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Wizz comes across as a worst case dodgy second hand car salesman operating from a back street shed. Both get served county court judgments and both ignore them, as they try to avoid the law.
I watched a BBC episode of The Sheriffs Are Coming, who have more powers than Bailiffs. They turned up at Southend Airport, demanded access airside, pointing out that it couldn’t be refused, and then seized an aircraft.
I watched a BBC episode of The Sheriffs Are Coming, who have more powers than Bailiffs. They turned up at Southend Airport, demanded access airside, pointing out that it couldn’t be refused, and then seized an aircraft.
However a truly sharky organisation that wised up to this would learn from experience and organise their admin so they could almost immediately provide details of why any seizure had to be abandoned.
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There are plenty of Wizz assets at Luton starting with the crew rooms. I think there is a degree of collusion at Luton between Wizz and the airport operator. When it comes to hiding assets they know where the assets are kept but stay nothing when the bailiffs turn up, as they will need an escort.
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Wizz announced expansion of existing bases for the next summer:
WAW: +1 to 10 a/c
TIA: +1 to 10 a/c
FCO: +2 to 9 a/c
VIE: +1 to 6 a/c
LCA: +2 to 4 a/c
BEG: +1 to 4 a/c
KUT: +1 to 3 a/c
WAW: +1 to 10 a/c
TIA: +1 to 10 a/c
FCO: +2 to 9 a/c
VIE: +1 to 6 a/c
LCA: +2 to 4 a/c
BEG: +1 to 4 a/c
KUT: +1 to 3 a/c
In the last few weeks, I've noticed Wizz flights often not appearing on the Google Flights price calendar (ie show the cheapest price for all dates in a calendar month), unless you pick a single date and ask Google to resolve a price.
Is this an IT issue, or is Wizz deciding that it doesn't really want to be on price comparison sites and would prefer customers visit its own website when searching for a flight so it can do its utmost to sell more ancillaries and maybe persuade customers to pay for a more expensive ticket ?
I can see why Wizz might be against Google Flights - it turns Wizz into just a commodity provider of a service. That said, with a very low cost base and a strong emphasis on ancillaries, Wizz and other ULCCs should be the airlines who gain most from Google Flights searches, as opposed to large network airlines (BA, AF, LH, etc) who look expensive in comparison
Is this an IT issue, or is Wizz deciding that it doesn't really want to be on price comparison sites and would prefer customers visit its own website when searching for a flight so it can do its utmost to sell more ancillaries and maybe persuade customers to pay for a more expensive ticket ?
I can see why Wizz might be against Google Flights - it turns Wizz into just a commodity provider of a service. That said, with a very low cost base and a strong emphasis on ancillaries, Wizz and other ULCCs should be the airlines who gain most from Google Flights searches, as opposed to large network airlines (BA, AF, LH, etc) who look expensive in comparison
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https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/...py-flyers.html
Three weeks ago the Civil Aviation Authority announced that it had 'significant concerns' about Wizz Air
CAA need to start arresting a few aircraft or making a serious amount of trouble for Wizz... and show a bit of muscle
When the UK was part of the EU, there was at least a legal remedy to this - namely the pan-EU small claims procedure. Thus, somebody living in Bristol could make a claim to be heard in a court in Bristol, and then get it enforced in Hungary. Wizz are probably very much aware that UK residents are no longer able to choose this option... and act accordingly
https://europa.eu/youreurope/business/dealing-with-customers/solving-disputes/european-small-claims-procedure/index_en.htm
And no... this is not a request to turn the Wizz thread into a remain/leave debate ! :-)
When the UK was part of the EU, there was at least a legal remedy to this - namely the pan-EU small claims procedure. Thus, somebody living in Bristol could make a claim to be heard in a court in Bristol, and then get it enforced in Hungary. Wizz are probably very much aware that UK residents are no longer able to choose this option... and act accordingly
https://europa.eu/youreurope/business/dealing-with-customers/solving-disputes/european-small-claims-procedure/index_en.htm
And no... this is not a request to turn the Wizz thread into a remain/leave debate ! :-)
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Overexpansion, "trial and error" instead of proper route planning, lack of crew, people giving their money to more stable and dependable operators.
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Bacau is 130 km and more than 2 hours drive from Iasi. For that matter they could close Craiova for Bucharest, Sibiu for Cluj and Suceava for Iasi as well.
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For example the newly announced Rome-Vilnius route is scheduled on Vilnius aircraft, which at the times are flying other routes so they won't be able to operate as they sell now, will cancel something.
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