However in Italy Wizz are said to be struggling from Budapest and they are pulling out of Bergamo (July) and Forfi (October) because of the fact Ryanair's flights to the same areas have had better take up than that of Wizz.
BUD-BGY is operated daily with a stable LF over 80%. Flights from BUD and OTP are being moved from BGY to MXP because of a good deal offered by MXP as they want to attract more LCCs. I quess you can't say that the OTP flight is moved to MXP because of Ryanair.
Forli is a different case, it's highly likely that all operators will need to move to Bologna or Rimini as FRL airport reported bankruptcy and will only be financed by the state for another 4 months.
"... but 6 based aircraft 8 years after the inception of one of the airlines first bases (second after Katowice if I remember correctly) is pretty appalling for a stronghold in a Capital City like Budapest. "
It's not Southwest...
6 aircraft for an airline having 39 a/c and 15 bases is not a small base. Wizz put more aircraft where it could make more money (eg. BBU/OTP with 5 aircraft after 3-4 years). Don't forget that Malev could dump 80-100 EUR tickets for years as it was subsidized by the government.
Only 5 based aircraft in its first year of an operational base?
With another 70 grounded that's not that big achievement.