Wizz Air prepares for gradual travel recovery into summer

Hungarian low cost airline Wizz Air forecast flying would only recover gradually into late summer, as the travel industry enters a second year of pandemic restrictions.

Wizz Air said on Thursday it thought the pace of the travel recovery would pick-up as national vaccination programmes made progress in its key markets, which include Hungary, Britain, Poland and Italy.

The British government disappointed airlines and consumers last Friday when it failed to say when travel could restart and which countries would be on its green list of low-risk destinations.

Despite the ongoing uncertainty, competitor airlines easyJet and British Airways were upbeat on Wednesday that some travel would restart from May 17, the earliest date the UK has said is possible.

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Wizz said the ongoing uncertainty meant it could not provide financial guidance for its new financial year.