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The largest low-cost carrier in Central and Eastern Europe Wizz Air will open its 27th base in Varna on July 21, 2017. A brand new Airbus A320 will be stationed at Varna Airport.

The opening of the new base in Varna is an investment to the amount of USD 98 M and will account for 36 jobs, while further supplies and services along the chain will create a further 250 jobs.

ΕasyJet airline has decided to add a flight between the Greek island of Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea and Stansted Airport in London to its Greek destinations this summer, the airline announced on Thursday.

With the addition of the new flight, Zakynthos will now have a direct link to two London airports, Stansted and Gatwick.

Charlotte Crosby, the reality star from MTV’s Geordie Shore, had some interesting thoughts on Greece, the land of philosophy and democracy. She gives audiences a sneak preview of the next instalment of the show: Geordie Shore: The Greek Odyssey, that kicks off on October 20, by stating, “When you’re in Greece you know you’re gonna get up to all kinds of things.”

Geordie Shore, MTV’s reality focusing on 9 housemates who go clubbing, is currently filming episodes in Greece. The stars are in Zente, Mykonos, Malia and Athens to take on the sights over a 10-part run for series 11.

The airport of the Bulgarian capital recorded a 8.3 % increase in the number of passengers in July compared to the same month in 2014.

A total of 393 312 passengers were serviced in July, with 67 % of them going through Terminal 2, while the remaining 33 % passed through Terminal 1, which services the low-cost airlines.

Aegean Airlines has scheduled extra flights from London to Brussels so that Greeks living abroad can come to Greece to vote in the referendum due to take place on July 5, 2015. Specifically:

A parachutist from the “Red Devils” had a close brush with death when his parachute failed to deploy completely.

The Whitehaven Air Show in Cumbria, Northwestern England , played host to a terrifying experience, but thankfully, another member of the team managed to cover the space between the two parachutists and save his fellow.

Ryanair, a low-cost airline, will run nine routes from Bournemouth Airport this summer instead of the 16 it ran last year due to the fact that the carrier does not have enough aircraft.

The constraints means that the summer timetable includes destinations such as Palma, Barcelona Girona, Faro, Alicante, Malaga, Murcia, Tenerife, Malta and Gran Canaria.

Henri Coanda Bucharest International Airport has been ranked at no. 4 by Airports Council International-Europe in the European rankings of airports that recorded the highest increase in air traffic in 2014, within the category of airports that saw between 5 and 10 million passengers.

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