New opportunities for defence firms as EU steps up support for Ukraine
The European Commission is looking for startups and other innovators to address challenges across the land, air and sea domains.
Wizz Air expands in Romania
Wizz Air is to expand its fleet in Romania and introduce new flights.
From 26 June, Wizz Air will base a fourth aircraft in Bucharest and launch new flights to Cuneo/Turin, Weeze/Dusseldorf and Zaragoza. The new aircraft will become the eighth Wizz Air Airbus A320 in Romania and will also allow Wizz Air to increase frequencies on its Barcelona, London Luton and Venice Treviso routes.
In addition Wizz Air will launch two new routes from Cluj-Napoca: to Weeze/Dusseldorf and Zaragoza.
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