{"id":116370,"date":"2023-01-19T14:28:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T12:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wizz-air-to-close-its-air-base-in-bacau\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T13:57:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T11:57:36","slug":"wizz-air-to-close-its-air-base-in-bacau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wizz-air-to-close-its-air-base-in-bacau\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizz Air to Close Its Air Base in Bac\u0103u"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The low-cost airline Wizz Air has announced it will close its base in Bac\u0103u and will relocate the available capacity to other routes with higher demand.<\/p>\n<p>This measure is part of the network optimization strategy, reflecting the changing economic context, which did not allow for the base to be operated in a viable manner.<\/p>\n<p>Wizz Air will continue to operate a series of routes from Bac\u0103u, including routes to London Luton and Milan Malpensa.<\/p>\n<p>Wizz Air&#8217;s first flight took off from Bac\u0103u on October 29, 2020, and since then, the airline has transported nearly half a million passengers on its routes to and from Bac\u0103u.<\/p>\n<p>The airline specifies that it will continue to fly from seven bases in Romania, operating over 60,000 flights per month to 22 countries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Which routes will Wizz Air continue to operate from Bac\u0103u?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wizz Air will maintain its flights from Bac\u0103u to London Luton and Milan Malpensa despite the base closure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is Wizz Air closing the Bac\u0103u base?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The decision is part of a network optimization strategy due to an evolving economic context that rendered the base&#8217;s operations non-viable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many operational bases does Wizz Air still have in Romania?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following the closure of the Bac\u0103u base, Wizz Air continues to operate from seven other bases across Romania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The low-cost airline Wizz Air has announced it will close its base in Bac\u0103u and will relocate the available capacity to other routes with higher demand. This measure is part of the network optimization strategy, reflecting the changing economic context, which did not allow for the base to be operated in a viable manner. Wizz&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":68941,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2856],"tags":[3043,3095],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-116370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conectivity","tag-bacau-en","tag-wizz-air-en"],"article_style_override":"on","post-style":"style2","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/transport-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116370"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=116370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}