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Civil Aviation Authority takes enforcement action over passenger rights
Wizz Air passengers who arrived back in the UK from Jordan almost 24 hours late claim a technical delay was compounded by post-Brexit red tape.. The airline rejects the assertion but says it will ...
Wizz Air decided to lay off 1,000 crew, equivalent to 20% of its workforce, in April 2020 as COVID-19 restrictions effectively grounded airlines. The move was seen as vital to ensure the company ...
Wizz Air Hungary was established in September 2003. The founder, József Váradi, was previously CEO of struggling Hungarian state-owned airline Malév Hungarian Airlines, [8] [9] until he was removed from office by the Medgyessy government in 2003. [10]
The Air Passengers Rights Regulation 2004 [1] [2] (Regulation (EC) No 261/2004) is a regulation in EU law establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding, flight cancellations, or long delays of flights.
Váradi was one of the board of directors at Wizz Air Holdings Plc. and Wizz Air Hungary Airlines Ltd in 2019. Previously he was employed as a commissioner by PT Mandala Airlines, a member of the supervisory board at Lufthansa Technik Budapest Kft, a chief executive officer at Malév Hungarian Airlines Zrt and a sales director in charge of global customers at Procter & Gamble Ltd. [2]
Flybe closed its facility at the airport in 2019, relocating crew and aircraft, [9] though Wizz Air based two aircraft there in 2020. [10] [11] However in 2022, it too announced the end of flights from the airport [12] stating the airport operators were "unable to guarantee the terms of its commercial agreement".
Wizz Air Holdings PLC (OTC:WZZZY) has entered a new agreement with Pratt & Whitney, an RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX) unit, to address ongoing engine issues with PW1100G-JM geared turbofan engines.