Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air is massively expanding in Poland.  The carrier will add around 40 new routes to and from Poland between December 2025 and summer 2026. Most of these routes are already loaded into the schedule, with tickets on sale on the airline’s website and app.

This is one of Wizz Air’s biggest network expansions in a single country and clearly shows how important the Polish market has become for the airline.

Why Wizz Air is betting on Poland

Wizz Air has been reshaping its strategy in 2025. After withdrawing from underperforming markets such as Abu Dhabi and scaling back some Middle East operations, the airline is redirecting capacity to Central and Eastern Europe, where demand is growing faster and competition is more balanced.

Poland is the star of this shift.
Industry data quoted in recent press coverage shows that:

• Wizz Air operated almost 61,000 flights to/from Poland between January and November 2025
• The airline carried close to 13 million passengers in Poland, roughly 20% more than a year earlier

With that kind of growth, adding dozens of new routes – especially from regional airports – is a logical next step.

Overview: almost 40 new Wizz Air routes touching Poland

Based on route announcements compiled by Aeroroutes, Wizz Air press releases and Polish media, Wizz Air is adding roughly 40 new routes that either depart from Poland or connect foreign cities with Polish airports.

Key points:

• Main winners: Warsaw–Modlin, Gdańsk, Katowice and Wrocław (but Poznań, Lublin, Szczecin and Rzeszów also get new flights).
• New leisure focus: many routes head to the Adriatic, Balkans and Mediterranean – Croatia, Italy, Greece, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Portugal and Bulgaria.
• New markets: Rijeka (Croatia) becomes a brand-new destination in Wizz Air’s network.
• Seasonality: some flights start already in December 2025, while most summer routes launch between late March and mid-June 2026.

Below is a breakdown of the most important new routes for travellers.

New Wizz Air routes from Warsaw–Modlin

Warsaw–Modlin becomes Wizz Air’s new base in Poland, with two Airbus A321neo aircraft and 11 new routes.

New/returning routes from Warsaw–Modlin (WMI):

• Athens – from December 2025
• Barcelona (El Prat) – from December 2025
• Bergamo (Milan) – from December 2025
• Bergen – from December 2025
• Brindisi – from December 2025
• Chișinău – from December 2025
• Malta – from December 2025
• Palermo – from 16 December 2025 (3× weekly)
• Paphos (Cyprus) – from December 2025
• Sofia – from December 2025
• Alghero (Sardinia) – from late March 2026 (3× weekly), also counted among the new summer 2026 routes

For travellers from Warsaw and central Poland, this means a huge increase in choice from a low-cost airport that is already popular with Ryanair, competition that should help keep fares low.

New routes from Gdańsk

Gdańsk is one of the biggest winners of the new Wizz Air plan. Aeroroutes and local media confirm a wave of new services for summer 2026:

New Gdańsk routes (mostly from May–June 2026):

• Athens – 3× weekly from 1 May 2026
• Nice – 4× weekly from 2 May 2026 (reduced to 3× weekly from 9 June)
• Podgorica (Montenegro) – 4× weekly from 7 June 2026
• Tallinn – 5× weekly from 1 May 2026 (route returns after being dropped in 2019)
• Vilnius – 4× weekly from 2 May 2026
• Poprad–Tatry (Slovakia) – 2× weekly from 25 December 2025, great for winter in the Tatras
• Rijeka (Croatia) – 2× weekly from 9 June 2026 (new destination in Wizz network)

For travellers from northern Poland, this means new holiday options to Greece, Croatia, Montenegro and Slovakia directly from Gdańsk.

New routes from Katowice

Katowice remains one of Wizz Air’s key bases in Poland and receives both new leisure routes and extra capacity.

New Katowice routes:

• Brașov (Romania) – 3× weekly from 31 March 2026
• Brindisi (Italy) – 4× weekly from 29 March 2026
• Faro (Portugal) – 2× weekly from 30 March 2026
• Lamezia Terme (Italy) – 2× weekly from 31 March 2026
• Maastricht (Netherlands) – 4× weekly from 29 March 2026
• Ohrid (North Macedonia) – 2× weekly from 8 June to 18 September 2026
• Rimini (Italy) – 2× weekly from 8 June 2026
• Rijeka (Croatia) – 3× weekly from 9 June 2026

This turns Katowice into an even stronger hub for southern Europe, the Adriatic and Balkans – ideal for summer holidays.

New routes from Wrocław

Wrocław also sees a significant boost, especially towards the Mediterranean, Balkans and Iceland.

New Wrocław routes:

• Catania (Sicily) – 2× weekly from 30 March 2026
• Dortmund – 4× weekly from 25 October 2026 (part of a broader schedule change)
• Ohrid – 2× weekly from 7 June to 16 September 2026
• Podgorica – 4× weekly from 16 June 2026
• Reykjavík–Keflavík (Iceland) – 3× weekly from 16 June 2026
• Varna (Bulgaria) – 2× weekly from 15 June 2026
• Gran Canaria – 2× weekly from 5 December 2025, operating through the winter season

These flights give Lower Silesia direct access to popular sun-and-sea destinations plus Iceland’s unique landscapes.

New routes from Poznań, Lublin, Szczecin and Rzeszów

Wizz Air’s expansion is not limited to big bases – smaller airports finally get more love too.

Poznań:

• Basel – 3× weekly from 21 September 2026
• Podgorica – 2× weekly from 4 June to 17 September 2026

Lublin:

• Maastricht – 2× weekly from 30 March 2026
• Rijeka – 2× weekly from 9 June 2026

Szczecin:

• Bergen (Norway) – 2× weekly from 30 March 2026

Rzeszów:

• Podgorica – 3× weekly from 1 June to 18 September 2026

For passengers in these regions, Wizz Air’s move means far fewer transfers via Warsaw or foreign hubs and more direct options to the Med and Scandinavia.

Other new connections involving Poland

On top of the routes listed above, there are also international services that newly connect to Poland:

• Bratislava – Warsaw (Chopin) – 5× weekly from 29 March 2026, improving links between Slovakia and Poland
• Kraków – Bilbao – new winter route from December 2025
• Additional growth at Wrocław and Gdańsk through frequency increases on existing routes, noted in schedule data.

All of this combines into one of the largest single-country expansions in Wizz Air’s history.

When do the new Wizz Air routes start?

Rough timeline:

From December 2025

• First wave from Warsaw–Modlin (new base)
• Gdańsk – Poprad, Kraków – Bilbao, Wrocław – Gran Canaria

From late March 2026

• Many spring launches: Katowice routes to Italy/Portugal, Wrocław–Catania, Poznań–Podgorica, Maastricht links from Katowice and Lublin, Bratislava–Warsaw, etc.

From May–June 2026

• Peak summer 2026 expansion with Gdańsk’s Greek/Balkan network, Rijeka and Rimini routes, Iceland and Black Sea destinations.

Most services are already available to book on wizzair.com and via the mobile app; schedules may still be adjusted slightly closer to launch.

What this means for travellers

For travellers in Poland – and for anyone connecting via Polish airports – this expansion means:

• More choice and competition on routes where Wizz Air will face Ryanair and LOT, especially at Modlin and Gdańsk.
• Better options from smaller cities, where previously you often needed to connect via Warsaw, Berlin or other hubs.
• More cheap flights to summer destinations in Croatia, Italy, Greece, Montenegro, Portugal, Bulgaria and North Macedonia.

On TravelFree.info we’ll be watching fare drops closely – as soon as prices get really attractive on any of these new routes, we’ll publish separate deal posts with the best dates and booking tips.