Wizz Air conquers Middle East: here is their new joint venture
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We wrote multiple times that the Hungarian low-cost carrier, Wizz Air, would like to expand in the Middle East and Central Asia instead of West Europe. That is probably because in Europe, they have Ryanair and EasyJet as strong competitors, while in the East, the Orbán government can help them. Of course, the carrier still has strong positions in Eastern Europe.
According to Budflyer, a Hungarian Facebook page promoting air travel and Budapest Airport, Wizz Air would like to create a Saudi-Hungarian joint venture soon. They refer to an article published by Flight Global on 29 September.
Flight Global reminded that Wizz Air established a couple of new routes to the Middle Eastern great power in 2022, after the end of the COVID pandemic and the following closures. Wizz Air also signed a contract with the Saudi government to investigate the possibility of launching new services in the framework of the country’s ambitious Vision 2030 programme.
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Expansion in the Middle East important aim
”We are now a year into our Saudi programme, that’s the largest destination announcement we have ever done, 23 destinations. Overall, [we are] very happy with that and the progression we see with these markets, just like we have seen in every other market”, Wizz president Robert Carey said at the World Aviation Festival in Lisbon.