The Hungarian ‘low-cost’ airline Wizz Air announced this Friday, the 7th, that it has postponed the delivery of 88 aircraft ordered from Airbus and initially scheduled for 2030 to 2033.
“While Wizz Air’s remaining order book, which stands at 273 aircraft in total, remains unchanged, this revised agreement adjusts the delivery schedule to align with a more sustainable and profitable capacity growth trajectory,” the airline said in a press release.
In recent months, the ‘low cost’ airline announced its withdrawal from some markets.
In September, it announced its total progressive withdrawal from Austria.
A few months earlier, in July, it announced its withdrawal from the United Arab Emirates, due to lack of profitability, citing instability in the Middle East.
In this revised agreement with Airbus, the composition of the fleet was also changed.
“The fleet should be entirely made up of neo models by 2029,” stated Wizz Air.
Wizz Air currently has a fleet of 249 Airbus, A320 and A321 aircraft, according to figures released by the company.
Founded in 2003, Wizz Air is the seventh European airline in terms of number of daily flights, behind Air France, but ahead of British Airways, according to figures from the air traffic monitoring agency Eurocontrol, dated the beginning of June.