14.06.2021 - 04:29 UTC
Wizz Air UK (W9, London Luton) has announced it will enter the British domestic market on July 9, launching flights to Jersey from Doncaster/Sheffield and Cardiff.
Both routes will be operated 2x weekly, on Mondays and Fridays, as they are tailored primarily for leisure passengers. The low-cost carrier stressed that by launching domestic leisure routes, it is seeking to protect passengers from the ongoing uncertainty related to international travel.
"The Wizz Air UK team is working hard to ensure that summer 2021 is not cancelled, by continuing to provide low-fare flights to the destinations that our UK customers love to travel to. After an extremely challenging year we know that our customers are looking to get away for some sunshine and relaxation," Managing Director Owain Jones said.
Wizz Air UK opened a base at Doncaster/Sheffield airport in November 2020; its second in the country after London Luton. The base in Cardiff, Wales's only large commercial airport, will open on June 19, 2021. Wizz Air UK also has a...
19.05.2021 - 14:04 UTC
Wizz Air UK (W9, London Luton) has confirmed it will open its new base at Cardiff on June 17, 2021, with the first international flight taking off to Faro in Portugal, following the Welsh government’s lifting of a ban on international travel.
The Hungarian low-cost carrier will station one aircraft, a 230-seat A321-200 at Cardiff, to start with, spokesperson Andras Rado confirmed. The intention was to grow the fleet at the base pending demand.
The nine destinations to be served from Cardiff this summer include Faro (Portugal), Larnaca (Cyprus), Kerkyra (Greece), Heraklion (Crete), Alicante and Palma de Mallorca (Spain), plus Lanzarote and Tenerife Sur in the Canary Islands, Spain. This will be followed by flights to Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) in October.
Wizz Air UK Managing Director Owain Jones said in a statement: “With the re-start of international travel from Wales, we’re excited to be planning the start of Wizz Air UK’s new base at Cardiff Airport in June, just in time for...
27.04.2021 - 23:41 UTC
Wizz Air Holdings is considering expanding into India and Africa as pandemic-related travel restrictions continue in Europe, its chief executive József Váradi said during an online conference.
“We are no longer just a European airline,” he said during a World Aviation Festival online event on April 23.
Once passenger aviation markets open up again, the pan-European low-cost carrier may “possibly over time” expand to Africa, he elaborated, while Asia is also a “possible” target.
According to the ch-aviation capacities module, Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) already operates to the United Arab Emirates, with services to Dubai Int'l from Bucharest Otopeni (3x weekly), Budapest, and Sofia (both 2x weekly), as well as to Tel Aviv Ben Gurion from Bucharest, Budapest, Larnaca, Sofia (all 2x weekly), Cluj-Napoca, Milan Malpensa, Varna, Vienna, and Vilnius (all 1x weekly).
Its Wizz Air Abu Dhabi (5W, Abu Dhabi Int'l) subsidiary, meanwhile, received its Air Operator's Certificate on October 20 and has launched a network of scheduled...
Editorial Comment: Corrected ownership percentages of Wizz Air Abu Dhabi to be 49% Wizz Air, 51% ADQ - 28.04.2021 - 07:29 UTC
01.01.2021 - 00:14 UTC
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi (5W, Abu Dhabi Int'l) has announced that it would launch on January 15, 2021, following a series of delays caused by the ongoing COVID-related travel restrictions.
The low-cost carrier will initially limit its network of scheduled flights out of Abu Dhabi Int'l to Athens Int'l. On February 4, 2021, it will launch services to Thessaloniki.
Initially, Wizz Air Abu Dhabi planned to launch on October 1, 2020, with its network comprising flights to Athens, Alexandria Borg el Arab, Kutaisi, Larnaca, Odesa, and Yerevan. It received its Air Operator's Certificate with a delay on October 20 but could not launch due to the prevailing travel restrictions. It now said that it remained committed to the announced network and it will launch all routes "as each destination joins the ‘green countries’ list".
The start-up, a 30/70 joint venture between Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company (ADQ) and Wizz Air Holdings, has so far taken deliveries of three A321-200NXs. It will be the third...
