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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Helen Carter

Wizz Air announces six new routes to Greek islands and Faro

Budget airline Wizz Air has announced the launch of six new routes serving Luton Airport from next month.

These include flights to Faro in Portugal from June 16 and four Greek islands from early July.

It will also fly to Morocco from late October.

Passengers and cabin crew will wear face masks - and social distancing will be observed when the flights resume along with an enhanced cleaning programme of aircraft.

Under current UK lockdown rules due to coronavirus, Brits are not allowed to travel for holidays and only essential travel is permitted.

The flights are being introduced amid optimism that holiday flights will be able to resume going forward.

Owain Jones, managing director of the Hungarian airline’s UK subsidiary, said: “Although travel is currently restricted by government regulations, we are planning for the easing of restrictions as the situation improves and our customers are able to start travelling again.

“The Wizz team is excited that our network from London Luton will continue to grow to include many new summer and winter sun destinations, and our new sanitising protocols will give our customers the confidence that they can safely rely on Wizz Air’s ultra-low-cost fares to visit these new and exciting destinations on board Europe’s greenest fleet.

Fancy Greece as your next big trip? (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

“As always, our primary concern is the health, safety and well-being of our passengers and crew, and our enhanced protective measures will ensure the most sanitary conditions possible.”

The Greek islands Wizz Air will begin serving from Luton are Zakynthos from July 1, Crete from July 2, Corfu from July 3 and Rhodes from July 4.

The airline resumed some flights from Luton on May 1, serving Budapest, Hungary; Lisbon, Portugal; and Sofia, Bulgaria from the Bedfordshire airport.

Other routes, such as Tenerife, Spain and Tel Aviv, Israel will restart in the coming weeks, pending travel restrictions.

Despite restrictions, people are still able to fly for other reasons, such as to return home after being stranded overseas or if they are travelling for work.

New hygiene measures introduced by Wizz Air include requiring passengers and crew to wear face masks, keeping a distance between passengers during boarding and an enhanced cleaning regime.

Customers are being urged to use online services for checking in and making purchases such as additional bags to “reduce non-essential interaction at the airport”.

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