Wizz Air Ukraine announces route and capacity adjustments

In response to the continued low travel demand on Ukraine routes and the weakening currency the planned opening of the Lviv base on 30 April has been delayed until the market normalises. As a result of this the 6 new planned routes scheduled to start operating from Lviv to Barcelona Girona, Naples, Kutaisi, Tel Aviv, Rome Fiumicino and Valencia have been temporarily suspended. Other Lviv services from Lviv to Dortmund, Milan and Venice Treviso will continue to operate.

As result also two services from Kyiv to Sofia and Vilnius, as well as the Kharkov service to Kutaisi have been temporarily suspended. Travelers being affected by the temporary suspensions will be contacted by Wizz Air Ukraine and offered a full refund.

Akos Bus, Director General of Wizz Air Ukraine, said: "Wizz Air Ukraine remains committed to providing low cost fares to Ukrainian travellers. We observe a significant drop in demand for travel on Ukraine routes and we hope these changes in travel behaviour are temporary and will return to normal when consumer confidence is restored. Meanwhile we must react by adjusting our network offer and our capacity. While we are deferring our base opening in Lviv and adjusting some Kiev and Kharkov services we remain focused on consistently delivering low fares on our remaining 16 Ukraine routes. As soon as we see demand which supports additional growth, we will proceed with appropriate capacity enhancements. The adjustments announced today are temporary and we aim to restore our original growth plan as soon as possible."

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