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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Simon Hunt

Wizz Air losses take off as strong summer fails to offset impact of dollar headwinds

A Wizz Air plane

(Picture: Wizz Air )

Losses at Budget airline Wizz Air have widened to 384 million euros in the six months to September, the firm said today, as a strong summer recovery was unable to offset severe travel disruption earlier in the year.

But the Budapest-based business sounded a note of optimism as it said demand for flights remained strong and confirmed plans to expand its fleet, upping capacity by 35%. The company posted a more than doubling of sales to 2.2 billion euros.

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