Wizz Air Opens Podgorica Base, Adds 17 Routes for 2026

Wizz Air has opened a base in Podgorica and turned Montenegro’s capital airport into one of its busiest in the region. The low-cost carrier stationed two Airbus A321neo jets there from 30 March 2026 and is rolling out 17 new routes across the summer — enough to make it Montenegro’s largest airline this season. For travellers, that means far more direct options into Podgorica and noticeably cheaper fares.

What has changed

Wizz Air’s Podgorica base went live on 30 March 2026 with two based A321neo aircraft. On the back of it, the airline is adding 17 new routes over the 2026 summer season, lifting its Podgorica network to well over 20 destinations and pushing the airport past 40 nonstop routes overall.

Detail	Value
Base opened	30 March 2026
Based aircraft	2 × Airbus A321neo
New routes (summer 2026)	17
Market position	Montenegro’s largest carrier

The scale of the jump is significant: Wizz Air now offers well over a million seats a year to and from Montenegro, far more than a year ago.

Where the new routes go

The 17 new links spread across Western, Central and Northern Europe. Among them are Barcelona, Rome, Paris (Beauvais), Hamburg, Cologne, Basel, Malmö, Ljubljana, Catania, Bratislava, Vilnius and a cluster of Polish cities including Gdańsk, Poznań and Wrocław. The spread leans heavily towards markets that send summer holidaymakers to the Adriatic.

What it means for your trip

More competition usually means lower fares, and Wizz Air’s arrival adds pressure right across the Podgorica schedule. It also stacks on top of an already strong season — see our roundup of Montenegro’s 60+ summer routes and the new flynas link from Riyadh. Podgorica (TGD) is the inland airport, so it is the natural choice for the widest route spread and trips heading beyond the immediate coast.

Planning around it

Podgorica sits away from the sea, so most visitors move on after landing. Public transport works but thins out off the main lines, so renting a car is the simplest way to reach the Bay of Kotor or the north. For timing, see when to visit; from the capital, the Old Town of Kotor is a short drive away. The news section tracks more route updates as the season fills out.

Source: EX-YU Aviation News (June 2026), with route details cross-checked against Air Service One and airport schedules. Routes and figures as reported for summer 2026; confirm current schedules with the airline or airport before booking.