Wizz Air Naples: Trieste, Barcelona, Bilbao from Dec 2026

1. The routes announced for December 2026

The Naples airport press release of 18 May 2026 announces a third Airbus based in Naples from December 2026, along with three new routes to Spain: Barcelona, Madrid and Bilbao. That release gives neither a departure day nor a fare. The Trieste route, however, is covered by a press release dated 16 July 2026 that sets 14 December 2026 as the first flight day, with four flights a week. The Barcelona and Bilbao dates come from the specialist press, notably The Local, dated 20 May 2026.

Source: Naples airport, press release of 16 July 2026; fares and distances: Wizz Air route pages, checked 23 October 2026.

2. Naples, the base for the new routes

Naples (NAP), Capodichino airport

One way from €19 New routes from December 2026 City centre about 6 km Flight to Trieste about 1 h 15 min

Naples becomes the departure base for three of the routes described here. The Naples airport press release of 18 May 2026 announces a third aircraft based on site from December 2026, which explains why one city serves routes to Spain and to north-east Italy. Capodichino airport is about 6 km from the centre, according to the Wizz Air route page checked on 23 October 2026.

Highlights

• A route to Trieste from 14 December 2026, according to the official release
• A third aircraft based in Naples from December 2026
• An airport close to the centre, about 6 km away

To get into the city, a shuttle bus, the Alibus, links the airport to the central station and the port. According to the press, it costs about €5 and its ticket is valid for 90 minutes after the first validation. That figure still needs confirming on anm.it, the public operator, before you travel.

Pixidia tip: runway works are announced at Capodichino for November 2026. The new routes start after that period, but if your trip falls in November, confirm the closure dates with the airport before booking. According to the press, Salerno airport, with its Salerno Airlink shuttle at about €5 and 40 minutes, can serve as an alternative: to be confirmed. Section 9 details what still needs confirming.

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3. Barcelona, one flight a day announced for December

Barcelona (BCN), El Prat airport

One way from €23 Daily flight from mid-December City centre about 15 km Flight of about 2 h 30 min

The Wizz Air route page checked on 23 October 2026 shows a starting fare from €23 one way for December, and from €25 for January 2027. The specialist press announces a daily flight from 14 December 2026, according to The Local (20 May 2026). The Naples airport release gives no day: the date therefore comes from the press, not from an airport document.

El Prat airport is about 15 km south-west of Barcelona. According to the same press article, Wizz Air is the third operator there by volume, behind Vueling and Ryanair. Fares for the Aerobús and the airport metro are not covered here: the operators’ official sites were not re-checked, and figures found on third-party sites are not reliable enough for a budget.

On journey time, the Wizz Air page indicates about 2 h 30 min of flight. An aggregator gives 2 h 10 min for a direct flight already operated by another airline: this is third-party data, which we could not cross-check against the timetable of the new route.

Highlights

• One flight a day, according to the press, from mid-December 2026
• Starting fares from €23 in December, checked on the Wizz Air site
• Wizz Air is the third operator at El Prat by volume, behind Vueling and Ryanair, according to The Local

Pixidia tip: the exact day of the first route does not appear in the Naples airport’s official release. Check the date on wizzair.com when you book, before fixing your accommodation dates.

For a day trip out of the city, our day trips from Barcelona, compared help you fill your stay without another flight.

4. Bilbao, three flights a week and one date still to confirm

Bilbao (BIO), Loiu airport

One way from €25 Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday City centre about 12 km Line announced until end of October 2027

The Bilbao route is the most uncertain of the three as far as the date goes. The The Local article of 20 May 2026 announces 15 December, while The Flight Club, in its May and August 2026 articles, gives 14 December for this route. The sources disagree: we do not settle it, and the fairest wording is « mid-December 2026, 14 or 15 December depending on the source ».

The announced frequency is three flights a week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. According to the same article, the line runs until the end of October 2027, and tickets went on sale from 18 May 2026. The sources we re-read do not say whether the route is direct: confirm on wizzair.com. The flight time for Naples-Bilbao was not found in the sources consulted.

On urban transport, the airport is linked to the centre by bus A3247, from Bilbao’s intermodal station. The Spanish tourist office page spain.info, checked 23 October 2026, says it runs from 06:00 to 00:00 in the airport-to-city direction, and from 05:00 to 22:00 in the other direction, with a bus every 15 to 20 minutes. The bus fare is not confirmed for 2026: a 2018 source quotes a special ticket, probably out of date, which we do not repeat.

For a taxi, the same page indicates about €27 to €30 to the centre, and €32 to €35 to the intermodal station. These are indicative values, not official fares.

Highlights

• Three flights a week, according to the press, with the line announced until end of October 2027
• An airport about 12 km from the centre and a bus every 15 to 20 minutes
• A fare from €25 one way, checked on 23 October 2026

Pixidia tip: the bus does not run at night. For a landing after midnight, book a taxi: the tourist office indicates about €27 to €30 to the centre, an indicative figure to check at the time of your journey.

