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TBSC 19th Mar 2023 19:39

Their fiscal year ends on 31MAR. It's life or death for them to cling on to every last escudo to improve their balance (at least on paper) after the last two quarters which were not exactly shiny.

WHBM 20th Mar 2023 01:08


Originally Posted by TBSC (Post 11405046)
Their fiscal year ends on 31MAR. It's life or death for them to cling on to every last escudo to improve their balance (at least on paper) after the last two quarters which were not exactly shiny.

Claims for refunds should be shown as a liability in the balance sheet, otherwise the auditors (PriceWaterhouseCoopers) are not doing their job properly.

TBSC 20th Mar 2023 06:30

Even if Royal Maill did not find them with those letters yet as they claim it? ;)

ajamieson 20th Mar 2023 13:23


Originally Posted by Dannyboy39 (Post 11404098)
I dearly hope you aren’t remotely serious here? This is absolutely not the way to go about this.

Why on earth not? It is appalling the airline is allowed to operate a single flight while in its current legal position but since the CAA doesn't seem capable, direct action with bailiffs is absolutely the right way to go.

boredintheairport 27th Mar 2023 13:57

Does anybody know why today and I believe Saturday, Wizzair planes have been flying to Maastricht?

Usually at this time of the year there's a couple of inbound diversions from a fog-bound Eindhoven, but this is not the case for these. Today (27th March) alone there have been arrivals (and departures back to) Katowice, Cluj, Podgorica and Budapest. The diverts typically position back to Eindhoven and pick up their schedule. Not the case here (+ Eindhoven isn't fog bound today).

They seem to stay around 40 minutes, so they are not visiting the paintshop which is the usual source of inbound commercial airliners from companies not usually flying from here.


ATNotts 27th Mar 2023 14:30

Looks as though they are flights rescheduled from Dortmund due to the German public service(?) unions industrial action today.

pabely 28th Mar 2023 23:20

Titan 321NEO into LTN tomorrow for W9 doing a Palma then a Burgas. Something else sick? You wouldn't think Wizzair are short of aircraft?
Better than canx them on short notice, you can see the claims into the distance!

davidjohnson6 2nd Apr 2023 21:19

Currently Wizz Air Hungary operates as W6, and most (if not all) Wizz Air UK flights operate as W9. Wizz Air Malta has a W4 IATA code, AFAIK, use a W6 code, except for the occasional special charter or positioning flight. Yes, I know Wizz Abu Dhabi has 5W, but they are somewhat separate to the rest of the company.
I recall reading somewhere that Wizz Air Malta might start using W4 for normal scheduled flights in its own right, but can't remember where I read this... but I do remember wondering if this was really true or just a bit of unreliable gossip.

Would anyone in the know care to comment on this ?

TBSC 2nd Apr 2023 21:23


Originally Posted by davidjohnson6 (Post 11413640)
Currently Wizz Air Hungary operates as W6, and most (if not all) Wizz Air UK flights operate as W9. Wizz Air Malta has a W4 IATA code, AFAIK, use a W6 code, except for the occasional special charter or positioning flight. Yes, I know Wizz Abu Dhabi has 5W, but they are somewhat separate to the rest of the company.
I recall reading somewhere that Wizz Air Malta might start using W4 for normal scheduled flights in its own right, but can't remember where I read this... but I do remember wondering if this was really true or just a bit of unreliable gossip.

It's happening. The GCOC of Wizz Malta (valid from yesterday) is published on their site and they started to notify passengers about the change of operator on existing bookings. 52 aircraft are already registered in Malta and all new deliveries are going to W4 as well.

Skipness One Foxtrot 3rd Apr 2023 10:01

So why the difference? Ryanair just use FR across the fleet for the EU registered aircraft?

pabely 3rd Apr 2023 22:09


Originally Posted by pabely (Post 11410564)
Titan 321NEO into LTN tomorrow for W9 doing a Palma then a Burgas. Something else sick? You wouldn't think Wizzair are short of aircraft?
Better than canx them on short notice, you can see the claims into the distance!

G-POWT Still working for Wizzair out of Luton, this is day 8, is this a serious effort to keep the program stable or are they short of crew or late delivery of a NEO?

SWBKCB 3rd Apr 2023 23:21

GTF issues?

pabely 4th Apr 2023 06:41

She is due back at STN tonight. All W9 aircraft flying today as well.
Perhaps just an overlap in some Winter routes vs the new routes ie Istanbul.

LTNman 10th Apr 2023 06:35

Wizz Air perform worst for flight delays https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65228868



Wizz Air was the worst major airline for flight delays from UK airports for the second year in a row, new figures show.
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01475 10th Apr 2023 14:49

Given the network Wizz offers I'm surprised to see the level of delays mentioned along with fines and enforcement action.

The financial stuff seems to me unforgivable, but this... meh.

WHBM 10th Apr 2023 18:32


The CAA has civil powers to take enforcement action against airlines, but court cases typically take several years to be concluded.
I just don't understand this. The CAA has powers to withdraw, or reduce the scope of, a UK carrier's licence when they have grounds. This will include Wizzair UK, along with everyone else. One of the principal grounds was long "having insufficient resources to conduct the scheduled operation". To comply with that operators used to resort to expensive subcharters to cover schedules. A visit by the CAA inspector was always a cause for getting everything prepared just so. How was that oversight control ever let go ?

Pain in the R's 11th Apr 2023 04:13


Originally Posted by TBSC (Post 11413642)
52 aircraft are already registered in Malta and all new deliveries are going to W4 as well.

Reminds me of ships and flags of convenience from countries like Panama and Liberia.

Wasn’t it Wizz that encourage their pilots to carry on working when tired to help the airline out?

Dannyboy39 11th Apr 2023 10:40


Originally Posted by Pain in the R's (Post 11417987)
Reminds me of ships and flags of convenience from countries like Panama and Liberia.

Wasn’t it Wizz that encourage their pilots to carry on working when tired to help the airline out?

Or in this case, a bona fide EASA member state…

Alloy 11th Apr 2023 14:49

Wizzair U.K. is not an EASA but rather a U.K. AOC that the U.K. CAA is responsible for regulating. My personal view, having had significant involvement with Wizzair, is that it is a disgrace, both the airline and the regulation of it.

WHBM 11th Apr 2023 18:59


Originally Posted by Alloy (Post 11418275)
Wizzair U.K. is not an EASA but rather a U.K. AOC that the U.K. CAA is responsible for regulating. My personal view, having had significant involvement with Wizzair, is that it is a disgrace, both the airline and the regulation of it.

My understanding is that Wizz operates with aircraft on the AOCs of Hungary, Malta and the UK in some varying proportion. For example, daily flight W6 3504 at 21.30 from London Luton to Timisoara in Romania appears to have operated in the last week with aircraft either on Malta or Hungary AOCs on alternating days. Other flights from Luton are on UK-registered aircraft.


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