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Wizz Air to significantly expand its fleet
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Wizz Air Holdings Plc (“Wizz Air” or “the Company”), Europe’s fastest-growing airline, announced today that it has signed an agreement (“Agreement”) with Airbus S.A.S. (“Airbus”) for the purchase of a further 102 Airbus A321 aircraft, comprising 75 Airbus A321neo and 27 Airbus A321XLR aircraft, with the bulk to be delivered between 2025 and 2027.
Under certain circumstances, Wizz Air may acquire a further 19 A321neo aircraft. Airbus has also granted Wizz Air 75 A321neo purchase rights for deliveries in 2028-29, to be converted into a firm order by the end of 2022.
As with previous orders, under the agreement Wizz Air has the right to
substitute a number of the Airbus A321neo aircraft with the Airbus A320neo and/or A321XLR aircraft and vice versa,
depending on its future requirements. Completion of the order remains subject to approval by Wizz Air shareholders.
With the new order, Wizz Air’s delivery backlog comprises of a firm order for 34 A320neo, 254 A321neo and 47 A321XLR aircraft, plus the additional order for 19 A321neo and purchase rights for 75 A321neo, a total of 429 aircraft.
14 new routes and significant frequency increases at Budapest Airport!
József Váradi, Wizz Air’s chief executive officer said:
“After two years in service, Wizz Air’s Airbus A321neo continues to provide market leading aircraft technology and choice – there is simply no other aircraft that can compete with it. With its next-generation engines, it has
proven to be the game-changer
that we said it would be when we placed our first order back in 2015.
Thank goodness they have bought Airbus planes. The smaller Boeings have always been less than pleasant for the passengers.