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Wizz Air

  • Sunday, 2 November, 2025
    UK business
    No new planes for UK if taxes keep rising, warn Ryanair and Wizz Air

    Low cost airline bosses are braced for increase in air passenger duty

    EasyJet, Ryanair and Wizz Air passenger aircraft parked side by side on the tarmac at London Luton airport.
  • Tuesday, 28 October, 2025
    Wizz woos business travellers with empty middle seats

    Budget airline will test letting front-row passengers pay more for extra elbow room and faster boarding

    A Wizz Air Airbus A320 with pink and white livery taxis on a wet runway at Luton airport.
  • Thursday, 23 October, 2025
    Airlines
    Wizz Air boss says EU aviation rules risk creating a ‘decaying economy’

    Potential of region’s carriers to drive economic growth is being ignored, József Váradi tells the FT

    József Váradi stands with arms crossed in front of a Wizz Air aeroplane inside a hangar.
  • Thursday, 24 July, 2025
    LexAirlines
    Hold the fizz on Wizz Air’s turnaround

    Unlucky airline is changing course, but it will be bumpy

    Premium content
    Passenger aircraft operated by Wizz Air at London Luton
  • Thursday, 24 July, 2025
    Airlines
    Wizz Air scales back growth ambitions as engine issues hit profits again

    Low-cost carrier extends delivery timeline for new planes and reduces passenger outlook

  • Monday, 14 July, 2025
    Wizz Air shelves Abu Dhabi hub plans to focus on central and eastern Europe

    Low-cost carrier blames geopolitical conflicts in Middle East, failure to secure flight routes and persistent engine issues

    Plane with Wizz Air logo
  • Thursday, 5 June, 2025
    Wizz Air shares plunge 26% as plane groundings hit profits

    Low-cost carrier posts 41.5% drop in earnings as Pratt & Whitney engine woes continue

    A Wizz Air plane
  • Thursday, 30 January, 2025
    Wizz Air issues second profit warning in six months as plane grounding costs soar

    Low-cost airline hit by engine problems that have taken a fifth of its fleet out of action

    A Wizz Air plane parked on the tarmac at Ferenc Liszt International airport in Budapest
  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
    UK watchdog fines former Wizz Air executive for secret share trading

    Ex-supply chain manager fined £123,500 by FCA for breaching market abuse rules

    The logo of the Financial Conduct Authority displayed on a wall
  • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
    Wizz Air summer profits down a fifth after engine woes ground aircraft

    Forty-one planes on tarmac for inspection as low-cost carrier is forced to ease ambitious growth plans

    A Wizz Air plane parked on the tarmac at Ferenc Liszt International airport in Budapest, Hungary
  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2024
    Wizz Air says CEO is unlikely to meet targets needed to trigger £100mn bonus

    Company says award plan ‘underwater’ after it was hit by a string of crises

    József Váradi in front of a Wizz logo
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Wizz Air bets on allure of cheap seats for new low-cost Middle East flights

    Airline to begin no-frills service from Europe to Jeddah and Abu Dhabi next year

    Passengers boarding a Wizz Air plane via a stairway at an airport in Poland
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Airlines
    Wizz Air shares drop as plane groundings hit profits

    Budget airline cuts forecast as it hires spare planes to fill holes in flight schedules

    A Wizz Air plane taking off
  • Monday, 6 May, 2024
    InterviewThe CEO
    Wizz Air CEO: ‘Crisis management became a constant’

    Wars, soaring oil prices and engine troubles have thrown European airline off course

    József Váradi
  • Saturday, 3 February, 2024
    Airlines
    European airlines prepare for record summer passenger numbers

    Ryanair, easyJet and Wizz Air point to signs of strong demand despite economic gloom and high ticket prices

    Passengers board an Easyjet aircraft
  • Wednesday, 17 January, 2024
    Wizz Air in £1.2mn extra customer payout after regulator orders complaint reviews

    Airline’s treatment of disrupted passengers in 2022 led to a high number complaints and concerns at the Civil Aviation Authority

    A Wizz Air Airbus A320 landing at Luton Airport
  • Sunday, 17 December, 2023
    Ryanair Holdings PLC
    Ryanair boss O’Leary on course for €100mn bonus

    Airline’s shares hit record high, inching closer to target price of €21 for share option reward

    Michael O’Leary
  • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
    Industrials
    Some mildly interesting information about Wizz Air’s grounded planes

    Not an understatement

  • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
    Wizz Air cuts profit forecast as groundings threaten growth plans

    Low-cost airline faces ‘unprecedented operational challenge’ from engine problems affecting almost a quarter of fleet

    A Wizz Air plane on the tarmac in Budapest, Hungary
  • Thursday, 3 August, 2023
    InterviewJózsef Váradi
    Wizz Air chief hails ‘capitalist spirit’ behind £100mn bonus package extension

    József Váradi tells FT ‘common sense prevailed’ after significant number of investors rebel at shareholders’ meeting

    Wizz Air chief executive József Váradi
  • Wednesday, 2 August, 2023
    Wizz Air investors approve chief executive’s bonus package extension plan

    Almost 30% of carrier’s free float was cast against the move to give József Váradi until 2028 to unlock £100mn reward

    Wizz Air plan at an airport
  • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
    Wizz Air faces pushback on plan to give chief extra time to hit £100mn bonus

    Proxy advisers ISS and Pirc oppose AGM resolution to grant József Váradi two more years to win one-off award

    József Váradi waves a ribbon as he looks out of the cockpit of a Wizz Air plane
  • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
    Wizz Air reprimanded over ‘unacceptable’ handling of complaints

    UK regulator orders low-cost airline to review compensation claims after it failed to pay customers what they were owed

    A Wizz Air passenger aircraft at the gate at Debrecen airport in Hungary
  • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
    Wizz Air expects return to profit after putting fuel hedging fiasco behind it

    European low-cost carrier buoyed by travel rebound after decision not to hedge fuel costs contributed to loss

    WIzz Air planes in Berlin
  • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
    Wizz Air losses narrow as ticket prices rise

    Low-cost airline’s chief says demand for travel remains strong despite economic slowdown

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