Wizz Air starts new flights to Bucharest from Cologne/Bonn!

Wizz Air starts new flights to Bucharest from Cologne/Bonn!

After a long break, the Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air will return to Cologne/Bonn Airport at the end of October 2025. The airline had regularly flown the domestic skies over Cologne for over ten years until it discontinued its last connections to Skopje and Tirana in 2024. But now the airport and of course all travel fans are happy about the return of Wizz Air, which was officially announced on July 10, 2024 aerotelegraph reported.

From October 26, 2025, Wizz Air will offer its new flights to Bucharest. The connection will operate four times a week - Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays - and the inaugural flight will take off from Cologne/Bonn at 1:30 p.m. With a flight time of around two and a half hours, Wizz Air opens a new gateway to Romania for its passengers. The airline plans to further expand its commitment to the airport and offer additional routes, which will significantly expand the transport offering for the region.

A look at Wizz Air

Founded in July 2003 in London, Wizz Air is now headquartered in Vecsés, Hungary. The company started its flight operations a year after it was founded with just two aircraft and welcomed around 250,000 passengers in the first three months. The airline is now one of the most important cost carriers in Eastern and Central Europe and flies to more than 200 airports in 50 countries airport.tips reported.

The current fleet includes an impressive 80 Airbus aircraft, covering almost a third of the European low-cost carrier market. In Germany, Wizz Air serves Cologne/Bonn and Dortmund and Berlin-Schönefeld airports. Wizz Air's main travel destinations include Eastern European countries such as Poland, Bulgaria and Romania, but Israel and Georgia are also popular destinations.

Wizz Air through the ages

Despite the challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw Wizz Air's turnover fall to 793 million euros in 2021, the company remains an important player in international air traffic. In 2022, Wizz Air even reported a net loss of 642.5 million euros, but the airline remains one of the busiest low-cost carriers in the world in terms of passenger volume. As the main competitors in this market area, Ryanair and EasyJet are asserting themselves with impressive figures, even if Wizz Air still plays an essential role statista shows.

All travel fans in Cologne and the surrounding area can look forward to cheap flights to Bucharest and will be excited to see which other destinations Wizz Air will fly to from Cologne/Bonn in the future. Air travel is looking forward to a vibrant future with these new connections, which will certainly bring new life to the travel industry.