Wizz Air says it hopes to help passengers affected by the rail-service interruption after the 28 October collision near Urda, Toledo. The crash involved a Renfe high-speed train and an Iryo train on the Madrid to Seville corridor, disrupting services between Madrid and Andalusia, including Ciudad Real. Wizz Air will launch routes from Madrid to Málaga and Seville on 6 November.
Each route is scheduled to have two flights a day, amounting to four scheduled daily flight sectors across the two connections. Wizz Air says fares will start at €45.99 and be capped at €99.99. The airline says it set the maximum fare to provide practical support to people affected by the rail interruption. It described the flights as an alternative for family visits and work, as well as other necessary journeys.
András Radó, Wizz Air’s director of communications, said people needed reliable transport options. Preliminary accounts reported by NPR said a computer failure disabled the safety system across a 63-kilometre section and halted six trains; Transport Minister Óscar Puente described the subsequent instruction allowing the Renfe train to proceed as inexplicable. Spain’s government declared three days of official mourning, through 31 October, after the accident. Separate coverage has addressed the government response to the Urda crash in a report on the political response.
