The low-cost airline Wizz Air is launching new flights from the Chisinau International Airport, to Berlin and Barcelona, which will be operated two times a week, with prices of minimum €30 for one way, IPN reports, quoting the company’s commercial director George Michalopoulos, who made the announcement in a news conference.

The tickets are already on sale and can be purchased online from the website of Wizz Air.

George Michalopoulos said that Wizz Air will now operate seven flights from Moldova to four countries. In 2017, the number of tickets on sale will rise to 315,000, an increase of 41% a year.

The airline intends to set up an operational base at the Chisinau International Airport and to employ 36 crew members from Moldova. The operational base in Chisinau will be the 26th of the company, which is present in 14 countries. George Michalopoulos stated that the number of flights to Venice and Bologna operated until now will be raised from three to four and, respectively, from two to three a week.

Chisinau International Airport director Petru Jardan said that by modernizing the airport and owing to investments in infrastructure, the airport now holds interest to airlines. Wizz Air is the first company that wants to open an operational base at the airport. New flights will be provided next year and this means only benefits for passengers as competition will lead to improved quality of the provides services and to reasonable prices.

Deputy Minister of Transport and Road Infrastructure Sergiu Bucataru said the Ministry of Transport welcomes the airline’s initiative to set up an operational base on the country’s territory because such a move will bring new investments to the national economy and new jobs.

Wizz Air runs a fleet of 73 planes that operate more than 450 flights from 26 bases in different countries. The operational base in Chisinau will have an airline owned by Wizz Air.