Important: Wizz Air is warning passengers about delays in the next 10 days

Wizz Air, one of Europe’s most popular budget airlines, is warning its passengers about possible delays and disruptions in the following ten days. 

According to Utazómajom, Wizz Air is sending out emails to passengers to inform them about delays caused by NATO’s Air Defender 23 military exercise. The largest deployment exercise of air forces in NATO’s history will take place in Europe’s airspace between the 12th and 23rd of June. Delays are to be expected both with inbound and outbound flights. The airline is updating travellers about possible delays via email and/or SMS.

NOTE: Of course, Wizz Air is not the only air company to be hit by delays. Other European airlines and flights will be also affected by the NATO military exercise.

Further warning

In addition to that, Wizz Air is also warning passengers that their call centre is busier than usual. Thus, it will take longer time for callers to get straight through. Passengers are asked to check information about their flights’ departure time prior to leaving for the airport. This way they can avoid extended waiting time.

Where to get information?

Bud.hu is providing all the necessary information about flights to/from Budapest. Therefore, visiting the website is the easiest way to acquire real-time flight information if your arrival or departure point is the Hungarian airport. In general, Google is a great alternative as well. Google searches usually provide up-to-date information. To look up your flight details, just type in the route and the airline or the flight number. An example of that is searching: “BUD-PMI W6” Budapest – Mallorca Wizz Air flight. Entering the flight number W6 2383 will give you the same results.

Recently, Wizz Air has been experiencing another kind of issue which we wrote about HERE. This technical difficulty made it harder for holidaymakers travelling with the low-cost Hungarian airline to get information about their flights. With that in mind, checking Bud.hu and Google for flight details is strongly advised.

How to calculate the possible delay?

Most Wizz Air flights that take off in Budapest tend to return to the Hungarian capital. For example, a plane might fly to Antalya from Budapest, and then returns to its initial departure point. If you’re waiting for your flight in Antalya, it’s recommended to check whether it has already departed from Budapest. If the flight departing from Budapest is late, chances are that the flight returning to Budapest will also be delayed. Inevitably, the knock-on effect of the accumulated delays will make planes even less reliable in the evening hours.

If you are travelling with Wizz Air, you might want to learn about the recent check-in changes that we have reported HERE.