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Wizz Air slashes half-year loss and plots fleet expansion

Air
James Chapple
4 November 2021

Wizz Air has plotted an optimistic course out of the Covid crisis after slashing its first half (H1) loss and setting out a bold vision to operate a fleet of 500 aircraft by 2030.

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The budget carrier revealed on Thursday (4 November) it had halved its first-half losses for the six months to 30 September from €243 million (£206 million) during the same period last year to €121 million (£102 million) this year.


Chief executive Jozsef Varadi also hailed a "return towards 2019 traffic levels" during the airline’s second quarter as Wizz "continues to transition to operational normality".


Nearly 10 million people booked flights with Wizz during Q2 (three months to 30 September) on load factors of "around 80%", peaking at 84% in August. Varadi said this was despite "lingering [travel] restrictions".