Winter Shake-Up: Wizz Air Has Stopped Flights To These 22 Airports

All airlines add and cut countries, airports, and routes from their networks. It is a never-ending process of finding what works and contributes well. The Wizz Air Group is no exception. Comparing its served airports list in winter 2024/2025 with what’s available in winter 2025/2026 shows that 22 places are no longer served.

Wizz Air has undergone many changes recently, both within and outside its control. They include shutting its Abu Dhabi unit, reducing orders for Airbus A321XLRs, and the multiple consequences, including grounding aircraft, of its ongoing engine problems. The elimination of 22 airports is part of this.

The 22 Airports That Wizz Air Won’t Serve This Winter

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Based on IATA slot seasons, northern carriers, including the ultra-low-cost carrier Wizz Air, will switch to winter schedules on October 26. They’ll maintain them until March 28. Schedule analysis using data from Cirium Diio shows the Group (all of its units combined) plans to serve 155 airports in Africa, the Caucasus, Europe, and the Middle East.

Compared to last winter, it has ceased flying to Alexandria, Almaty, Antalya, Aqaba, Astana, Bishkek, Bremen, Brussels (Charleroi is still served), Burgas, Dammam, Erbil, Leipzig, Male, Riga, Riyadh, Rome Ciampino (Fiumicino is still served), Salerno, Salzburg, Samarkand, Sohag, Tashkent, and Turkistan.

Thirteen of these eliminations are from the end of its Abu Dhabi unit, so it is a bit of an exceptional development. It’ll continue to fly to Abu Dhabi using non-based aircraft. Moreover, its schedules show that Antalya, Burgas, and Ciampino will return to its network in summer 2026. They just won’t be served during the off-season. For Antalya and Burgas, in particular, that makes a lot of sense.

But 12 Airports Have Joined Its Map…

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As mentioned earlier, the Group will serve 155 airports in winter 2025/2026. They’re down from 165 last winter, with the 22 cuts partly offset by 12 airports joining its network. Or, more accurately, rejoined its map, as ten additions have seen its frames before.

This approach is commonplace. Things change, deals become attractive, and calculations may make the opportunity seem good enough to try again. They must allocate their aircraft somewhere. If it doesn’t work out, they’ll cut flights again and try elsewhere.

The exceptions include Gyumri, which is Armenia’s second most populous city. It is situated approximately two hours by road from the country’s capital, Yerevan. It serves Gyumri from Larnaca using Cyprus-based aircraft and crew. It is the first time the market has been served. Gyumri joined Wizz Air’s map shortly before the airline opened a base in Yerevan, a city that it has served since 2020.

A Quick Look At Wizz Air At Warsaw Modlin

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The carrier previously served the Polish capital’s secondary airport in 2012/2013, with 21 routes. While Wizz Air had flown to Chopin, the country’s busiest airport, for years, its arrival in Modlin was because of fellow ultra-low-cost carrier Ryanair, which also debuted there 13 years ago.

Since then, Modlin has been nearly exclusively served by Ryanair, while Wizz Air has focused on Chopin. In 2025, Cirium indicates that Ryanair has 96% of Modlin’s flights. On December 1, Wizz Air will return, with two A321neos based there. This development is not really about Chopin’s lack of slots, as it will base an extra aircraft there, too.

Wizz Air will have 11 routes from Modlin: Alghero, Athens, Barcelona, Bergen, Brindisi, Chișinău, Malta, Milan Bergamo, Palermo, Paphos, and Sofia. It will face Ryanair on seven of them, with that carrier planning to double the number of aircraft based at Warsaw’s secondary airport.