YEREVAN-TOURINFO-December 17-Wizz Air low-cost will be expanding into Armenia with new flights from Vilnius and Vienna to Zvartnots The Budapest-based carrier will start flying the two twice-weekly routes in April 2020. 
At the press conference in Yerevan, Andras Rado, Corporate Communications Manager of this budget airline said airline tickets can only be booked online and will not be available at travel agencies. Ticket prices will start from 24.99 euros and can be booked from now on. He added that their passengers pay only for the services they want to have, and the seat density onboard their planes is high. 
He noted that they have new airplanes, because of the costs related to the airplanes, which is important, they only operate flights with Airbus, and they do not offer connecting flights.
The Wizz Air official also said that they have transported 235 million passengers over the past 15-16 years, currently, they have 120 aircraft, they fly to 153 airports—including Yerevan, they have 25 bases in Europe, and listed on the London Stock Exchange with a value of more than 5 billion pounds.
He also added that they plan to buy the most number of aircraft in history in a few years they will have 300 aircrafts and be able to carry 100 million passengers annually, and have 10,000 employees. 
During the press conference Tatevik Revazian, Chair of the Civil Aviation Committee of Armenia, stated, “We haven’t done anything to attract Wizz Air. What we have done is to be more flexible in relation to changing the law and the departure tax”.
“Because when in the case of Wizz Air we have a ticket of 25 euros and we have to pay 20 euros for departure, it is not acceptable for the airline,” she said. “Wizz Air is encouraged on the same basis as any other airline”.
Revazian noted that since the Austrian airlines are already operating Vienna flight, it is not a new destination, so Wizz Air will have to pay a departure tax; but since Vilnius is a new destination, Wizz Air will be exempt from that tax.
“Wizz Air has not been subsidized any money,” she said. “We have provided the same incentives as any other airline operating flights from Zvartnots to new destinations. Yes, we do provide some incentives for flights from Gyumri airport, but, again, it’s not about the specific airline, but everyone”.
Tatevik Revazian also informed that they are not going to stop this process by bringing only Wizz Air and Ryanair to Armenia. “Of course we want to provide even more competition, but it takes many years to bring one airline,” she added. “We will try to do it as quickly as possible.”
Wizz Air follows Ryanair, which announced four new twice-weekly routes in October, with flights from Yerevan to Milan and Rome expected to start in January 2020.
