Watch out! Wizz Air cancels several flights

Wizz Air, Hungary’s low-cost airline, announced in a statement they sent to the Hungarian News Agency (MTI) that they would cancel several flights because of a compulsory engine checkup. However, they did not tell MTI or the press which flights would be concerned.

According to portfolio.hu, the jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney is to check GTF engines in an accelerated procedure. However, the process concerns several Wizz Air planes. Due to the compulsory checkup, Wizz Air had to modify its timetable and cancel several flights in September and October.

Passengers already obtaining a ticket for the flights concerned will be able to choose from two options. They can either rebook their flight on alternative planes or use the refunding option and receive 120 percent of their ticket price on a Wizz account. Furthermore, they can get 100 percent of their ticket’s price in their bank account.

For passengers who bought their tickets through a travel agency, the airline recommends establishing contact with the website or the company concerned as soon as possible. Moreover, they recommend each of their passengers check their spam because it might happen information about schedule modifications would land there. Wizz Air added they had no influence on the process but apologised for the inconvenience.

The future is not this pink and bright:

“Many summer flights cancelled due to engine failure?” – we wrote in May. The problem is with the new generation engines made by the American Pratt & Whitney. They need mending so frequently that estimates talk about 3,000 flights that will be cancelled because of them during the summer season. The engine crisis affects multiple flights to and from Hungary and concerns Wizz Air aircraft. It seems we were right. Read our article HERE.

In THIS article, you may read about another crucial problem of the Hungarian low-cost airline. The Romanian government submitted a complaint to the EU’s aviation authority due to the many flights they cancelled last Friday in Romania. The follow-up can be an EU investigation.