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    Wizz Air Holdings Plc

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    • 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

    • Friday, 4 November, 2022
      Investments
      Investors’ Chronicle: Lok’n Store, Wizz Air, Aston Martin Lagonda

      Companies analysis from our sister publication

    • Wednesday, 2 November, 2022
      Wizz Air losses widen but operations starting to ‘normalise’

      Hungarian low-cost carrier suffered months of disruption caused by staff shortages and airport security delays

    • Friday, 21 October, 2022
      Wizz draws up ambitious plans for flights from UK to Middle East and Asia

      European short-haul airline sets sights on destinations to Israel and Saudi Arabia in drive for growth

    • Tuesday, 9 August, 2022
      Wizz Air to resume flights to Moscow through Abu Dhabi venture

      Analysts warn move could cause reputational damage to Hungary-based carrier in wake of invasion of Ukraine

    • Friday, 5 August, 2022
      Investments
      Directors’ Deals: Harbour Energy key shareholder cuts stake

      Oil and gas group’s share price has fallen 29 per cent since May

    • Monday, 11 July, 2022
      Airlines
      Heathrow warns of more flight cancellations as disruption continues

      UK airport says it will tell carriers to take action if needed as Wizz Air becomes latest airline to trim schedule

    • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
      Pilot unions hit back at Wizz’s call for staff to go the ‘extra mile’ when tired

      Chief executive says budget airline needs to ‘take down fatigue rate’ that has led to flight cancellations

    • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
      Wizz Air warns of more losses ahead of crucial summer season

      Low-cost carrier hit by staff shortages in air traffic control and ground handling

    • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
      Wizz explores launching flights to Saudi Arabia

      Move by Hungarian airline is part of ambitious expansion strategy

    • Thursday, 14 April, 2022
      Wizz Air shares jump as it prepares to increase capacity to meet demand

      Carrier expects strong rebound in Europe’s peak summer season despite war in Ukraine

    • Wednesday, 2 March, 2022
      Ryanair Holdings PLC
      Ryanair boss O’Leary warns of ‘very difficult’ period for airlines

      Irish carrier says it remains on course for recovery despite Russia-Ukraine war as rival Wizz Air reassures investors

    • Friday, 11 February, 2022
      Investments
      Directors’ Deals: Wizz boss offloads shares as reported loss doubles

      Budget carrier struggles — but continues expansion plans

    • Wednesday, 26 January, 2022
      Wizz Air predicts more losses before travel picks up for summer

      Pandemic and travel curbs hit low-cost airline’s balance sheet but it expects rebound this year

    • Wednesday, 22 December, 2021
      Wizz Air snaps up Gatwick slots from Norwegian

      London-listed Hungarian airline strikes deal as part of effort to challenge Ryanair

    • Thursday, 4 November, 2021
      Wizz warns of return to losses, despite first profit since start of pandemic

      Airline says it will have to cut ticket prices to encourage people to fly this winter

    • Friday, 17 September, 2021
      Airlines
      Buffett of the airline business is in for the long haul

      Bill Franke is considered by some to be the most successful air travel investor in history

    • Tuesday, 14 September, 2021
      Inside BusinessHelen Thomas
      EasyJet’s cash call leaves repair job to do

      Size of airline’s rights issue has prompted questions about its strategy

    • Saturday, 11 September, 2021
      Airlines
      O’Leary says Wizz Air and easyJet must merge or be taken over

      Ryanair boss sees airline sector as ripe for consolidation after being hit hard by the pandemic

    • Friday, 10 September, 2021
      Airlines
      European airlines jostle for position as they look beyond pandemic

      Wizz’s bid for rival easyJet signals potential power shift in Covid-battered market

    • Thursday, 9 September, 2021
      easyJet PLC
      EasyJet rejects takeover approach from rival Wizz Air

      Low-cost UK carrier refuses to rule out future M&A, indicating it might become a target or an acquirer

    • Tuesday, 27 July, 2021
      Wizz Air shareholders back £100m pay plan for CEO Varadi

      Only small proportion of investors could vote as London-based investors excluded after Brexit diluted their rights

    • Friday, 23 July, 2021
      Executive Pay
      Wizz Air faces investor backlash over £100m bonus plan for boss

      Investment Association issues red-top warning and advisers urge shareholders to reject the plan

    • Thursday, 15 July, 2021
      Helen Thomas
      How Wizz Air’s bumper pay package is a sign of the times

      Airline has a better claim to be creating a genuinely high-risk, high-reward pay plan than most

    • Friday, 9 July, 2021
      Airlines
      Can Wizz challenge Ryanair as king of Europe’s skies?

      Hungarian carrier’s breakneck expansion threatens Irish rival in battle for low-cost market

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