Wizz Air & DSA announce new deal as platform for further growth

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Doncaster Sheffield Airport and Wizz Air7th October 2021

As the UK aviation sector recovers from the devastating impact of the pandemic, Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA) & Wizz Air, Europe’s fastest growing airline, have strengthened plans for future growth with the signing of a new deal. Wizz Air already plans to offer more than 1.5 million seats at DSA next summer, supporting the local economy by creating hundreds of jobs in the region*.

This new deal comes as restrictions on international travel continue to relax & ahead of predicted strong recovery for 2022, with increased demand for flights to popular leisure destinations such as Spain, Turkey & Portugal, signalling significant growth for the UK’s favourite airport. Wizz Air is already seeing an increase in bookings for October half-term & summer 2022.

Wizz Air UK Managing Director Marion Geoffroy joined the senior management team at Doncaster Sheffield Airport for a two-day visit that included introductions to the brand new Wizz Air crew, recruited from the local area & fresh from their rigorous training, as they prepare to take off from the DSA base on one of their brand new, ultra-efficient Airbus A321 aircraft.

Marion Geoffroy, Wizz Air UK Managing Director, said: “We continue to build on our successful relationship with DSA which began in 2006. Our intention is to further enhance our operations at DSA by growing a based operation of scale here in the coming years, providing even more ultra-low fares to local customers to an exciting range of destinations across Western & Eastern Europe, & perhaps beyond. This is great news for the local economy, both in terms of jobs & inward investment.

“Wizz Air has defied the industry-wide downturn with the expansion of operations in the UK, including the launch of two new bases in the past year. With the addition of a number of A321 neo aircraft to the fleet in Summer 2022, we are focused on accelerating growth over the coming years.”

As part of the new agreement, a number of additional new routes are on sale for Summer 2022 to popular leisure destinations such as Spain, the Canary Islands, Turkey, Portugal, Bulgaria & Crete.  It comes hot on the heels of new flights to winter destinations such as Lanzarote, Fuerteventura & Tenerife, which are perfect for some autumn sunshine & will launch just in time for October half term. Top winter city destinations such as Riga, Krakow & Warsaw are perfect for a city break & traditional Christmas markets.

Kate Stow, Director of Aviation Development & Corporate Affairs, Doncaster Sheffield Airport, said: “This new deal with Wizz Air is wonderful news for our customers across Yorkshire, Lincolnshire & North Nottinghamshire, offering them a greater choice of ultra-low-cost flights to more destinations from one of the fastest growing airports in the UK, now & into the future.

“Airports are an important economic catalyst, providing jobs & inward investment to the region & it has been a real honour to welcome Wizz Air’s senior management team to meet their new crew, based here at DSA, recruited from our region.

“Our projected growth of +56% next year versus the trading period prior to the pandemic means we’ve bucked the industry trend & we look forward to more customers enjoying our Easy, Friendly & Relaxed service as we embark upon our impressive recovery from now & into summer 2022.”

Wizz Air has an impressive growth plan through its relationship at Doncaster Sheffield Airport with 1.5M seats on sale for S22 (April – October 2022). This figure represents an increase of 1M new seats compared to Summer 2019, a 208% increase Vs Summer 2019.

In addition, Wizz Air will have 250,000 seats on sale for Winter 2021 (November 2021 – March 2022), with flights to the Canary Islands, Cyprus & top city destinations including Latvia & Pol&.

*ACI suggests the creation of 750 jobs in associated industries per million passengers

 

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