Wizz Air applies to CAA for AOC and OL
Subject to receipt of its AOC and OL from the CAA, Wizz Air UK will begin operations in the UK in March 2018 with several UK-registered aircraft.
The London Luton operating base of Wizz Air Hungary Ltd. will become a Wizz Air UK operation which will see the Company invest in local resources employing more than 100 people (management, pilots and cabin crew) by end of 2018. Routes not taken over by Wizz Air UK will continue to be operated by Wizz Air Hungary, maintaining and continuing to expand the group’s network of 41 routes from London Luton.
Wizz Air Chief Executive Officer, József Váradi commented: “We are pleased to announce that we are seeking a UK AOC and Operating Licence, further signalling our commitment to the important UK market. It is a natural, next-step in the development of our UK business and will bring additional investment and jobs to our UK base at London Luton. The UK remains the single biggest travel market in Europe and we are currently the UK’s eighth largest operator and this move is also part of our broader strategy to ensure that our UK operations are Brexit-ready. We look forward to working with the CAA to take this application forward.”
Wizz Air’s first ever flight in May 2004 was from Katowice to London Luton Airport. Today WIZZ’s UK network consists of 73 routes to 41 destinations from nine airports. In the past 12 months, Wizz Air carried more than seven million passengers on its low-fare UK routes, representing 14% growth year on year and supporting over 5,400 local jobs in associated industries. Since the beginning of operations more than 40 million passengers have travelled with Wizz on its UK routes, from the UK to Central and Eastern Europe.
