Wizz Air will be the official carrier of the Hungarian team to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, according to a cooperation agreement signed on Wednesday between the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) and the airline. At the press conference held on the occasion of the ceremony, the agreement was signed by Wizz Air CEO József Váradi […]
The 200th aircraft has arrived in Wizz Air's fleet, reducing the average age of the airline's fleet to 4.2 years, the company told MTI on Tuesday. The new Airbus A321neo will be based at London-Luton Airport. The Airbus A321neo aircraft's avionics offer significant environmental benefits. The model can now fly on up to 50% sustainable […]
Wizz Air will provide around four million seats on its Hungarian flights to 70 destinations this summer season, thus maintaining its market leadership in Hungary, the low-cost airline told MTI on Tuesday. They stressed that in the travel period starting in April and ending at the end of September, they expect another outstanding result after […]
Low-cost airliner Wizz Air has broken its previous passenger record in 2023, carrying more than 60.3 million passengers last year, an increase of around 32% compared to 2022; in Hungary, this represents 5.2 million passengers and a 29% increase compared to the previous year, the airline told MTI on Friday. In 2023, Wizz Air launched […]
In the summer season between April and September 2023, Wizz Air carried a record 33 million passengers on its flights, a 24% increase compared to the same period last year, the airline told MTI on Tuesday. According to the information, the most popular destinations this year were again seaside holiday resorts and historic cities with […]
Budget airliner Wizz Air made an operating profit of EUR 522.9 million in the six months to September 30, compared with a loss of EUR 63.8 million a year earlier. In six months, 33 million passengers were carried, compared with 26.5 million a year earlier. An important factor in the improved results was that while […]
The ground handling of some of Wizz Air flights at Liszt Ferenc International Airport of the Hungarian capital will now be carried out by its leading service partner Menzies Aviation using fully electric equipment, the airline informed MTI on Monday. According to the statement, compared to diesel-powered equipment, fully electric ground handling can reduce carbon […]
For the second year in a row, Wizz Air has been awarded the CAPA Global Environmental Sustainability Airline/Airline Group of the Year at the CAPA Asia Aviation Summit for the usage of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). A statement by the airliner says that Wizz Air’s top ranking in the benchmarking report is due to their […]
More than 10,000 people have registered for this Sunday's 38th Wizz Air Budapest Half Marathon, which will also be the national championship for the 21,097-meter distance. The organizers Budapest Sportiroda said in a statement on Tuesday that 6,300 runners had signed up for the event's "king's race", the individual half marathon, with 1,170 of them […]
Budget airline Wizz Air expects heavy passenger traffic and higher fares this summer. The airliner is also expecting higher revenues in the 2023-2024 financial year, after posting a loss of EUR 535 million last year, according to the company's annual report. The business news website napi.hu reports that Wizz Air's net profit for the 2023-2024 […]
The Hungarian oil and gas company Mol, the airliner Wizz Air and Liszt Ferenc International Airport are testing a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) blend. The fuel was purchased by Mol from the Finnish company Neste. Wizz Air's flight to Paris took off on Wednesday filled with this fuel as part of the test. At the […]
Wizz Air has again, after 2020, won the Airline of the Year award at the Air Transport Awards, the company told MTI on Thursday. The award was personally accepted by CEO József Váradi at the gala evening in Montreal, Canada on Wednesday, they wrote. The Air Transport Awards annually honors outstanding performers in the air […]
Hungary-based low-cost airliner Wizz Air has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ÖMV, the international integrated oil, gas and chemicals company headquartered in Vienna, for the supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) between 2023 and 2030. The MoU gives Wizz Air the opportunity to purchase up to 185,000 metric tons of SAF from OMV. […]
