Wizz Air

[Ray Finkle]

Nothing new in the press release other than saying FCO will be an A321neo, obviously subject to change.

https://www.birminghamairport.co.uk/latest-news/wizz-air-announces-new-connection-to-rome/

 

[Severn]

Nothing new in the press release other than saying FCO will be an A321neo, obviously subject to change.

https://www.birminghamairport.co.uk/latest-news/wizz-air-announces-new-connection-to-rome/

The Wizz Air group have 5x bases in Italy - FCO, MXP, VCE, NAP & CTA and all of them are operated by Wizz Air Malta. The only aircraft type used across these bases are A321neos.
On my last count, FCO will have 14x A321neos based there in summer 2025.

 

[rollo]

The Wizz Air group have 5x bases in Italy - FCO, MXP, VCE, NAP & CTA and all of them are operated by Wizz Air Malta. The only aircraft type used across these bases are A321neos.
On my last count, FCO will have 14x A321neos based there in summer 2025.

Thanks for that Severn so hopefully if FCO is successful maybe a bit of scope for more Italian routes by Wizz.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Rome now bookable throughout winter. Tue, Thur and Sat.

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Wizz air look to be interested in opening a base in Podgorica in Montenegro early 2026.Apparently Birmingham is the recommended list.

#montenegro #wizzair #tivat #podgorica #europe #airport #routes… | Andrija Radusinovic

MONTENEGRO- WIZZ AIR - Roko Tolic Airports of Montenegro The Executive Director of Airports of Montenegro, Roko Tolic, announced that one of the largest low-cost airlines in Europe, Wizz Air, has indicated the possibility of opening a base at Podgorica Airport (TGD) at the beginning of 2026...

www.linkedin.com

 

[nwoody2001]

i think the poster has just got a little over-excited with the #HashTags

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Bucharest increases to daily from 27/10/2025

 

[nwoody2001]

WIZZ BHX Winter 25/26 Schedule

1. BHX-BUD: 3x Weekly (321n) = 1,434 x Weekly Seats
2. BHX-CRA: 3x Weekly (320n) = 1,116 x Weekly Seats
3. BHX-FCO: 3x Weekly (321n) = 1,434 x Weekly Seats
4. BHX-OTP: 7x Weekly (321c) = 3,346 x Weekly Seats

TOTAL: 16x Weekly departures, 7,330x Weekly Seats

Far from the 28-30x weekly departures we once had but an increase on the 10-11x weekly departures we were left with after the mass cull of routes. Be interesting to see what comes of Wizz at BHX. The airport have quoted them as being a focus recently so not written off yet!

 

[rollo]

Hopefully more to come as they get more aircraft back into service.

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

You would of been surprised when you seen Bucharest daily.

Wizz have dropped Liverpool-Katowice so a route for bhx to consider.
Time to bring back Gdansk and Cluj back

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

What are the chances of Wizz air announcing a base at bhx In the next 3 years?

 

[nwoody2001]

What are the chances of Wizz air announcing a base at bhx In the next 3 years?

Close to zero I would expect. Never say never but unless something changes, they have only 2 bases in the UK - LGW and LTN - and closes their 2 regional bases at DSA and CWL. I therefore doubt they have any interest in a base in the UK outside of London

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Close to zero I would expect. Never say never but unless something changes, they have only 2 bases in the UK - LGW and LTN - and closes their 2 regional bases at DSA and CWL. I therefore doubt they have any interest in a base in the UK outside of London

I know what ur saying and I get your point however we need routes that don’t serve or used to serve bhx I.e
Cluj napoca
Gdansk
Iasi
Krakow
Warsaw
Poznan

Routes that I think should considered podgorica ,Sofia,Debrecen,Sarajevo,Madeira

 

[Nethercote2019]

FCO is a good route for them and let’s see how that goes Wizz do chop and change a lot & in past had Larnaca for a short time

FCO is a good route for them and let’s see how that goes Wizz do chop and change a lot & in past had Larnaca for a short time

We had Blue air try something similar
Sorry missed off …it should of read etc

 

[IanFarquharson]

BHX and Wizz UK were very close to announcing a 4 aircraft base a few years ago but for whatever resaon it never happened and then they dropped CWL & DSA as bases too and opened LGW

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

BHX and Wizz UK were very close to announcing a 4 aircraft base a few years ago but for whatever resaon it never happened and then they dropped CWL & DSA as bases too and opened LGW

Likely chance of it happening again at bhx?

 

[IanFarquharson]

Likely chance of it happening again at bhx?

Very unlikely

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Very unlikely

More chance of away based routes then

 

[Ray Finkle]

I'm really not sure that I'd want a Wizz base at BHX just yet.


Apart from potentially diluting yields on the traditional routes you'd also have them wanting the peak time departure slots which would only add pressure onto the airport infrastructure. There's plenty Wizz can do from the bases they already have, especially if they could time the flights during the quieter periods.

I'd prefer to see easyjet expand in a sustainable way and add aircraft over the coming years. Maybe target a Wizz base in the future when we hopefully have more terminal space and stands.

 

[gulftraveller]

What was being discussed earlier was Wizzair UK rather than Wizzair Hungary. They opened CWL but closed it quickly. There were many rumours, including a MAN base but they decided to focus on LGW. Frankly, no loss to BHX.