Wizz Air

Wizz Air expects a “transition year” in fiscal 2025 with flat capacity growth due to ongoing operational challenges.

Wizz Air CEO József Váradi believes the ULCC is nearing the peak of the Pratt & Whitney GTF recall issue and is seeing improvements in shop visit times.

Airlines have enjoyed strong demand for the past two years. But with more capacity entering the market, yields are coming under pressure.

As of the end of March, Wizz Air had 45 Airbus A320neo family aircraft grounded due to issues related to the geared turbofan (GTF) engine recall.

Romanian flag-carrier TAROM is planning to offer travelers better connectivity in order to withstand pressure from cheaper competitors, primarily Wizz Air.

All the data relating to the region’s top airlines, airports, routes and markets during the second quarter of the year.

Following on from used cooking fats, plant seeds and even air, a UK company is planning to convert processed human waste into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

“We are determined to keep our capacity and serve as many passengers as possible,” a Wizz Air spokesperson told Aviation Daily.

Capacity constraints will prevent a full recovery within Europe’s short-haul market this summer, dampening traffic growth but signaling higher yields for LCCs.

Put simply, saving 20% of fuel per flight is redundant if, simultaneously, total flights increase by 20%.

ULCCs are working to overcome significant headwinds with plans for improved liquidity and refined network strategies.

Generally, European LCCs are performing quite well, although this might be expected, given the efficient nature of the way they do business.

ULCC Wizz Air plans to open its second training center—located in Rome—in 2024.

Wizz Air said it would be restarting operations to Tel Aviv from Budapest, Sofia, Bucharest, Krakow, London, and Rome from the beginning of March.

A spokesperson for the antitrust authority AGCM said the investigation had closed without finding evidence of price-fixing on the routes investigated.

Ryanair has been denouncing the practices of many OTA websites for some time and calling for consumers to be better protected from them.

The sleeping aviation giant finally is waking up. It could be the next big thing for aerospace.

European carriers tack through myriad challenges.

Europe’s airline executives are watching the evolving travel trends closely for clues on how demand will play out in 2024.

Wizz Air suspended flights to Moldova’s capital Chisinau in March amid concerns about the safety of the country’s airspace.

The Budapest-based ULCC says it is extending leases, driving higher utilization and leaning on new deliveries to offset the impact of the GTF groundings.

While Ryanair Group and particularly Wizz Air Group are lowering emissions significantly, easyJet and Vueling are not keeping up.

Many airlines are suspending services to and from Tel Aviv as fighting between Israel and Hamas continues.

The move mirrors similar decisions by Ryanair and Wizz Air who have ordered large numbers of Boeing 737-10s and more A321neos, respectively.

Wizz Air is expanding bases in Albania, Italy, and Romania and plans to switch Scottish flights from Edinburgh to Glasgow.