Budapest2024 design livery aircraft joins the Wizz Air’s fleet

Wizz Air, the largest low cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, in partnership with Budapest Airport and the Budapest 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Bid, revealed today the livery of its Budapest aircraft.

As part of its sponsorship towards the Budapest 2024 Olympic and Paralympic bid, Wizz Air has decorated one Airbus A321 and one Airbus A320* aircraft of its Budapest fleet with unique livery carrying Budapest 2024 design elements. The elements reflect the waves of the Danube River that flows through the heart of the city, as well as the historic monument of the Statue of Liberty located on one of the highest hills of the Hungarian capital.

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The A321 Budapest 2024 livery design aircraft joins the fleet on 24 November, followed shortly by an A320 aircraft that will start operating commercial flights from 1 December 2016. Both aircraft will feature the new Budapest livery for the entire duration of the Olympic and Paralympic Bid, until 31 August 2017.

Being the hometown airline of Hungary, Wizz Air has constantly expanded its operations in Hungary. The airline currently operates two Hungarian bases in Budapest and Debrecen with a total of 11 aircraft in the country and recently announced an additional aircraft to join the Budapest fleet from April 2017, employing more than 1,000 people in flight crew, cabin crew, office and supporting functions. Over the past twelve months until 31 October 2016, Wizz Air carried 3.4 million passengers on its low-fare Budapest routes, further supporting over 2,300 local indirect jobs**. Wizz Air already announced four new routes to be launched in 2017 including such attractive destinations like Faro, Hanover, Bergen and Lamezia Terme. WIZZ is also a strong supporter of sports and active lifestyle, this year Wizz Air Budapest half Marathon was held for the third time attracting over 13.5 thousand runners from all over the world to the Hungarian capital.

To mark the revealing of this special livery, Wizz Air is launching a “Spot the Budapest Plane” competition, calling on all plane lovers to keep an eye out for the special Budapest aircraft. Take a photo of the Budapest 2024 livery design aircraft and post it on Instagram with the #WIZZBudapest2024 hashtag. The two best photos will each be awarded a €200 Wizz Air Value Voucher and a special gift package***.

Speaking at a press conference in Budapest today, József Váradi, the CEO of Wizz Air said: “As an airline with its roots in Hungary, we are proud to contribute today to building and further promoting the Budapest brand internationally. Since 2004, when the airline took off for the first time, we have earned the loyalty and trust of close to 18.5 million passengers in our Hungarian route network, and this year, we will achieve a record number of passengers per year ever carried by an airline to and from Hungary. Wizz Air’s Budapest aircraft with the Budapest 2024 livery design will help create international buzz and inspire people to visit Budapest, as we continue to grow capacity and expand our route network in Hungary.”