Wizz Air

[dmrodgers]

Wizz Air cutting Gatwick flights

Wizz Air is downsizing at London Gatwick in order to cut costs. It will start shifting Gatwick flights to its base at London Luton. “Gatwick is expensive and we have been operating an inferior set of slots there. We think that we can enhance financial performance by operating that capacity from Luton,” said CEO József…

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#WizzAir

Lets hope out own airline Jet2 don't find it similar when they move into Gatwick. \whilst the Jet2 base doesn't directly affect us it could have an impact on annual profits for the group.

 

[LBA4EVER]

Wizz air downsizing at london gatwick and moving more of its ops into luton id say is a positive for LBA as it shows there moving away from the larger airports where competition is more intense, by using LTN, LPL and LBA there using the less busy traffic airports, it also to a degree rules out a move from LPL and LBA to MAN for that reason altho wizz do fly to eastern destinations currently not served from MAN so that still worries me a little.
Funny how wizz are moving some of their ops out of gatwick as jet2 move in!

 

[Seasider]

I wouldn't have thought that there would be that many routes they compete on.

 

[lbaspotter]

Wizz Air are temporally reducing the Bucharest - Leeds route from 3x to 2x weekly (Tuesday & Saturday) from January 13th to March 26th with no Thursday flights operating.

 

[gulftraveller]

It makes sense for WizzAir to move some ops to LTN from LGW. They need to consolidate their routes as the more destinations you have, the higher your overheads. As for starting MAN ops, whatever our reservations, it is a conspicuous gap in their route network. Whatever reservations we may have, it seems inevitable that it will happen, if not in 2026 then sooner or later.

 

[northsouth]

Is this the effect of FR presence on Bucharest I notice they are mostly the same days operating now

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Wizz Air are temporally reducing the Bucharest - Leeds route from 3x to 2x weekly (Tuesday & Saturday) from January 13th to March 26th with no Thursday flights operating.

Lets hope theres a corresponding increase from Ryanair.

 

[lbaspotter]

Anyone know how Wizz Air’s latest game has for paid off for Leeds & Liverpool? As I heard from other side of hill that an agreement may have been sorted to stop them going to Manchester’s new low cost terminal.

 

[Silvercity]

Anyone know how Wizz Air’s latest game has for paid off for Leeds & Liverpool? As I heard from other side of hill that an agreement may have been sorted to stop them going to Manchester’s new low cost terminal.

I havent heard , but may hear when i go to the next LPL Consultative Committee Meeting in a couple of weeks.
They would be daft to burn their bridges .

 

[IanFarquharson]

Anyone know how Wizz Air’s latest game has for paid off for Leeds & Liverpool? As I heard from other side of hill that an agreement may have been sorted to stop them going to Manchester’s new low cost terminal.

Great news

 

[lbaspotter]

Wizz Air Winter 2026/2027 Leeds/Bradford schedule is now on sale.

In what i see as a positive move, Wizz Air have put there winter 2026/2027 schedule on sale. Leeds/Bradford continues to see up to 8x weekly flights to 3x destinations - Warsaw in Poland, Bucharest & Cluj Napoca in Romania using a mix of Airbus A320Neo, Airbus A321-200 & Airbus A321Neo aircraft types.
I'd expect to see extra rotations added for festive period at a later date. Would be even better if the reinstated some of the lost/suspended routes too, eg Katowice, Krakow, Gdansk & Wroclaw


Warsaw Chopin = 3x weekly (Tue, Thu & Sat)
Bucharest = 3x weekly (Tue, Thu & Sat)
Cluj Napoca = 2x weekly (Thu & Sun)

Mondays
-----------------------------------------/---------------------------------------
Tuesdays
WZZ1315 = WAW 05:45 – LBA 07:35 / WZZ1316 = LBA 08:10 – WAW 11:40 A21N
WMT3015 = OTP 17:00 – LBA 18:45 / WMT3016 = LBA 19:20 – OTP 00:45* A321
Thursdays
WMT3313 = CLJ 06:00 – LBA 07:20 / WMT3314 = LBA 07:55 – CLJ 12:55 A32N
WZZ1315 = WAW 05:45 – LBA 07:35 / WZZ1316 = LBA 08:10 – WAW 11:40 A21N
WMT3015 = OTP 06:00 – LBA 07:45 / WMT3016 = LBA 08:20 – OTP 13:45* A21N
Fridays
-----------------------------------------/---------------------------------------
Saturdays
WZZ1315 = WAW 05:45 – LBA 07:35 / WZZ1316 = LBA 08:10 – WAW 11:40 A21N
WMT3015 = OTP 17:00 – LBA 18:45 / WMT3016 = LBA 19:20 – OTP 00:45* A321
Sundays
WMT3313 = CLJ 05:45 – LBA 07:05 / WMT3314 = LBA 07:40 – CLJ 12:40 A21N

 

[LBAYORKIE]

If we are to believe what some are saying on here it will be next spring/summer when they increase their flights, ie when the terminal is finished.

 

[YorkshireLad]

I for one will wait with patience. Gdańsk, Krakow and maybe Katowice would be good to have back. Wroclaw is more or less sufficiently served by Ryanair with their 3X Weekly flights in the summer schedule, and was overserved with both Ryanair and Wizz on the route (yes, I can back this up with data if need be)

 

[752]

If we are to believe what some are saying on here it will be next spring/summer when they increase their flights, ie when the terminal is finished.

Hm I think that was a hint at based units, there is zero reason Ryanair, Wizz & easyJet can not expand using the terminal and quieter times of the day.

Good to see it on sale, however x8 slightly meh. Hopefully more to add, c’mon Wizz

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

I understand peoples frustration about wizz however you gotta think about there difficulties in the aircraft industry and where to place them for suitable bases and routes.Personally I think Leeds have benefited well having routes that were Doncaster’s.Think about bhx though we had 3 routes before last summer now we have 6 .I have been disappointed with wizz they haven’t announced another uk base up north for likes of Liverpool or Manchester which would suit them otherwise.Gotta be patient.Patience is a virtue

 

[Finger66]

@Birmingham Aviation reading your many posts on this forum in the BHX threads I am not sure patience is your strongest virtue so I for one find your post quite ironic, however accurate it may prove to be

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

@Birmingham Aviation reading your many posts on this forum in the BHX threads I am not sure patience is your strongest virtue so I for one find your post quite ironic, however accurate it may prove to be

Missed a trick didn’t I.Yeah I’m not patient at all especially with bhx.We should the free flow of wizz routes

 

[Finger66]

You may not have patience but no one can knock your enthusiasm, and certainly nowt wrong with being passionate about your local airport and wanting the best for it

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

You may not have patience but no one can knock your enthusiasm, and certainly nowt wrong with being passionate about your local airport and wanting the best for it

See wizz air axed these routes from bhx in the last 5 years
Tirana-Now operated by Ryanair
Iasi-Not served
Larnaca-Now operated by EasyJet,Jet2 and Tui
Vilnius-not served
Krakow-Now operated by Ryanair Jet2 and Easyjet(WS)
Warsaw-Now operated by Ryanair
Riga-Not served
Poznan-now Operated by Ryanair
Cluj napoca-Not served


There’s 4/9 routes now being served by majority Ryanair

5 of those that are not.Put into perspective Romania is a huge market for bhx to expand from and I think bringing back Iasi and Cluj could be icing on the cake.Theres a strong market for wizz at bhx

 

[Finger66]

As there is at LBA but they clearly see their priorities lie elsewhere at the minute. Shame, but a fact