How Wizz Air Plans to Take Advantage of Brexit
Photo Credit: A Wizz Air A321. The carrier wants to take advantage of any Brexit-related airline turbulence. Wizz Air
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Brexit might end up being pretty painful for the European aviation industry, especially those airlines with big operations into and out of the UK. Will Wizz Air be able to take advantage of this turbulence? We'll have to wait and see.
While Brexit continues to worry most of the European travel industry, low-cost airline Wizz Air thinks the UK market still offers plenty of opportunities.
In May, the company started flights through its subsidiary Wizz Air UK, set up in part to mitigate the impact of the UK’s impending departure from the European Union.
It now currently operates seven aircraft with plans for three more and CEO József Váradi believes the company is now in a good position.
“We continue to believe that the UK is a unique Western European opportunity for Wizz. And we will use Wizz UK as an operating platform for expandin
