Wizz Air continues looking for blue oceans, opens base in Podgorica
Wizz Air boasted that it already was the largest airline in Podgorica, Montenegro.
Wizz Air has announced that it will open a new base at Podgorica Airport (TGD), which is the airport serving the country’s capital, as the low-cost carrier continues looking for new markets as it realigns its network to focus on its core markets.
The airline will base two Airbus A321neo aircraft at TGD, opening 14 new routes from the airport, where it was already the biggest airline in terms of its capacity, measured in available seat kilometers (ASKs).
According to Wizz Air, the new base will add 1 million seats at the airport annually, with Cirium’s Diio Mi showing that airlines have scheduled a total of 2.1 million seats (departing and arriving) in 2025.
The new base should also result in the airline cementing its position as the number one airline at TGD and moving up Wizz Air to the number one spot in Montenegro. Cirium’s Diio Mi showed that in June 2025, the low-cost carrier only flew from/to TGD, having no scheduled departures from the country’s other active airport, Tivat Airport (TIV).
During the same month, Wizz Air’s ASKs at TGD were 6.3 million, with the airline, including its Maltese and United Kingdom-based subsidiaries, offering 25 weekly departures and 5,916 weekly departing seats from the airport.
The second-largest airline at TGD was Air Montenegro, the country’s flag carrier that rose out of the ashes of Montenegro Airlines, with 4.2 million ASKs. Ryanair was just behind with 4.1 million ASKs, measured by multiplying seats by the number of kilometers flown by its aircraft.
József Váradi, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Wizz Air, said that the low-cost carrier is “deeply committed to Montenegro’s future” by expanding options for locals and tourists, noting that the base was “a long-term investment in the future of Montenegrin mobility, economy, and global reach.”
“We are proud to deepen our roots in Podgorica and bring more opportunities to the people of Montenegro.”
In June 2025, Wizz Air offered flights on eight routes from TGD, which are displayed below (in yellow). While Cirium’s Diio Mi showed that it should end flights from TGD and Vienna Airport (VIE), presumably due to the closure of its base at the former, the airline’s announcement includes 14 new routes that are going to begin either in March 2026 or June 2026. These are displayed below (in green).
Cirium’s Diio Mi showed that in June 2025, some of the new routes were served by other airlines. Smartwings Poland and Ryanair offered flights from TGD to Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport (GDN), Ryanair flew to Wroclaw Copernicus Airport (WRO), and Transavia France had twice-weekly services to Paris Orly Airport (ORY).
Air Montenegro also scheduled flights to Ljubljana Airport (LJU), Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), and Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO). To note, as their name suggests, Paris Beauvais Airport (BVA), CDG, and ORY all serve the French capital, with some being further from the city than others.
As Wizz Air, which has been impacted by the groundings and durability issues of the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engine, powering its A320neo and A321neo aircraft, has exited some markets, including the closure of its Abu Dhabi joint venture, it has expanded elsewhere, especially in Central and Western Europe.
In recent months, the low-cost carrier expanded or opened new bases at at least 11 airports, such as the new base at Yerevan Zvartnots International Airport (EVN) or expansion at Vilnius Airport (VNO).
Rytis Beresnevicius
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