No stopping — Wizz Air may raise fares even further, says president
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Robert Carey, Chairman of Wizz Air, has issued a statement. In it, he spoke about the cancellation of flights, the difficulties caused by COVID, the effects of the war and the departure tax imposed by the Hungarian government. On the latter, he said that ticket prices may have to be increased further.
Delays, cancellations, difficulties
The runway at London Luton Airport has started melting due to the unusual heat. Wizz Air chairman Robert Carey said it was the first time in his 20-year career that a flight had been delayed or cancelled because of the incident. Stranded passengers waited days for a replacement flight. According to Carey, they had to wait to be able to safely land the replacement flight, according to an interview with 24.hu.
Carey pointed out that 153 planes have been operating so far, which has grown to 160 and will increase to 170 by September. This means that there are spare aircraft for similar cases. However, since there are Wizz Air bases at 40 airports, not all of them can have spare aircraft.
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This was the cause of another big Wizz Air scandal this summer, when passengers were stranded in Paris. The crew’s flight time expired. So for safety reasons the plane could not return with passengers. Wizz Air always strives to ensure that as few passengers as possible suffer as little damage as possible.
Wizz Air has reduced the number of flights on its schedule. This means that there are more spare aircraft and crew in the system. In addition, the schedule is more airy to allow for minor delays. “We have cancelled 5 percent of the July and August flights scheduled at the beginning of June”. Much of this was before the 14-day deadline, to give passengers time to reschedule.
“the departure tax imposed by the Hungarian government. On the latter, he said that ticket prices may have to be increased further.” So the big question is whether the Hungarian government and Várga are going to fine Wizz Air in the way that they fined Ryanair for raising ticket prices to cover the so called ‘excess profits tax’ or not? If not, the it will be a case for the ECJ, that’s for sure. You can’t have one rule for one airline and another rule for another one.