Fleet change at Wizz Air: here is the first A321!

According to turizmusonline.hu, Wizz Air’s recently received A321ceo (current engine option) is a milestone, as it was presented before the Romanian, Hungarian, Polish and British press in Birmingham on Tuesday.

Even if it is not a jumbo jet, Airbus A321 is already the size which appears as a large machine, in spite of the narrow fuselage, when you look at the aisle of the 44.5m-long machine, which is the broadest in the category. It is nearly 7m-longer than A320 which has made up the whole Wizz Air fleet so far. Wizz Air, as a low-cost airline, has densely-seated planes, which means 230 seats, compared to the 180 seats of the currently flying planes. Maybe it seems crowded, but some say legroom became even a couple of centimeters bigger.

The first airplane, which operates since November 20, will be followed by 25 another A321ceo-s. These will be taken over by the company until 2018. Wizz Air also ordered 110 Airbus A321neo-s, which will arrive between 2019 and 2024. Neo means New Engine Option, that means more efficient engines for the lower power consumption and costs per passenger, which will already be mitigated by 10% by the “old” A321, CEO Jozsef Varadi said. This will be particularly relevant in the price sensitive Central and Eastern European region, Vice President of Wizz Air John Stephenson said.