Váradi: Wizz Air Is Hungary’s de facto national airline

Wizz Air Is Hungary’s de facto national airline – said Váradi József, CEO of the regional low-cost airline, during the formal opening of the new hangar on Ferihegy. The building cost almost one billion HUF, has an area of 2000 m2 and will serve as Wizz Air’s repairer base. The number of their planes stationed in Budapest has grown to ten.

The CEO’s words make sense; the hangar was built by Budapest Airport, with the contribution of the Market Ltd. which is tied to PM Viktor Orbán’s friend, István Garancsi. Wizz Air will lease the building in the next fifteen years, so the technicians of Lufthansa Technik will be able to make repairs on the Airbus A320 and the A321s; the latter can carry 50 more persons than the previous model.

The new planes will first fly on the Budapest–London Luton route and they will later be connected to Brussels, Eindhoven and Istanbul. It was crucial for Wizz Air to build a new hangar as it is obvious that they intend to increase their presence in the country. It was announced yesterday that the number of their planes stationed in Budapest has grown to ten.