Cardiff: Wizz Air Flights, New Routes & Schedule Updates

[Jerry]

At the moment this is what the Wizz winter schedule looks like
Monday
CWL-ACE 06.05-10.10 ACE-CWL 10.50-14.35
CWL-TFS 16.20-20.40 TFS-CWL 21.25-01.25
Tuesday
CWL-ALC 06.10-09.40 ALC-CWL 10.20-11.40
CWL-FAO 18.25-21.10 FAO-CWL 21.50-00.25
Wednesday
CWL-ACE 06.05-10.10 ACE-CWL 10.50-14.35
CWL-TFS 16.20-20.40 TFS-CWL 21.25-01.25
Thursday
CWL-LCA 14.15-21.00 LCA-CWL 21.35-00.45
Friday
CWL-ACE 06.05-10.10 ACE-CWL 10.50-14.35
CWL-TFS 16.20-20.40 TFS-CWL 21.25-01.25
Saturday
CWL-FAO 06.25-09.10 FAO-CWL 09.50-12.25
CWL-ALC 13.10-16.40 ALC-CWL 17.20-18.40
Sunday
CWL-LCA 14.15-21.00 LCA-CWL 21.35-00.45

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Looking at Wizz schedule and there are 3 gaps.
Tuesday between Alicante and Faro. Alicante arrives 11.40 but Faro doesn't depart until 18.25. Potential 4 and a half hour sector.
Other gap is Thursday and Sunday. So potential for a 7 hour sector from 06.05 to 13.15.
Not sure what could fill Tuesday gap but i'm wondering if it does well enough this winter if Milan could be an option for Thursday and Sunday?

 

[Nuffsaid]

Does anybody know how well the Bucharest and Milan routes are doing?

 

[Jerry]

Probably won't know until the stats come out.

 

[MrFenner]

Starting to think that Wizz returning to CWL might not be on the cards after all...

They seem to be recruiting cabin crew for LTN and LGW at the moment, both of which have been year-round bases.

Given that CWL is meant to re-open in just under 3 months, there's no sign of them recruiting (and a very tight schedule to get people on-line if/when they do).

Being prime cabin crew recruitment and training season (across various airlines), it seems strange they are not - and I know for a fact that a fair few of them left when the base closed last year...unless of course they are fast tracking those who maybe wanted to come back this year?

Only Wizz know what's up - and only time will tell. But I sincerely hope they do give it a go again!

👍

 

[Jerry]

Why put flights onsale if you don't intend to operate them? You'd have to refund a lot of customers. It's quite possible that crew could be recruited as officially Luton based but still work out of Cardiff and they might still have Cardiff based crew still working for them or willing to come back.

 

[Foxlimayankee]

It's a very interesting point and something to keep an eye on. There'd a lot of nervousness about wizz this year and there's no way they'd already be fully recruited.







Maybe they're planning on using London based crew more in case this summer isn't as successful.

 

[Daiboy86]

Starting to think that Wizz returning to CWL might not be on the cards after all...

They seem to be recruiting cabin crew for LTN and LGW at the moment, both of which have been year-round bases.

Given that CWL is meant to re-open in just under 3 months, there's no sign of them recruiting (and a very tight schedule to get people on-line if/when they do).

Being prime cabin crew recruitment and training season (across various airlines), it seems strange they are not - and I know for a fact that a fair few of them left when the base closed last year...unless of course they are fast tracking those who maybe wanted to come back this year?

Only Wizz know what's up - and only time will tell. But I sincerely hope they do give it a go again!

👍

I am Cardiff based crew and I would love to know where you got your information from? You said you know for a fact a fair few left? We lost 2 crew the rest of us are currently working oob waiting to return to Cardiff in March

 

[geoff]

That's good news Dalboy, let's hope it leads to more good news for CWL in the future. It is also good news to hear from someone actually working for the firm who has local knowledge, thanks for the info and welcome to the forum.

 

[Daiboy86]

That's good news Dalboy, let's hope it leads to more good news for CWL in the future. It is also good news to hear from someone actually working for the firm who has local knowledge, thanks for the info and welcome to the forum.

Thankyou for the welcome 😊

 

[Jerry]

Good news to hear that most of the crew haven't left and are waiting to return in March. If they only have a few places to fill then recruitment days aren't really needed.

 

[Daiboy86]

Good news to hear that most of the crew haven't left and are waiting to return in March. If they only have a few places to fill then recruitment days aren't really needed.

Atm they don't have any places to fill as in September we were over crewed by a few at Cardiff. They also still have a bunch in the holding pool. Cardiff is well staffed 😊

 

[Jerry]

Atm they don't have any places to fill as in September we were over crewed by a few at Cardiff. They also still have a bunch in the holding pool. Cardiff is well staffed 😊

That's good to hear!

 

[Aviador]

Atm they don't have any places to fill as in September we were over crewed by a few at Cardiff. They also still have a bunch in the holding pool. Cardiff is well staffed 😊

How does recruitment work for Wizz? I know that Jet2 do what they call "ask back" , when at the end of the summer season they call staff in for a meeting. Staff who have performed well are told they can return the follow summer season without an interview. This only applies to seasonal colleagues. Does Wizz UK do something similar?

 

[Foxlimayankee]

Atm they don't have any places to fill as in September we were over crewed by a few at Cardiff. They also still have a bunch in the holding pool. Cardiff is well staffed 😊

That's good news. Is that the same for Pilots?

 

[Daiboy86]

How does recruitment work for Wizz? I know that Jet2 do what they call "ask back" , when at the end of the summer season they call staff in for a meeting. Staff who have performed well are told they can return the follow summer season without an interview. This only applies to seasonal colleagues. Does Wizz UK do something similar?

No because wizz isn't seasonal mate.

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That's good news. Is that the same for Pilots?

Yes it is, can I ask where you got your poor source of information from mate regarding your post about a fair few crew leaving and Cardiff needing to recruit?

 

[Foxlimayankee]

No because wizz isn't seasonal mate.

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Yes it is, can I ask where you got your poor source of information from mate regarding your post about a fair few crew leaving and Cardiff needing to recruit?

I didn't say anyone had left, that was another poster.

I said I didn't think they'd be fully recruited assuming like most Airlines seasonal bases that there'd be a need for some level of new recruits, which you've obviously confirmed is sorted.

 

[Daiboy86]

I didn't say anyone had left, that was another poster.

I said I didn't think they'd be fully recruited assuming like most Airlines seasonal bases that there'd be a need for some level of new recruits, which you've obviously confirmed is sorted.

Yeah I do apologise I got the wrong person 🙈 Cardiff isn't a seasonal base with seasonal crew so yeah everything is all good for this year 😊

 

[Aviador]

No because wizz isn't seasonal mate.

I am aware of that. Most airlines will reduce frequencies during the winter months meaning there's a reduced requirement for crew hense my question.

 

[Nuffsaid]

Thankyou for the welcome 😊

 

[MrFenner]

And now there’s no Wizz air flights on sale for when they’re due to return…

🤔

Another very sad day for CWL!