World Central Airport from Budapest, Bucharest, Kiev and Sofia.

Growing cargo volumes at DWC propelled the airport to become one of the world’s 20 busiest international cargo hubs this year.

The growth was driven by Dubai Airports’ decision to relocate all dedicated freighters from Dubai International to Dubai World Central in May last year.

Wizz Air has recently announced a 20 percent rise in passengers for May 2015, in comparison to the same month last year. Passenger numbers were up 1.6 million from 1.3 million last year, helped by the introduction of two new A320 aircraft.

Load factor was up to 89 percent from 87.5 percent the previous year, with capacity up to 1.8 million seats, an increase of 18 percent from 1.5 million in May 2014.