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Wizz Air has announced that it is pulling its remaining flights from Cardiff Airport from 25 January.
The announcement affects the airline’s routes to Milan and Bucharest from Cardiff.
It comes hot on the heels of the airline scrapping most flights from the Welsh Government owned airport back in September 2022.
Marion Geoffroy, Wizz Air’s UK managing director blamed the “challenging macro-economic environment” and high operating costs, including fuel for the airline pulling out of Cardiff.
Mr Geoffroy said: “Our priority now is to ensure that all affected customers are contacted directly with clear advice on their options, and to look after our Cardiff based colleagues and crew. Wizz Air continues to offer low fares from eight other UK airports, including Bristol, Birmingham, London Gatwick, and London Luton.”
Cardiff Airport announced the launch of Wizz Air to great fanfair in December 2020, however due to the pandemic flights did not actually start until April 2022.
A spokesperson from Cardiff Airport said: “We are deeply disappointed to hear that Wizz Air has decided to cease their operations at Cardiff Airport. It is regrettable that Wizz Air has cited the economic climate as its reasons for withdrawing its operations out of Cardiff.
“There has been positive booking trends and very strong passenger demand to travel from Cardiff in 2022 and current booking trends for 2023 remains similar. We have been working closely with the airline since 2020 and their latest indications to us last week, were that bookings for this summer are ahead of this time last year, so we see their decision as surprising.
“Our thoughts are with our customers who are impacted by this news and now face disruption to their travel plans for this year, along with our friends and colleagues that are employed by Wizz Air based at Cardiff.”[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
