Wizz Air, EasyJet launch new services from UK

Wizz Air and EasyJet said they were launching new routes from UK airports as their expansion plans continue. Wizz Air said it would allocate a ninth Airbus A321 to its London Luton base, as well as launch 2 new routes to Lisbon, Portugal and Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv. It will also increase the flight frequency of 3 existing London Luton routes: Pristina, Kosovo, will increase from 3X- to 5X-weekly; Tirana, Albania will increase from 3X- to 4X-weekly; and Satu Mare in Romania from 2X- to 3X-weekly. Separately, EasyJet said its first flights to Palermo, Sicily and Pula in Croatia from Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport took off over the weekend, while a new route to Dalaman, Turkey took off July 30 and the inaugural flight to Toulouse departs in October. <br/>