(Adnkronos) - “Siamo entusiasti di aver presentato oggi la nostra prima tratta intercontinentale low cost da Milano Malpensa a Abu Dhabi, che prenderà il via il 2 giugno 2025. Il polo di Malpensa è la nostra prima base operativa in Italia, l’abbiamo aperta nel 2020, nel bel mezzo della pandemia, ed ha performato molto bene”. Sono le parole del ceo di Wizz Air, József Váradi, a margine della conferenza stampa di presentazione della prima tratta intercontinentale della compagnia, che dal 2 giugno 2025 collegherà quotidianamente Milano Malpensa con Abu Dhabi.
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00:00We are very excited. I mean, first of all, we are very excited to have presented today
00:08our first low-cost intercontinental route from Milan-Malpensa to Abu Dhabi. The Malpensa
00:13pole is our first operational base in Italy. We opened it in 2020, in the middle of the
00:18pandemic, and it has performed very well. To date, our passenger traffic in Milan has
00:24increased by more than five times compared to the pre-pandemic period, and it has therefore
00:28been a very successful investment. People appreciate Wizz Air and want to fly with our
00:34company, and we are always looking for the best opportunities that we can bring to the
00:38market. The aircraft that will perform this route, the Airbus A321XLR, changes the economic
00:49paradigm of the routes that exceed 7-8 hours. It is a long flight and, having surveyed the
00:55current state of the market, we believe that we will be able to be competitive thanks to the tariffs
01:00contained. People will be able to afford it. Italy has become very important for Wizz Air.
01:13Since the start of the company's activities 20 years ago, a passenger every four or five
01:18came to Italy, so it has always been important. But starting in 2020, we have become a base
01:23carrier in this country. We have made many investments to establish operations in Italy,
01:28where we have five operating bases, Milan-Malpensa, Fiumicino, Napoli, Venice and Catania. Only
01:35this year we are growing by more than 20% and, compared to the pre-COVID period, we have a
01:40capacity three times higher. We will therefore continue to invest in Italy, where we are
01:45appreciated for our ability to bring innovation to the market. We are three and a half times the
01:52size of that capacity.