Wizz Air rewrites timetable: flights cancelled, modified

Wizz Air has rewritten its timetable: several flights have been cancelled, others modified or frequency reduced. For example, thanks to the changes, your flight may take off in the morning instead of in the evening and vice versa. A Hungarian media outlet believes that will ruin many holidays in 2024.

The period affected spans between 22 January and 17 March. Nobody knows the reason behind the cancellations and modifications. However, okosutas.hu, a Hungarian travel news outlet, suspects low passenger numbers or the Pratt & Whitney engine problems concerning Airbus A321neo planes.

The sampling is not representative, but the Hungarian low-cost company ruined 60% of Okosutas team’s flights. For example, a long weekend in Stockholm cannot be considered long if you travel back on Sunday morning instead of the evening. Another example is Cyprus, where Wizz Air will fly on Wednesday morning instead of the evening. That is an additional school day, and some families may not want their kids to miss education for an extra day because of a Wizz modification.

Wizz Air’s Egypt flights also concerned

Of course, timetable change is better than cancellations. For example, Wizz Air threw out their Sunday Cyprus flights from Budapest.

Another destination seriously affected by the changes was Egypt. Wizz Air reduced frequency since demand decreased due to the war in Israel and Palestine. However, they also modified the flight time from morning to evening. In the case of Sharm-el-Sheikh and Hurghada, three out of the four planes will fly at night. Between Budapest and Cairo, all three became night flights. A holiday that starts at 2 AM at a foreign airport or ends with an extra night to reach a 5 AM plane cannot be considered the best.

All in all, you should check out your flight twice, even if you already obtained your ticket.

Air Serbia reduces capacities to Budapest

According to Budflyer, a Hungarian air travel news Facebook page, Serbia’s flag carrier will reduce the number of flights between the two capitals. In January and February, there will be 15 flights instead of the planned 17. In March, those figures will be 15 instead of 18.

But there is also good news, even though not for people. A cargo flight may start service next year between China’s Shenzhen, the country’s third biggest city after Beijing and Shanghai. That comes after the Hungarian government and the mayor of Szeged announced a historic Chinese carmaker investment. BYD chose to build its European factory near Szeged. The investment may reach multiple EUR billions.