Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air will operate direct flights between Luxembourg and Bucharest from June onwards, as well as to Skopje in November.

There will be two flights a week to the Romanian capital, and three flights per week to the capital of North Macedonia.

In December it was announced that Wizz Air would start flying between Luxembourg and Rome as of late July, placing them in direct competition on that route with national carrier Luxair.

No flight schedule as been announced for Skopje, and flights are not yet available for booking on the airline's website, but the exyuaviation blog announced the news on Friday.

At the moment the airline already flies to Skopje from nearby airports Frankfurt Hahn and Brussels Charleroi, and to Bucharest from Charleroi only.

Wizzair also added Ljubljana, Stuttgart and Salzburg to its direct destination list from Skopje, with budget carrier receiving subsidies for operating the routes for at least three years.

Flights from Bucharest to Luxembourg depart at 12.10pm on Wednesdays and 7.10am on Sundays.

Flights from Luxembourg to Bucharest depart at 2.35pm on Wednesdays and 9.40am on Sundays.

These are already available for booking, as is Rome.