Wizz Air Abu Dhabi Adds Maldives & Kuwait To Its Growing Route Network

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi has added the Maldives and Kuwait, with flights starting in October. It means the Wizz Air Group could have 28 winter routes from the UAE capital, though extra will probably be coming. Like all routes operated by its Abu Dhabi unit, the 2 additions will use 239-seat A321neos.

Wizz Air provides Maldives and Kuwait

First to start is Malé, the Maldives, which launches on October 4th with flights on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. It could have been Wizz Air’s second vacation spot in South Asia after Mattala, however the Sri Lankan route has been pulled from sale, presumably partly due to fuel-related issues within the nation.

Malé will probably be joined by a 1x each day Kuwait service on October thirtieth, the day airways within the Northern Hemisphere swap to winter schedules. Kuwait is Wizz Air’s newest Center East vacation spot after Dammam. The schedules are as follows, with all instances native:

• Abu Dhabi to Malé: 5W7105, 10:25-16:45 (5h 20m block time) begins October 4th
• Malé to Abu Dhabi: 5W7106, 17:40-22:30 (5h 50m)
• Abu Dhabi to Kuwait: 5W7021, 19:50-20:40 (1h 50m); begins October thirtieth; 1x each day
• Kuwait to Abu Dhabi: 5W7022, 21:25-23:55 (1h 40m)

Wizz Air’s Abu Dhabi community within the week beginning November 1st, 2022, throughout each its UAE and Hungary models. Picture: GCMap.

Each could have competitors

Not surprisingly, each routes could have head-to-head competitors. Primarily based on the week of November 1st, Wizz Air will probably be towards a 1x each day Etihad operation to Malé, which is able to use the B787-9. It will be the second airline to Kuwait, becoming a member of Etihad’s 2x each day (A320). Kuwait Airways itself now not serves it.

After all, ‘competitors’ is considerably meaningless on this context. Wizz Air would be the solely lower-priced various on each routes, however the carriers won’t compete to a fantastic extent. As at all times, the ULCC’s entrance will probably be much less about substituting airways and extra about rising passenger demand.

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi’s two new routes will, as ever, be about point-to-point demand. In distinction, round 72% of Etihad’s Kuwait passengers transited Abu Dhabi in 2019, whereas it was about 80% for Malé. Picture: Wizz Air.

That makes 28 routes

Within the first week of November, Wizz Air could have 28 Abu Dhabi routes throughout its UAE and Hungary models. Some 16 of its 28 routes (57%) will not have direct competitors.

In line with its reserving engine, there will probably be 99 departing flights or a mean of 14 each day. Observe that this differs from what OAG and Google Flights say, suggesting cuts could be coming.

Whereas its routes could have a median of 3x weekly companies, Bahrain, Baku, Kuwait, Muscat, and Tel Aviv will probably be 1x each day. Its community is damaged down alphabetically as follows:

1. Alexandria: 4x weekly; towards Air Arabia Abu Dhabi (3x weekly) within the week beginning November 1st
2. Almaty: 3x weekly; no direct competitors
3. Amman: 2x weekly; Royal Jordanian (8x weekly), Etihad (1x each day)
4. Aqaba: 3x weekly; no direct competitors
5. Athens: 2x weekly; Etihad (1x each day)
6. Bahrain: 1x each day; Gulf Air (26x weekly), Etihad (2x each day), Air Arabia Abu Dhabi (1x each day)
7. Baku: 1x each day; Air Arabia Abu Dhabi (3x weekly)
8. Bari: 2x weekly; no direct competitors
9. Belgrade: 4x weekly; no direct competitors
10. Bucharest: 2x weekly; no direct competitors
11. Budapest: 2x weekly; no direct competitors
12. Catania: 2x weekly; no direct competitors
13. Cluj-Napoca: 1x weekly; no direct competitors
14. Dammam: 4x weekly; Etihad (2x each day)
15. Katowice: 2x weekly; no direct competitors
16. Kraków: 2x weekly; no direct competitors
17. Kutaisi: 5x weekly; no direct competitors
18. Kuwait: 1x each day; Etihad (2x each day)
19. Male: 4x weekly; Etihad (1x each day)
20. Muscat: 1x each day; Etihad (2x each day), Air Arabia Abu Dhabi (1x each day)
21. Nur-Sultan: 3x weekly; no direct competitors
22. Sarajevo: 4x weekly; no direct competitors
23. Sofia: 2x weekly; no direct competitors
24. Sohag: 3x weekly; Air Arabia Abu Dhabi (2x weekly)
25. Tel Aviv: 1x each day; Etihad (1x each day)
26. Tirana: 3x weekly; no direct competitors
27. Vienna: 3x weekly; Etihad (5x weekly)
28. Yerevan: 3x weekly; no direct competitors

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