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Wizz Air and Ryanair, 2 of Europe's biggest airlines, are in a war of words over Wizz's divisive new 'all you can fly' deal

Ryanair's CEO said Wizz Air's unlimited flights pass was a "marketing scam," which a Wizz executive…

Pete Syme   


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The Airbus A321XLR could be a game changer for budget airlines. See how Wizz Air's cheap 7-hour flight would compare with British Airways.

By opening longer routes with the XLR, budget airlines could compete with legacy carriers operating…

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Air France-KLM says people avoided Paris during the Olympic Games — and that was bad news for the airline group

Air France-KLM posted disappointing earnings and attributed the decline to reduced travel to and fr…

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Europe's biggest airline boss is calling for the resignation of a top air traffic controller over flight chaos in London

Over 500 flights were delayed in London due to bad weather and ATC staff shortages, prompting the R…

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Profits jump at British Airways' owner as rivals struggle with Boeing delivery delays

IAG posted a 15% rise in third-quarter operating profit after increasing passenger revenues and avo…

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Airbus' game-changing A321XLR will enter service soon. These airlines have already announced routes with the new plane, including 3 to the US.

Airlines are beginning to publish flight schedules using the new Airbus A321XLR plane, including so…

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Wizz Air apologizes after a video appears to show a Ukrainian soldier with an amputated leg being kicked off a flight

Hungarian airline WizzAir apologized for the incident, saying the passenger was removed for safety …

Sophia Ankel   


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An Asian airline hopes launching one of the world's longest narrowbody routes will actually be a comfort upgrade for passengers

Air Astana, the Kazakh flag carrier, is launching a non-stop flight from London to Kazakhstan, a jo…

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Passengers on a new 7-hour budget flight won't even get free coffee and will have to make their own fun, CEO says

With its new seven-hour route between the UK and Saudi Arabia, Wizz Air is hoping passengers will "…

Tom Carter   


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The first ultra-low-cost airline using the Airbus A321XLR hopes passengers will choose to 'suffer the pain' of no-frills 7-hour flights

Ultra-low-cost carrier Wizz Air announced its first A321XLR route, betting passengers won't mind lo…

Pete Syme   


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Airline boss blames travel chaos on a shortage of air traffic controllers and airport staff, not a lack of pilots or crew

Wizz Air, Europe's third-biggest budget airline, suspended operations at one UK airport this week, …

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Wizz Air becomes the latest European airline to slash its summer flight schedule to cope with the industry's chronic labor shortage

The low-budget carrier Wizz Air said it was cutting 5% of its summer flight schedule to "reduce the…

Beatrice Nolan   


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Aviation regulators investigate an airline whose CEO appeared to urge pilots to fly despite feeling fatigued

Wizz Air boss Jozsef Varadi sparked fury from pilots' unions for appearing to say air crew should w…

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An airline CEO who suggested pilots should fly while fatigued to help ease the labor shortage has been accused by a union of endangering passenger safety

József Váradi, CEO of European airline Wizz Air, drew criticism after he appeared to urge aircrew t…

Stephen Jones   


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A European low-cost airline is offering Ukrainians 100,000 free plane tickets from neighboring countries

Ukrainians can book free seats on Wizz Air through March from cities in Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, …

Taylor Rains   


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Passenger's smartphone catches fire as plane prepares to take off

The Wizz Air flight, which was on the taxiway leading to the runway, was forced to turn around and …

Sam Tabahriti   


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These are the top 10 safest low-cost carriers in the world, according to experts

Mexico-based Volaris also made the list despite the country being downgraded for its safety standar…

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One of Europe's biggest low-cost airlines is selling a year of unlimited flights for $550 — but it comes with a whole heap of strings attached

Budapest-based budget airline Wizz is offering an "All You Can Fly" pass — but tickets are only ava…

Pete Syme   


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Some airports were forced to use whiteboards to handwrite flight information due to the global IT outage

Belfast International Airport and Singapore Changi, around 7,000 miles apart, both resorted to low …

Pete Syme,Aditi Bharade