Wizz Air flight lands in Tirana instead of Podgorica, passengers left without explanation
Passengers on Wizz Air’s Saturday morning flight to Montenegro were surprised when their plane, instead of landing in Podgorica as planned, touched down in Albania’s capital, Tirana. The aircraft initially attempted to land at its original destination but was forced to abort and ascend again.
Upon landing in Tirana, passengers were disembarked without being given any explanation for the unexpected diversion, according to a report shared with Telex by one of its readers. The aircraft then departed Tirana without the passengers, heading to Memmingen, Germany, leaving travellers stranded in both Albania and Montenegro.
Telex reached out to Wizz Air for clarification. In a statement, the airline confirmed the incident, explaining that dense fog at Podgorica’s airport prevented the plane from landing safely. Following standard procedure, the pilots diverted the flight to Tirana’s airport.
Wizz Air assured passengers that those originally bound for Podgorica were later transported by bus from Tirana to their intended destination. Meanwhile, travellers expecting to fly from Podgorica to Memmingen were offered free ticket modifications for alternative flights and provided with accommodations until their new departure time.
Wizz Air to introduce new flights
As we reported before, the Hungarian low-cost airline is most likely going to introduce new flights soon to utilise free capacities after it decided to halt all its flights to Tel Aviv until January 2025. CEO József Váradi said in Warsaw before the Israel decision that should they have to abandon the country, they would shift extra capacities to other routes. Wizz Air needs to utilise its seats as much as possible during the end-of-the-year peak, which lasts 2.5 weeks.
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