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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Simon Calder

With new budget flights from Gatwick, is Saudi the new Spain?

“Some more pics from a dream holiday,” writes Carrie Johnson, current wife of the former prime minister. She posted this week from the beach in Saudi Arabia on Instagram: “I forgot to mention how incredible the water sports are too – particularly the diving and the snorkelling.”

Let us leave Ms Johnson and her family beside the warm waters of the Red Sea and switch to Wizz Air – which is pushing the boundaries of no-frills flying. The Hungarian budget airline finds itself competing in an increasingly crowded European aviation market in which it occupies an uncomfortable third place behind Ryanair and easyJet.

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