Originally Posted by
GeorgeNTravels
A thought I just had about WIZZ and all of the Tirana - UK flights they announced, how on earth were they ever going to operate them.
Neither Albania nor the UK are members of the EU, therefore WIZZ (based in Hungary) and WIZZ Air Malta couldn't touch them as they are both EU based, for obvious reasons WIZZ Abu Dhabi couldn't touch them either, leaving just WIZZ UK. However, as these routes were TIA-based and not UK based they couldn't be operated by WIZZ UK.
Did WIZZ put them on sale not noticing or did they hope some form of deal could be reached about operating them? That's why Ryanair have been ok so far as they are UK based and operated by RUK.
Tough on anyone who booked with Wizz. This is classic behaviour from them. They’ve done this so many times before with other routes, that in turn never start. They are also notoriously slow in refunding cash. I would never give them my business.