Wizz Air UK

Wizz Air UK is a British scheduled airline based at Luton Airport. The airline operates flights on behalf of its Hungarian parent Wizz Air and has been set up to ensure Wizz Air retains full market access to the United Kingdom following Brexit.[1] It also operates flights out of Doncaster-Sheffield, Liverpool, Glasgow, Birmingham, Edinburgh, London-Gatwick, Aberdeen, Bristol and Belfast. It now flies out of London Southend too, and is expected to create over 100 jobs in the area.[2]

Wizz Air UK
IATA ICAO Callsign
W9 WUK WIZZ GO
Founded26 September 2017
HubsLuton Airport
Fleet size10
Parent companyWizz Air
HeadquartersLuton Airport
Websitewww.wizzair.com

The company operates flights to Vilnius in Lithuania, as well as Bucharest, Sibiu and Iași in Romania, Budapest in Hungary, Krakow and Warsaw in Poland, as well as a number of UK destinations.

Wizz Air UK Limited holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Type A Operating Licence permitting it to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.[3]

The company has been named ‘Best Airline’ as well as ‘Best Budget Airline’, and remains the single largest low cost air carrier based in Eastern and Central Europe.

Fleet
A Wizz Air UK Airbus A320 in March 2018 at Luton Airport

As of October 2019, the Wizz Air UK fleet consists of the following aircraft:[4]

Wizz Air fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
Airbus A320-200 3 — 186
Airbus A321-200 7 — 230
Total 10 —

References
  1. "WIZZ AIR APPLIES FOR UK AIR OPERATOR CERTIFICATE". Wizz Air Hungary Ltd. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  2. Woolston, Hope (2019-11-21). "A new budget airline is offering £9.99 flights from Southend Airport". essexlive. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  3. "Airline licence holders | UK Civil Aviation Authority". caa.co.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  4. "G-INFO search | Civil Aviation Authority". siteapps.caa.co.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
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