OREANDA-NEWS. July 17, 2013. Wizz Air, the largest low-fare, low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, has announced a new route from Vilnius International Airport. The airline has been continuously expanding its network from Vilnius by introducing flights to Norwegian Alesund in early June, and launching the first flight to the capital of Ukraine Kiev only 4 days ago.

Today Wizz Air announced a new route from Lithuania to Israel. Flights to Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport will start in late October and will initially be operating with 2 weekly frequencies. Seats are available from as low as EUR 49.99* (one way, including all taxes) on wizzair.com.

Wizz Air’s Corporate Communications Manager, Tamara Mshvenieradze said: “In the past couple of weeks we were celebrating the first flights to Norway and Ukraine. Today we are thrilled to introduce a new route to the network that will connect Lithuania with Israel. We are certain that Vilnius will benefit from the inflow of tourists from Israel which will lead to job creation in tourism and hospitality sectors. On the other hand we are also confident that Lithuanian consumers will appreciate visiting beautiful Tel Aviv all year round”.

“Tel Aviv is a very attractive and special destination. We are so proud that our highly important partner decided to operate it on the regular basis providing an opportunity to reach this exotic and historically as well as politically important place with regular direct flight” – Gediminas Almantas, CEO of Vilnius airport.

Wizz Air is the largest low-fare, low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe and operates a fleet of 45 Airbus A320 aircraft from 17 bases with over 280 routes connecting 95 destinations across 35 countries. At Wizz Air a team of 1,600 professionals delivers superior service and very low airfares making Wizz Air the preferred choice of over 13.5 million passengers in 2013. Wizz Air’s state-of-the-art iPhone app is now available on http://wizzair.com/en-GB/mobile