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Wizz Air expands to Santiago, adds Modlin link

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Wizz Air expands to Santiago de Compostela, Santiago, adds Modlin link

Wizz Air is proceeding moving ahead with its planned permanent base at Santiago de Compostela Airport, slated to open opening on 1 February 2027. The base will support launch ten new routes, including routes—including domestic links to Zaragoza, Valencia, Bilbao, Málaga, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and international services to Rome, Warsaw and Madrid, providing Madrid—providing roughly 900 000 seats between October 2026 and October 2027. In August 2026 the carrier announced a A direct twice‑weekly flight (Tuesdays and Saturdays) from Warsaw‑Modlin Airport to Santiago, launching Santiago will start on 1 December 2026. The service targets 2026, aimed at the growing number of Polish pilgrims walking on the Camino de Santiago, a market that saw bookings rise by about 60 % in 2026, Santiago and is intended to remove eliminating the need for transfers in hubs such as Amsterdam or Frankfurt. hub transfers. From the same February start, Wizz will operate about 100 monthly flights to the Canary Islands (Tenerife‑North, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura) using Airbus A321neo aircraft with 239 seats and fares from €29.99. The service will compete with regional carrier Binter, which runs 100 monthly flights on the same routes with 132‑seat E195‑E2 aircraft and receives no public subsidies. Galician authorities say any aid will be limited to international routes and no tender has been announced for the new Wizz services. The expansion follows Ryanair’s 2025 decision to close its base at the airport and its 2026 withdrawal from the Lavacolla and Vigo airports, prompting regional authorities to discuss how to integrate the new Wizz Air services without creating over‑capacity or duplicating existing flights. Local officials have warned concerns that the added routes could duplicate existing services and strain airport coordination, while the airline views the base as a strategic foothold in Galicia. Debate continues among the coordination. Regional governments of Santiago, A Coruña and the regional administration over continue to debate the optimal balance between new capacity and existing regional air‑traffic needs. Wizz Air also projects a network of 1,000 European routes by 2026, carrying around 70 million passengers annually with a modern, lower‑emission fleet.

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  1. 2026-08-05 04:37 UTC Wizz Air expands to Santiago, adds Modlin link
  2. 2026-08-03 10:36 UTC Wizz Air expands to Santiago de Compostela, adds Modlin link
  3. 2026-08-03 04:03 UTC Wizz Air expands to Santiago de Compostela

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