Wizz Air unveils new routes for Rome and Milan, but closes Palermo base

Hungarian ultra-low-cost carrier Wizz Air is continuing its expansion across Europe. The airline has decided to further strengthen its capacity across Italy, which it says will make it become the third largest air carrier in the country.

The expansion in Italy was unveiled on September 23, 2022. Wizz Air said it will add two Airbus A321neo passenger planes to fly out of its base at Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO), while an additional single A321neo will boost the airline’s capacity at Milan Malpensa (MXP).

The additional aircraft for Rome and Milan are being deployed from the Palermo base, which Wizz said it had taken the “difficult decision” to close from November 3, 2022.

Meanwhile, Wizz will launch 12 new routes from FCO and MXP, which the airline will start offering in October 2022. The planes will also help to increase flight frequency on five routes from FCO as well as on three from MXP.

“The allocation of two more aircraft to Wizz Air’s Rome Fiumicino base will grow the base to seven aircraft. The move brings the number of routes from the base to 65, including the launch of seven new routes from Italy’s capital city,” Wizz said in the statement.