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 Wizz Air Flights - A short but rich history
Wizz Air is a Polish/Hungarian low-cost airline which serves Central Europe. Wizz Air is the trading name of Wizz Air Hungary Airlines Ltd. The company is registered in London with operating subsidiaries in Poland, Hungary and Bulgaria. Wizz Air Bulgaria was established in September 2005. Wizz Air will open its 7th base in Poznan in January 2008. Plans for Wizz Air were only conceived in June 2003 after a group if six airline experts teamed up current CEO and chairman József Váradi, former CEO of Malév Hungarian Airlines. Within three months, Wizz Air was a registered company ready to fly. The first flight was made on May 19th 2004 from Katowice, just 19 days after Poland and Hungary entered the EU and the single European aviation market. Wizz air has carried approximately 5 million passengers to date and currently employs 400 people. The main base of Wizz Air is Katowice International Airport in Poland, although there are 5 other operating bases: Warsaw, Gdansk, Budapest, Sofia and Bucharest.
Wizz Air Routes
Wizz Air currently offers flights on 70 routes in Europe and is in negotiations to expand its service by providing cheap flights to and from Central and Eastern Europe. There are also flights from London to Bourgas.
Wizz Air Fleet
Wizz Air has 13 x Airbus A320-200’s (plus 82 on order), twelve of which operate for Wizz Air Hungary and the remaining one for Wizz Air Bulgaria. It is the intention of Wizz Air to operate up to 30 aircrafts within the next 3-5 years. The Wizz Air fleet is easily identifiable in airports with its white, pink and purple colours.
Wizz Air - Cheap flights
Wizz Air is a low-cost airline, which means that passengers pay the cost of a cheap fare, as well as taxes and charges which often include fuel surcharges, insurance, passenger service charge and security tax. Wizz Air is able to offer cheap flights with a number of cost cutting exercises that include ticket-less travel, no seat assignment and no free meals on-board. Wizz Air also often operates to secondary airports, much like rivals Ryanair, which mean lower operational costs that are reflected in the ticket pricing.
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