5. Trieste, the only official date and the lowest fare

Trieste (TRS), Ronchi dei Legionari airport

One way from €19.99 from Trieste 4 flights a week from 14 December City centre about 35 km Flight of about 1 h 15 min

The Naples to Trieste route is the only one of the three whose start date appears in an official release. Trieste airport’s release of 16 July 2026 announces a fare from €19.99 one way from Trieste, presented as an introductory fare, and specifies that the aircraft is an Airbus A321neo. The Wizz Air route page checked on 23 October 2026, for its part, shows from Naples: from €19 in general, €25 in December, €19 in January 2027 and €20 in March 2027.

Trieste airport also offers a long-distance bus to Naples, among other destinations (Rijeka, Nice, Ljubljana, Zagreb), according to its « Bus » page. That page gives neither a timetable nor a fare for the Naples service. If you are choosing between the plane and the bus, check the timetables before you decide, as we could not find them.

To reach central Trieste from the airport, the same page lists local buses run by TPL FVG and APT Gorizia. No official fare or journey time was found on this page: ask the airport before you travel.

Highlights

• The lowest starting fare of the three routes checked, from €19 out of Naples
• Four flights a week: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
• A land alternative by long-distance bus, to be checked with the airport

Pixidia tip: the €19.99 fare from Trieste is announced as introductory, for the first departures. Fares shown on the Wizz Air page vary by month: from €25 in December, €19 in January. Compare dates before you book.

6. How much a ticket costs, month by month

The Wizz Air route pages show, for each month, a minimum fare one way. The values below were checked on 23 October 2026. They are minimums seen that day: they are not guaranteed and they vary by departure day.

Source: Wizz Air route pages, Naples to Bilbao, Naples to Barcelona and Naples to Trieste, checked 23 October 2026.

Three observations come out of this table. The Bilbao flight shows €80 in March 2027, against €25 in February: the page gives no explanation, and we offer none. The Trieste route shows no fare for February 2027, so there is no price to take and no average to calculate. Finally, these minimums do not cover every departure day, which is a reason to compare several dates before booking.

The ticket price is only part of the budget. Baggage and the Priority option, covered in the next section, can weigh more than the starting fare itself.

7. Baggage: what is free and what is not

Wizz Air’s rules have several levels, and the confusion often comes from the trolley case. According to the airline’s baggage page, checked on 23 October 2026, the free cabin bag measures 40 × 30 × 20 cm and weighs 10 kg at most. It must fit under the seat. The 55 × 40 × 23 cm trolley, which many guides present as standard, is included only with the Wizz Priority option.

Source: Wizz Air baggage page and Wizz Priority page, checked 23 October 2026.

The price of hold baggage is not covered here. The ranges found on comparison sites and guides run from €13 to more than €86 for 20 kg, with gaps too wide to publish a figure. The safest approach is to check the price during booking, at the same time as the ticket. The Priority option costs between €10 and €60 online, and €65 to €75 at the airport, according to the Wizz Air page.

Several travellers report baggage fees paid at the check-in desk rather than online (unverified accounts). The price gap, even if reported by a few accounts, is a reason to pay for your bag before the flight.

8. Getting from the city centre to the airport, city by city

The table below sums up access to each of the four airports. Distances come from the Wizz Air route pages. Transport and timetables come from official sites where they exist. Fares we could not confirm on an official source are left blank: this is deliberate, as a gap is better than a wrong figure.

Source: Wizz Air route pages (distances); spain.info (Bilbao); Trieste airport, Bus page; checked 23 October 2026.

Formalities: entry into the Schengen area and ETIAS

The EU Entry/Exit System (EES) has been operating since 10 April 2026, according to search results citing the European Commission. We could not read the official page: check it on the European Commission portal before you leave, and expect the biometric check at your first entry.

For the ETIAS travel authorisation, no date of entry into force is confirmed in the sources we could read. Do not treat it as a formality already in force, and do not assume it will apply to your travel date.

For the identity documents required, we did not check the official page in this review. Check the GOV.UK foreign travel advice for your destination, and confirm which document is valid for your nationality.

9. What other guides don’t tell you

Mainstream articles often repeat the same figures, sometimes without dating them. Here are the points we checked, which are missing or presented differently elsewhere.

• Only the Trieste route has an official start date. The Naples airport release of 18 May 2026 gives no day for Barcelona and Bilbao. Guides that announce 14 December for all three routes rely on the press (Naples airport release, checked 23 October 2026).
• The €19.99 fare applies to departures from Trieste. The introductory fare announced by Trieste Airport on 16 July 2026 is from €19.99 one way from Trieste. From Naples, the Wizz Air page checked on 23 October 2026 shows from €19 in general, and €25 in December (Trieste Airport release, checked 23 October 2026).
• The closure of Capodichino in November 2026 is not settled. ENAC announced runway works for November 2026 in July 2025, with fewer closure days, without fixing precise dates. The 2026 press gives different periods, and no airport release published in 2026 was re-read (ENAC release of 1 July 2025, checked 23 October 2026).
• The bus from Trieste to Naples exists, but has no published timetable. The « Bus » page of Trieste airport lists a daily long-distance service to Naples. It gives neither a timetable nor a fare, and most guides mention only the local shuttle (Trieste airport Bus page, checked 23 October 2026).
• The trolley is not included in the basic ticket. The free Wizz Air cabin bag measures 40 × 30 × 20 cm. The 55 × 40 × 23 cm trolley is included only with the Priority option (Wizz Priority page, checked 23 October 2026).