Wizzair is a Polish/Hungarian low-cost airline focusing on the markets of Central Europe. Its main bases are Ferihegy Airport, Budapest and Katowice International Airport, with hubs at Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport and Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport. The airline was established in September 2003 and in December 2003 was funded by private individuals (Indigo Partners). It started operations on 19 May 2004, 19 days after Poland and Hungary entered the European Union and the single European aviation market. The airline carried 250,000 passengers in its first three and a half months and close to 1.4 million passengers in the first year of operations, becoming the largest low-cost airline in eastern Europe The airline's CEO and chairman is József Váradi, former CEO of Malév Hungarian Airlines. The company is registered in London with operating subsidiaries in Poland and Hungary. 32 scheduled routes are operated across a network of 18 International destinations (as of July 2005): Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Brussels, Budapest, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Gdańsk, Katowice, Kaunas, Liverpool, London Luton, Malmö, Palma de Mallorca, Paris, Poznan, Rome, Sofia, Stockholm, Turin and Warsaw. Bus connections also operate to Krakow and Copenhagen. The airline also offers charter services. Groups can have charter flights to any airport in Europe. There is a 5 euro charge for ordering via the web using a credit card and a 11 euro charge for ordering over the phone. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Wizzair". |