Wizz Air
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| Founded | September 2003 | ||||||
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| Subsidiaries | None | ||||||
| Fleet size | 75 | ||||||
| Destinations | 117 | ||||||
| Company slogan | Now we can all fly. | ||||||
| Parent company | Wizz Air Holdings Plc | ||||||
| Headquarters | Budapest, Hungary | ||||||
| Key people | William Franke, (Chairman) József Váradi, (CEO) Diederik Pen, (COO) |
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| Revenue | €1,227.3 million (2015) | ||||||
| Operating income | €167.3 million (2015) | ||||||
| Net income | €183.2 million (2015) | ||||||
| Website | wizzair.com | ||||||
Wizz Air Hungary Ltd. (Hungarian: Wizz Air Hungary Légiközlekedési Kft.) is a Hungarianlow-cost airline with its head office in Budapest. The airline typically uses secondary airports serving many cities across Europe, Israel and the United Arab Emirates. It has the largest fleet of any Hungarian airline, although it is not a flag carrier, and currently serves 35 countries. Its Jersey based parent company, Wizz Air Holdings Plc, is listed on the and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
The airline was established in September 2003. The lead investor is Indigo Partners, an American private equity firm specializing in transportation investments. The first flight was made from Katowice International Airport on 19 May 2004. The airline's CEO and chairman is József Váradi, former CEO of Malév Hungarian Airlines. The company is registered in Pest County (Hungary).
In 2011, Wizz Air carried 11 million passengers (15% more than in 2010), including 4.2 million passengers on Polish routes (only 2% more than in 2010). Recently Wizz opened new bases in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Ukraine. However, Poland is still the largest market for Wizz Air.
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