The Hungarian based ultra-low-cost carrier, Wizz Air, has announced that 84 routes have been removed from sale permanently, with a third of those routes including flights to Italy, the most-served country by Wizz Air since the pandemic started. - Advertisement -A similar pattern of cutting routes has been noticed in ULCC, the frontier airlines holdings or the remaining ultra-low-cost carriers, with four in ten of its cuts including similar routes of Wizz Air. Although all airlines are somewhat affected by the pandemic, Wizz Air and Ryanair are disproportionately impacted, as many of their routes are brand-new. While Wizz Air removed this route, Ryanair added Arlanda airport, and the Vienna route shifted towards the latter. However, in general, the low-cost and ultra-low-cost carriers are expected to be seeing their final days of being economical alternatives, as they no longer serve their purpose of offering inexpensive flight tickets.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 22, 2021 12:27 UTC