About The Airline
20+ Years of History
The plan to launch Wizz Air was conceived in June 2003 when six people with a wide range of airline expertise and successful track records teamed up with József Váradi, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. In just three months, Wizz Air was a registered company ready to fly. The first flight took off on the 19th of May 2004 from Katowice to London Luton.
Today, Wizz Air is a group of three airlines: Wizz Air Hungary (founded in 2003), Wizz Air UK (founded in 2017), and Wizz Air Malta (founded in 2022).
Wizz Air has 40 bases in 18 countries and operates over 100 routes to nearly 200 destinations in Europe and beyond.
A team of more than 9,000 aviation professionals offers superior service and very low fares, making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 68.8 million passengers in 2025.
Wizz Air was named one of the world's ten safest airlines by airlineratings.com, the world's only safety and product rating agency, and named Airline of the Year by Air Transport Awards in 2019 and 2023. Wizz Air was also recognised as the 'Most Sustainable Low-Cost Airline' in the World Finance Sustainability Awards in 2021-2023, as 'Airline Group of the Year for Global Environmental Sustainability' by CAPA-Centre for Aviation Awards for Excellence in 2022-2023 and 'Europe’s Leading Low-Cost Airline 2023' by World Travel Awards.
Since 2015, Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol WIZZ.
Ultra-Low-Cost Offer
Wizz Air makes flying affordable for more people by offering the lowest fares. Today, we are seeing gradual recovery in market seat capacity to pre-pandemic levels. Wizz Air's broader and more diversified network offers more choice to allocate capacity in a way that drives profitable growth.
The latest technology is deployed to ensure that Wizz Air's experience is outstanding both in terms of service and value for money. The airline efficiently operates the newest fleet of the highest density single-aisle aircarft with 239 seats, which also enables it delivering the lowest carbon emissions intensity in the industry.
Wizz Air utilises its aircraft more than twelve hours per day, operating a point-to-point network and leveraging airports with low departure fees. The tickets are sold through Wizz Air's own digital channels, wizzair.com and the WIZZ app.
Airports and Route Network
Wizz Air operates over 100 routes from 40 bases in 18 countries to nearly 200 destinations in Europe and beyond.
Wizz Air's bases:
- Tirana in Albania
- Yerevan in Armenia
- Tuzla in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Sofia, Varna in Bulgaria
- Larnaca in Cyprus
- Kutaisi in Georgia
- Budapest in Hungary
- Rome Fiumicino, Milan Malpensa, Catania, Naples, Venice Marco Polo, Palermo, Turin in Italy
- Vilnius in Lithuania
- Chisinau in Moldova
- Skopje in North Macedonia
- Katowice, Krakow, Warsaw Chopin and Modlin, Gdansk and Wroclaw in Poland
- Bucharest Otopeni and Baneasa, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Iasi, Sibiu, Suceava, Targu Mures and Timisoara in Romania
- Belgrade in Serbia
- Bratislava in Slovakia
- Kyiv and Lviv in Ukraine (suspended)
- London Luton and London Gatwick in the United Kingdom
Wizz Air is continuously looking for opportunities to expand its network of destinations and provide low-cost air travel. We are committed to achieving the lowest cost base and airport choice has a crucial impact. This is why we fly to a mix of primary, secondary and regional airports, providing friendly and fast customer service for low costs, which are reflected in WIZZ fares. We are in constant negotiations to establish a network of operations at more airports.
Young and Efficient Fleet
Wizz Air operates one of the yougest fleets in the world of more than 260 Airbus A320 and A321 aicraft. The share of new "neo" technology within the airline's fleet surpassed 70%, making Wizz Air the largest opeartor of the Aibus A321neo in Europe.
The Airbus A321neo is the most fuel-efficient and sustainable single-aisle aicraft on the market today, delivering significant environmental benefits in terms of carbon (-20%), NOx (-50%) and noise (-50%) emissions reduction compared to the previous generation aircraft Aibus A320ceo.
With a backlog order of nearly 250 aircraft, Wizz Air has a strong basis to deliver consistent profitable growth.
Wizz Air's best-in-class technology aircraft is maintained by some of the most reputable companies, such as Lufthansa Technik. This enables the company to achieve a consistently high standard of service for travellers.
A Team of Highly Dedicated Professionals
We believe that people make all the difference. Our team – both onboard and on the ground – share the same passion: the passion for the aviation business. The WIZZ team believes in high ethical standards driven by an excellent team-playing approach.
The airline employs over 9,000 dedicated professionals of more than 100 nationalities. Thanks to the highly committed, professional and multi-cultural management team, leadership and motivation is the driving force and a key success factor in the WIZZ way of conducting business.