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 100,000 more passengers than Ryanair last month

Battle of budget airlines sees Wizz Air beat 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 to save 260 jobs  … 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 announces launch of SIX more routes serving Luton Airport including flights to Faro

Wizz Air has announced the launch of six new routes serving Luton Airport from next month after resuming flights to European destinations for the first time since lockdown. The budget airline said the new routes would include flights to Faro in Portugal on June 18, four Greek islands from early July and Morocco in late … Read more

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

Travellers arrived at Luton Airport today for the first time since Britain went into lockdown as the budget carrier Wizz Air resumed some flights – with strict new rules for cabin crew and passengers. Low-cost Hungarian airline Wizz Air is one of the first European airlines to restart routes during the coronavirus pandemic. The airline … Read more

Low cost airline Wizz Air will resume flights form Luton tomorrow

Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air said it will be resuming flights from London Luton tomorrow. The flights will service airports in Spain, Portugal, Israel, Slovakia, Serbia, Romania and Hungary.      The airline is promising low fares to stimulate demand, however, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office still advises against all foreign non-essential travel.  Passengers won’t be able … 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

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