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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…
Pete Syme
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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…
Pete Syme
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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…
Taylor Rains
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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…
Pete Syme
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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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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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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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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, …
Stephen Jones
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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…
Stephen Jones
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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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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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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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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…
Taylor Rains
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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
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Small aircraft are flying longer routes, including across the Atlantic. See inside the $130 million Airbus A321neo pioneering the trend.
A Wizz Air Airbus A321neo.Thomas Pallini/Insider
Thomas Pallini
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Thousands of planes have run into issues with jammed GPS signals while flying over Eastern Europe, and some people are blaming Russia
Planes reported about 46,000 instances of problems with their satellite navigation over the Baltics…
Grace Dean
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UK health authorities are scrambling to trace 200 air passengers after 8 teens' positive COVID-19 tests went unreported for days
The passengers flew from Crete, Greece, to London on budget airline Wizz Air on August 25. The airl…