No-frills airline Wizz Air plots swoop for 1 in 5 Gatwick flights

Wizz Air plotting expansion that could see it operating up to one in five flights from Gatwick within five years By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 24 October 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 24 October 2020 Wizz Air is plotting a multi-billion-pound expansion that could see it operating up to one … Read more

Wizz Air will create 5,000 jobs if it lands extra slots at Gatwick

Budget carrier Wizz Air will create 5,000 jobs if it lands extra slots at Gatwick By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:16 BST, 1 September 2020 | Updated: 22:41 BST, 1 September 2020 Wizz Air is pushing for more landing slots at Gatwick, insisting it would be able to create 5,000 jobs. While … Read more

Wizz Air carried 100k more passengers than Ryanair last month

Battle of budget airlines sees Wizz Air do better under lockdown than rival Ryanair with 100,000 more passengers last month Wizz Air opened new bases in Dortmund, St Petersburg, and Bacau in Romania The airline industry has suffered greatly massively from the Covid-19 pandemic Ryanair pilots agreed to have their wages cut by 20% yesterday … Read more

Tui credit notes and ‘misleading’ Wizz Air adverts are among the Holiday Guru topics this week 

The Holiday Guru is always on hand to answer your questions. This week topics tackled include ‘misleading’ adverts for Wizz Air flights to Bulgaria, arranging refunds for Interrail passes, re-booking cancelled Ryanair flights and accepting Refund Credit Notes from Tui.  Q. I received a Wizz Air promo email saying ‘Bulgaria is open’ and advertising 20 … Read more

Wizz Air becomes first airline to resume overseas flights to Romania, Hungary, Portugal and Spain

Budget carrier Wizz Air resumed some overseas flights today from Luton Airport with strict new safety rules for cabin crew and passengers.  The low-cost Hungarian airline is the first to restart routes from the UK to European destinations during the coronavirus pandemic, including Spain, Portugal, Hungary and Bulgaria. Bosses introduced strict new hygiene measures, such as compulsory face masks, … Read more

Budget airline Wizz Air becomes first to restore flights from London to European destinations

Budget airline Wizz Air has become the first to restore routes from London to European destinations, with planes scheduled to take off as early as next week. Flights will be leaving London Luton airport for Tenerife, Lisbon, Budapest and other major cities from May 1. Seats are priced as low as £16.99. The continent-wide coronavirus … Read more