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History | |
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Wizz Air was founded in September 2003 with capital from lead investor Indigo Partners (an american private equity firm). The airline had its first revenue flight on the 19th of May 2004, from Katowice. This was possible due to the fact that Poland and Hungary entered the European Union just 19 days before and joined the single European aviation market. Wizz Air carried more then 250 000 passengers in less then four months of operation and almost 1.4 million in its first year. The passenger numbers went up and in 2011 Wizz Air carried more then 11 million passengers on the whole route network, 15% more then the year before. József Váradi the former CEO of Malév Hungarian Airlines is the CEO of Wizz Air since its funding. | |
Corporate affairs and identity | |
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Head office | |
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The headquarters of Wizz Air are located in Building 221, on the grounds of Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport BUD LHBP. The company moved into this office in June 2011 and occupies over 2.000 square meters of space. The company previously had its headquarters in Vecsés, in the close proximity of the airport. Since 25 February 2015 Wizz Air is traded on the London Stock Exchange. | |
Destinations | |
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Timeline of Wizz Air route announcements | |
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See the Timeline of Wizz Air route announcements | |
Fleet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of the July 2017 the Wizz Air fleet consisted in 85 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft with an average age of 4.5 years.
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Competitors | |
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easyJet RyanAir BlueAir | |
Accidents and incidents | |
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Further reading | |
Aviation pagesGo to: Air Station | |