One of Europe’s low-cost carriers, Wizz Air, is making another bold move in its efforts to reach out to more travelers. Their sights turn to Scotland as seen in its latest press briefing.

On Tuesday, August 6, Wizz Air announced that their next route be in Edinburgh. The airline considers the area as a “city break hotspot” and aims to encourage price-sensitive travelers to fly with them.

Details of Wizz Air’s Scottish Expansion

According to the company’s press release, four new routes will be flown by the airline out of Edinburgh Airport. The first route will begin on November 1 and the remaining three will start the next day. Prices for these routes will start at £16.99 for a one-way trip.

The destinations will bring travelers to Gdansk and Warsaw in Poland, Budapest in Hungary and Bucharest in Romania. The Edinburgh-Warsaw flights will be scheduled Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. The Gdansk flights will have a Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday schedule. The Hungary route will get a Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday flight. Finally, the Romanian flight will have a twice a week schedule every Tuesdays and Saturdays.

Once the flights begin, Wizz Air believes it will entice families and student travelers to travel to Eastern Europe. They also project a 240% growth in Scotland once the routes are active. Currently, they have a total of 250,000 seats on sale for these flights up to 2020.

How to get to Edinburgh?

Getting to Edinburgh is easy for European tourists since there are direct flights to the city from regional and low-cost airlines. North American tourists can take one of the seasonal direct flights or take a connecting flight from other European cities. There are also direct flights to Edinburgh from the Middle East with Emirates and Qatar

If tourists are coming from London, they can take a local flight to Edinburgh Airport or take a train or a bus. Trains and buses to and from Edinburgh are available every day and advance tickets can be bought online.

Need ideas on where to go? You can check out the official website of the city of Edinburgh. We also wrote several articles about Edinburgh and Scotland in general here in our site. Check out our guide on where to stay in Glasgow and Edinburgh and which cities to visit in Scotland overall. We also did an article on which city – between Edinburgh and Glasgow – is the best.

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Georgia is currently having problems with its tourism sector after it was announced that Russian airlines will no longer fly to the country. However, it seems other airlines spot a new opportunity with this announcement.

On June 25, Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air announced that they are adding 12 new routes from its hub at Kutaisi, Georgia. Kutaisi airport was reopened in 2012 after it was reconstructed. Thanks to the low cost at Kutaisi, Wizz Air had based its operations there and since then, have expanded their operations and introduced new routes.

Seven routes (Baden-Baden, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Naples, Pisa, Poznan and Venice) will be launched at the end of the year, while the others will begin in 2020.

The routes are as follows:

– Nuremberg, Germany,
– Frankfurt (Frankfurt Hahn Airport), Germany
– Baden-Baden, Germany
– Hamburg, Germany
– Turku, Finland
– Venice, Italy
– Pisa, Italy
– Naples, Italy
– Poznan, Italy
– Heraklion, Greece
– Stockholm, Sweden

According to Georgian economic minister Natela Turnava, the new routes will bring more European tourists to Georgia. Kutaisi is near some of Georgia’s resorts and is quite rich in travel spots. It is also the first time there will be direct flights to Scandinavian countries like Sweden and Finland.

Before this announcement, Wizz Air announced seven more routes which will be launched later this year.

How to Travel to Georgia?

Traveling to Georgia from Europe is very easy if you are flying from any European country. Several low-cost carriers have flights out to and from Tblisi and Kutaisi. Asian and American travelers can take connecting flights from Dubai, Seoul, Beijing, Riyadh, Tel Aviv and Doha to get to Georgia. Russian travelers will have to take connecting flights to get to Georgia due to the temporary suspension of direct flights by Russian airline carriers.

If you are planning to visit Georgia very soon, there are a lot of places for you to visit. The former Soviet nation has a lot of historical landmarks, which have been declared as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. It is also has untouched natural landscapes which will take your breath away and make perfect Instagram shots.

To get you started, you can check out the Georgian National Tourism Organization and the VisitGeorgia websites. You can also check out our guide on where to stay in Tbilisi and how much is the average salary if you plan to live in the country.

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