A BUDGET airline has announced it will be cancelling most of its winter flights from Cardiff Airport due to "economic pressures".

Wizz Air is to suspend journeys to nine popular destinations from 19 September, saying the routes are not commercially viable.

The airline is no longer offering tickets to Alicante, Corfu, Heraklion, Faro, Larnaca, Lanzarote, Palma de Mallorca, Sharm el-Sheikh or Tenerife.

Its bosses said the decision was made to minimise disruption to passengers, who will be informed by email if they are affected.

Ticket-holders will be offered options to either rebook to take their trip this year as planned but from London Gatwick or Luton Airport, or book comparable flights to go next summer from Cardiff.

People will also be offered either a full cash refund or 120 per cent of their ticket cost in airline credit. Flights to Milan, Italy, and Romanian capital Bucharest will still operate over the winter months, Wizz Air said.

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