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Wizz Air wrongly charged me £106 to check in – and I can’t get a refund

I showed proof that I was not able to check in online, but its customer service staff ignore my emails

The Guardian - UK

Ryanair breaks monthly passenger record again despite bank holiday chaos

350 of its flights were cancelled, due to the “computer ‘failure’ which has still not been explained”.

Evening Standard

Luton airport to face disruption as Wizz Air ground handlers strike adds to summer travel misery

Three days of strike action will cause ‘huge disruption’, Unite union warns

Evening Standard

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Ryanair flies record 18.7 million passengers in July despite European heatwave

It is the first time the Irish carrier has flown 18 million passengers in a month

Evening Standard

Wizz Air calls for passengers to ‘trust’ it despite delays

The airline’s UK boss said ‘every single aspect of its operations’ has been reviewed to boost resilience.

The Independent UK

‘It feels like a scandal’: Wizz Air passengers claim website bug cost them extra

Travellers reportedly forced to pay at airport to board plane after technical hitch stopped them checking in online

The Guardian - UK

Dad who sent bailiffs to Luton Airport receives £4,500 after Wizz Air cancels holiday at last-minute

The family were forced to fork out more money after being told their flight was cancelled just a few hours before it was due

Manchester Evening News

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Dad gets £4,500 from Wizz Air after sending bailiffs to Luton Airport

The family had to buy alternative tickets at the last minute when their flight was cancelled

Wales Online

Wizz Air suspends flights to Moldova due to 'risk in the country's airspace' amid rising tensions with Russia

Wizz Air's decision, beginning March 14, comes a fortnight after Moldova's president publicly accused Russia of plotting to overthrow its government using violent actions disguised as anti-government protests

Nottingham Post

Holidays: UK's worst short-haul airline ranked - easyJet, BA, Jet2, Ryainair & more

Wizz Air was officially named the UK's worst short-haul flight experience in a new Which? survey.

Chronicle Live

What makes Wizz Air the UK’s worst short-haul airline, according to a new survey?

‘Unfortunately, it achieved its growth by becoming a kind of mini-me Ryanair’, a damning poll of more than 8,000 traveller finds

Evening Standard

Welsh Government has no intention of cutting losses and selling Cardiff Airport says Vaughan Gething

Vaughan Gething said his government will not face a conflict of interest in assessing a freeport bid with Cardiff Airport at its heart

Birmingham Post

Former airline boss says Cardiff Airport is in the wrong place

His comments come after Wizz Air announced it was leaving its base at the airport

Wales Online

Wizz Air charges man £220 for calling customer service line

Lewis says he is boycotting the airline now and says his experience with them has been 'a total car crash'

Wales Online

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Daily Mirror

Man gobsmacked to discover Wizz Air charged him £220 - to call customer service hotline

Lewis Richardson, 35, was hit with a huge bill after trying to change his flights for a family holiday to Spain, spending an hour and a half on the phone without realising he'd be charged

Wales Online

'A bottomless pit for taxpayers' cash' Where did it all go so wrong for Cardiff Airport?

Last year Cardiff Airport was valued at just £15m, less than a third of what the Welsh Government paid for it

Daily Mirror

Wizz Air to cut flights from Cardiff less than a year after opening Welsh base

Wizz Air is closing down its base in Cardiff Airport, two years after the Hungarian Airport announced it would fly routes to Tenerife, Lanzarote, Corfu, Milan and Bucharest

Birmingham Post

Cardiff Airport dealt major blow as Wizz Air pulls out

The Hungarian-owned airlines has blamed the challenging wider economic position for the decision

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Wales Online

Wizz Air is pulling out of Cardiff Airport

The decision by the low-cost carrier is a big blow to Welsh Government-owned airport

Leeds Live

Doncaster Sheffield Airport closure update as Wizz Air confirms flight transfer to Leeds Bradford

Wizz Air has confirmed its flights to Eastern Europe will be flying from Leeds instead.

Birmingham Post

Cardiff Airport lands two new routes to Romania and Italy

The routes will be operated by Wizz Air from October after a decision to close its base at the airport for the winter

Daily Mirror

Fury as Wizz Air UAE breaks Russia boycott to restart flights to Moscow

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi has announced it will restart flights from Abu Dhabi to Moscow after the route was ditched due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the many deaths that followed

Wales Online

Passengers left stranded in Crete for days after WizzAir cancel Cardiff Airport flights

Welsh holidaymakers were given just a few hours notice that their flight back to Cardiff was cancelled

Nottingham Post

Doncaster Sheffield Airport could close due to financial problems after Wizz Air withdrawal

Significant amounts have been invested in the terminal, the airfield and its operations

Wales Online

Doncaster Sheffield Airport may shut amid ongoing cash struggles after pandemic

Wizz Air withdrawal leaves TUI as only airline operating from hub in significant commercial blow for airport

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